EDUU 512 Assignment: Assessment Accommodations

EDUU 512 Assessment Accommodations and Modifications Assignment

English Learners and Students with Special Needs

1. Go to http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/fape.accoms.mods.pdf

to learn about the difference between accommodations and modifications

2. Using the Internet locate a minimum of 5 assessment accommodations and/or

modifications that could be made for students with special needs. The following sites

will help you with this task:

· LD Online- http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/accommodations

· Parent Education Advocacy Training Center- http://www.peatc.org/peatc.cgim?template=peakaccom

· Learning Disabilities Association of America- http://www.ldanatl.org/aboutld/teachers/understanding/accommodations.asp

· Understood.Org

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/treatments-approaches/educational-strategies/common-classroom-accommodations-and-modifications

· Center for Parent Information and Resources http://www.parentcenterhub.org/accommodations/

3. Using the Internet locate a minimum of 5 assessment accommodations and/or

modifications that could be made for English Learners. The following site, as well as

your textbook Chapter 11, will help you with the task:

· Everything ESL- http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/judith2.php

4. Create a table that categorizes the strategies in relation to what aspect of the assessment

process is being changed. The chart should include a total of 10 strategies.

Aspect of Assessment Process Being Modified	Student With Special Needs	English Learner
Time or Setting for Assessment
Directions or Instructions
Difficulty of the Assessment
Level of Support during Assessment
How Student Responds