Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
Publications and Other Accommodations Resources
NCEO Resources
NCEO Data Viewer: This tool lets you view information on state accommodations policies and create individualized reports based on criteria that you can choose.
NCEO Accommodations Bibliography: This searchable database allows you to search a compilation of empirical research studies on the effects of various testing accommodations for students with disabilities.
Publications available at NCEO's Web site (the publications are listed chronologically, with the most recent first; Policy Directions give a general overview of the issues and other publications provide greater depth):
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2009 State Policies on Assessment Participation and
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 83)
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2008-2009 APR Snapshot #2: Assessment Accommodations Use by Special
Education Students
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Annual Performance Report (APR):
2007-2008 State Assessment Data
PDF document - 2009 Survey of States: Accomplishments and New
Issues at the End of a Decade of Change
HTML document / PDF document - A Summary of the Research on the Effects of Test Accommodations: 2007-2008 (Technical
Report 56)
HTML document / PDF document - A Principled Approach to Accountability Assessments for Students
with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 70)
HTML document /PDF document - 2007 State Policies on Assessment Participation and Accommodations
for Students with Disabilities (Synthesis Report 69)
HTML document /PDF document -
Hints and Tips for
Addressing Accommodations Issues for Peer Review
PDF format - 2007 Survey of States: Activities, Changes, and Challenges for
Special Education
PDF format - English Language Learners with Disabilities in State English
Language Proficiency Assessments: A Review of State Accommodation Policies
(Synthesis Report 66)
HTML document / PDF document - An Analysis of Accommodations Issues from the Standards and
Assessments Peer Review (Technical Report 51)
HTML document / PDF document - A Summary of the Research on the Effects of Test Accommodations:
2005-2006 (Technical Report 47)
HTML document / PDF document - A Summary of Research on the Effects of Test Accommodations: 2002
Through 2004 (Technical Report 45)
HTML document / PDF document - Item-level Effects of the Read-aloud Accommodation for Students with
Reading Disabilities (Synthesis Report 65)
HTML document / PDF document - A Comparison of IEP/504 Accommodations Under Classroom and
Standardized Testing Conditions: A Preliminary Report on SEELS Data
(Synthesis Report 63)
HTML document / PDF document
For reports before 2003, see NCEO's Archived Publications.
NCEO Partner Publications
NCEO and Assessing Special Education Students (ASES) State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards (SCASS):
Forum on
Accommodations in the 21st Century: Critical Considerations for Students with Disabilities
PDF document
Council of Chief State School Officer (CCSSO) publications:
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Improving Accommodations Outcomes:
Monitoring Instructional and Assessment
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities |
Accommodations Manual: How to Select,
Administer, and Evaluate Use of Accommodations
for Instruction and Assessment of Students with
Disabilities. |
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Determining When Accommodated Test
Administrations Are Comparable to Standard Test
Administrations (Brief) |
Designing Accessible Reading Assessments publications:
Using Factor Analysis to Investigate the Impact of
Accommodations on the Scores of Students With
Disabilities on English-Language Arts Assessments
HTML document
State Research (NCEO Funded)
Kansas conducted a set of studies that considered the effects of language
complexity and the use of calculators on the statewide assessment
performance of students with disabilities.
Kansas Accommodations Research Report
Rhode Island examined IEP team accommodation decision-making practices.
Significant differences were found between the provision of instructional
and assessment accommodations.
Rhode Island Accommodations Research Report
West Virginia examined the test performance of students with different
disabilities and in various least restrictive environments as they differed
according to testing conditions.
West Virginia Accommodations Research Report
Minnesota Department of Education publications:
Minnesota Manual of Accommodations for Students with
Disabilities: A Guide to Selecting, Administering, and
Evaluating the Use of Accommodations
PDF
document
Minnesota Manual of Accommodations for Students with
Disabilities: A Guide to Selecting, Administering, and
Evaluating the Use of Accommodations: Training Guide
PDF document
National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) publications:
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State Testing Accommodations: A Look at Their Value and Validity |
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Determining Appropriate Assessment Accommodations for Students with
Disabilities provides an overview of appropriate accommodations for students
with IEPs or 504 Plans, serves as a guide to choosing accommodations and
suggests questions to ask when making appropriate accommodation decisions.
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Partnership for Accessible Reading Assessments
State Accommodations Policies: Implications for the Assessment
of Reading
HTML Format |
PDF Format
Additional Resources:
Bolt, S., Roach, A. T., & Quenemoen, R. F. (2008). Inclusive assessment and accountability: A guide to accommodations for students with diverse needs. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
Cahalan-Laitusis, C., & Cook, L. (Eds.). (2007). Accommodating students with disabilities on state assessments: What works? Arlington, VA: Council for Exceptional Children.
Elliott, J. L., & Thurlow, M. L. (2006). Improving test performance of students with disabilities on state and district assessments (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Alonzo, J. Braun-Monegan, J. & Tindal, G. (2007). Recommendations for accommodations: Implications of (in)consistency. Remedial and Special Education. 29(4), 194-206.
Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. Yovanoff, P., & Tindal, G. (2007). Developing a new paradigm for conducting research on accommodations in mathematics testing. Exceptional Children, 73, 331-347.
Koenig, J. A., & Bachman, L. F. (Eds.). (2004). Keeping score for all: The effects of inclusion and accommodation policies on large-scale educational assessments. Washington, DC: National Research Council.
Lang, S. C., Kurnke, P. J., Ray, C. E., Cowell, E. L., Elliott, S. N., Kratochwill, T. R., et al. (2005). Consequences of using test accommodations: Student, teacher, and parent perceptions of and reactions to testing accommodations. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 31, 49-62.
Langley, J., & Olsen, K. (2003). Training district and state personnel on accommodations: A study of state practices, challenges and resources. Washington, DC: Council of Chief State School Officers.
Lazarus, S. S., Thurlow, M. L., Lail, K. E., & Christensen, L. (2009). A longitudinal analysis of state accommodations policies: Twelve years of change 1993-2005. Journal of Special Education. 43(2), 67-80.
Shriner, J. G., & Ganguly, R. (2007). Assessment and accommodation issues under the No Child Left behind Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act: Information for IEP teams. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 32(4), 231-243.
Sireci, S. G. (January/February 2005). Unlabeling the disabled: A perspective on flagging scores from accommodated test administrations. Educational Researcher 34(1), pp. 3-12.
Sireci, S. G., Scarpati, S., & Li, S. (2005). Test accommodations for students with disabilities: An analysis of the interaction hypothesis. Review of Educational Research, 75(4), 457-490.
Thurlow, M. L., Lazarus, S. S., & Christensen, L. L. (2008). Role of assessment accommodations in accountability. Perspectives on Language and Literacy, 34(4), 17-20.
Thurlow, M. L., Thompson, S. J. & Lazarus, S. S. (2006). Considerations for
the administration of tests to special needs students: Accommodations,
modifications, and more. In Downing, S.M. & Haladyna, T.M. (Ed.), Handbook
of test development (653-673).Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, Inc.
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