Assessment accommodations, once adopted, tend to feel transitional rather than fully equal parts of an assessment¶

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q1 i? The author argues that accommodations are adopted but feel transitional and rarely seem like an organic and fully equal part of an assessment. → Elizabeth Barker 2019

Evidence¶

Elizabeth Barker 2019¶

Elizabeth Barker. (2019). The changing landscape of assessment and accommodation policies. Accessibility, Compliance, & Equity, 72-77. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/the-changing-landscape-of-assessment-and-accommodation-policies/

q1 · i? · theoretical · r1

The author's interpretive claim in the article's abstract about the status of accommodations within assessments, offered without supporting data: accommodations "are adopted, but feel transitional" and "rarely seem like an organic and fully equal part of an assessment."

"Accommodations are adopted, but feel transitional, and therefore rarely seem like an organic and fully equal part of an assessment."

Discussion¶

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