Accommodations and Flags: Admissions Testing and the Rights of Individuals with Disabilities.

Heaney, Kevin J.; Pullin, Diana C.

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ERIC Number: EJ574572

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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Accommodations and Flags: Admissions Testing and the Rights of Individuals with Disabilities.

Heaney, Kevin J.; Pullin, Diana C.

Educational Assessment, v5 n2 p71-93 1998

Discusses the provision of accommodations in admissions testing and in educational programs, the test score flagging practices that impact admissions testing, validity concerns, and issues surrounding fairness and compliance with federal disability laws for such practices. Some conclusions are drawn about the legality of the use of flagged test scores. (Author/SLD)

Descriptors: Admission (School), College Entrance Examinations, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Scores, Student Rights, Test Validity, Testing Accommodations, Testing Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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