A Summary of Research on Test Changes: An Empirical Basis for Defining Accommodations.

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Psychometric Methodologies and Testing Educational Assessment and Pedagogy Educational Technology and Assessment

Abstract

This document summarizes the research on test changes to provide an empirical basis for defining accommodations. We analyze this research from three perspectives: • Tests are changed in specific ways in the manner that they are given or taken. • The change does not alter the construct of what is being measured. • The changes are or can be referenced to individual need and differential benefit, not overall

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