No Child Left Behind: Determining Appropriate Assessment Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
The purpose of this parent brief from the National Center for Learning Disabilities is to help parents of students with disabilities work with their schools in making informed and helpful assessment accommodations decisions. The brief explains the differences between accommodations and modifications, how to choose appropriate accommodations, and questions parents should ask about assessment accommodations.
This is a simply-written resource for parents. It provides very general advice on accommodations for students with disabilities and should be useful to those parents who are just beginning to navigate this issue.