A Comprehensive Evaluation of Computer-Based Accommodations for Secondary Students With Exceptionalities

• In Event: 68.061 - Roundtable Session 30
  In Roundtable Session: 68.061-21 - Inclusion and Accommodation in Educational Assessment SIG Roundtable

Abstract

Accommodation itself is an equity issue for varied contexts in and beyond education. To investigate the equitability of accommodation policies and teaching practices, the present study compared the probability of secondary students having comparable levels of academic achievement in relation to whether or not they received assistive technology, computer, and various combinations of accommodations for the provincial math and literacy assessments in Ontario, Canada. The results of this study suggest that the likelihood of achieving the standards may differ among students with special needs who did or did not receive different combinations of accommodations for math and literacy assessments. Implications for education and the application of the current research methodology are also discussed in this paper.

Authors

• Pei-Ying Lin, University of Saskatchewan

• Yu-Cheng Lin, University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley