Types of Assessment Accommodation

This index lists each type of assessment accommodation, timing, scheduling, setting, presentation, response, and many aspects of each. The articles concerning each accommodation include a description, procedure, and a list of potential problems. Excerpted from Assessment Accommodations Toolkit.

Timing: changes in the length of testing. Timing: Frequent Breaks An explanation of effective ways to use frequent breaks in assessment. Timing: Extended Time Learn effective ways to use extended time in accommodating assessment. Scheduling: changes in the time at which testing occurs. Scheduling: Over Several Days Review effective ways to spread testing out over several days as an accommodation. Scheduling: Order of Subtests Review effective ways to change order of subtests as an assessment accommodation. Scheduling: Specific Time of Day Review effective ways to accommodate assessment by testing at different times of day. Setting: changes in the place where an assessment is given. Setting: Preferential Seating How to use preferential seating to accommodate assessment. Setting: Separate Location How a separate location can aid assessment accommodation. Setting: Specialized Setting Review how settings can help you accommodate assessments. Presentation: changes in how an assessment is given to a student. Presentations: Different Editions How using different editions can help assessment accommodations. Presentations: Read Test/Directions Effective ways to read directions as an assessment accommodation. Presentation: Reread Directions Rereading directions is an effective assessment accommodation. Presentations: Cues Effective ways to use cues as an assessment accommodation. Presentation: Prompts An article about how prompts can help in assessment accommodations.

Presentation: Clarification How to incorporate clarification into your assessment accommodations. Presentation: Templates How templates are useful in assessment accommodations. Presentation: Markers How to use markers as an assessment accommodation. Presentation: Secure Paper to Desk How securing paper to a desk is an effective assessment accommodation. Presentation: Magnifying/Amplification Devices How using magnifying devices is an effective assessment accommodation. Response: changes in how a student responds to an assessment. Response: Student Marks Booklet Effective ways to help students mark tests. Response: Verbal Response Effective ways for students to use verbal response as an assessment accommodation. Response: Pencil Grips This article explains how adding pencil grips can be an effective assessment accommodation for students with fine motor skills. Try a variety of methods for your students with special needs. Response: Special Paper Special paper is an excellent assessment accommodations. Response: Math Tools How to effectively use math tools in assessment accommodation. Response: Reference Materials How to use reference materials effectively as an assessment accommodation. Response: Technology How to effectively use technology as an assessment accommodation. Response: Point to Answer How to use pointing as an assessment accommodation. More Assessment Accomodation Resources Assessment Accommodations Objectives Guiding Principles for Assessment Accommodations Assessment Accommodations: Case Studies Assessment Accommodations Glossary

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