Special Ed Testing Accommodations Backfire

by Laurie Udesky, The Hechinger Report | disabilityscoop.com

Last spring, Julia Kim’s students with disabilities at Fairmount Elementary in San Francisco were ready to take a new standardized test. They were excited that it had been built especially for them.

In past years, students with visual perception disorders had test questions read out loud. This time, the students sat in front of their computers awaiting the new technology designed to help them complete the test on their own for the first time.

But as soon as the first question appeared, students complained that the print was too small.

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2016/01/12/special-ed-testing-backfire/21760/