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Download full textAlbus, Deb A.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Larson, Erik D.; Liu, Kristin K. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2020
Text-to-speech (TTS) refers to technology that reads aloud digital text (Understood, 2019). For years, TTS and its human counterpart--read aloud--have generated controversy about when and for whom these supports should be allowed on state assessments (Thurlow, Christensen, & Rogers, n.d.; Thurlow & Weiner, n.d.; Thurlow, Laitusis, Dillon,…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Assistive Technology, State Policy, Reading Tests
Olson, John F.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Quanbeck, Mari – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2021
This report provides a snapshot of how accommodated tests for students with disabilities, accessibility, alternate assessments, and other related issues were addressed in states' test security policies for 2020-21. Strong test security policies and procedures are needed to help ensure the integrity and validity of state assessments, yet some test…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Information Security, State Policy, Policy Analysis
Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Dominguez, Lauren M.; Kincaid, Aleksis; Edwards, Lynn M. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2014
A report analyzing how accommodated tests, and students with disabilities and the assessments they take, are addressed in state test security policies -- a subject about which little is known. This analysis was conducted to partially fill this gap. The report provides a snapshot of how accommodated tests for students with disabilities, alternate…
Descriptors: Testing, Information Security, Testing Accommodations, Students with Disabilities
Christensen, Laurene L.; Albus, Debra A.; Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Kincaid, Aleksis – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2013
English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities are required to participate in all state and district assessments similar to their peers without disabilities. This includes assessments used for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I accountability purposes for demonstrating proficiency in academic content, assessments used…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, State Policy, Disabilities, Student Participation
