Avoiding Unintended Consequences of Improved Accessibility of State Tests. NCEO Brief Number 35

National Center on Educational Outcomes. University of Minnesota, 207 Pattee Hall, 150 Pillsburg Drive Southeast, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Tel: 612-626-1530; Fax: 612-624-0879; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: https://nceo.info/

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Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) (ED/OSERS), Research to Practice Division (RTP)

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Accessibility (for Disabled); Individualized Education Programs; Students with Disabilities; Troubleshooting; Problem Solving; Academic Accommodations (Disabilities); Testing Accommodations; Educational Policy

There has been a paradigm shift from accommodations to the identification of levels of accessibility (e.g., universal features, designated features, and accommodations). A consequence of this shift is that many students with disabilities who previously were assigned accommodations now access many of them as universal or designated features. This Brief highlights what states and Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams can do to avoid possible unintended consequences of the paradigm shift.

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2024

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