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Misconceptions Regarding Accommodations on High‐Stakes Tests: Recommendations for Preparing Disability Documentation for Test Takers with Learning Disabilities
Author(s) -
Brinckerhoff Loring C.,
Banerjee Manju
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
learning disabilities research and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.018
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1540-5826
pISSN - 0938-8982
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5826.2007.00253.x
Subject(s) - documentation , learning disability , psychology , test (biology) , process (computing) , test anxiety , medical education , accommodation , applied psychology , standardized test , anxiety , mathematics education , developmental psychology , computer science , medicine , psychiatry , paleontology , neuroscience , biology , programming language , operating system
The process of submitting documentation to testing agencies as proof of a disability can be time consuming, expensive, and even intimidating to test takers with learning disabilities. Misconceptions about the accommodations review process employed by testing agencies add to the anxiety that many test takers feel around obtaining approval for high‐stakes test accommodations. The objective of this article is to clarify some of these misconceptions as well as shed more light on the accommodation decision‐making process employed by testing agencies.