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ERIC Number: ED375542
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994-Apr
Pages: 21
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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Reactions of Students with Disabilities to the New SAT.
Wendler, Cathy; Wright, Nancy
The SAT I: Reasoning Test was introduced in March 1993 for the national testing program of academic preparation and ability of college applicants, including students with disabilities. A survey was administered to 1,001 students with disabilities participating in a field trial of the SAT I prototype test. Students' disabilities were in the areas of learning, hearing, physical, visual, and psychological, and the test formats used were regular type, large type, cassette tape, braille, and reader's script. The survey covered: accommodations provided in school, test preparation, perception of adequacy of timing, and calculator accessibility and use. Results indicated that: (1) the most common school accommodation given for classroom tests was extended time, followed by testing in a separate room and use of a reader; (2) 57 percent of students received the test preparation leaflet and of those, 59 percent found it helpful; (3) most students felt that they did not need more time on either the verbal section or the math section of the test and approximately 90 percent of students completed the sections; (4) 76 percent of students used a calculator; and (5) 33 percent of students found the calculator to be useful all of the time, and 59 percent found it useful some of the time. (JDD)
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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