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ERIC Number: EJ642246
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-6543
Testing Accommodations for Examinees with Disabilities: A Review of Psychometric, Legal, and Social Policy Issues.
Pitoniak, Mary J.; Royer, James M.
Review of Educational Research, v71 n1 p53-104 Spr 2001
Summarizes issues related to the provision of testing accommodations for examinees with disabling conditions, considering the history of such accommodations, the disabilities typically addressed, legal issues and precedents, and psychometric issues. Also considers social policy questions related to equity and fairness in testing. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Court Litigation, Disabilities, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Psychometrics, Public Policy, Social Action, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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