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Article: EFFECTS OF COMPUTER-BASED TEST ACCOMMODATIONS ON MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Learning Disability Quarterly
- Article date:
- September 22, 2000
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Abstract. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of computer-based test accommodations to a noncomputer-based test accommodation and to no accommodation on mathematics performance assessment (PA) scores for secondary students with learning disabilities. Over four weeks, each student (N = 81) was tested on four parallel PAs, each time under a different condition: (a) standard administration (SA), (b) teacher-read (TR), (c) computer-read (CR), and (d) CR with video (CRV). PA alternate forms and order of conditions were counterbalanced across classrooms. After each PA administration, a student questionnaire assessed perceptions of the benefits of the testing ...