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What is Accommodation of standardized test for learners with disabilities

Chapter 100
Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration
Accommodation is made for learners with disabilities when they take standardized tests whether with procedure or with materials ( Thurlow et al., 2005 ). Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997, section 614 (3) (B) specifies that students with disabilities must take any standardized test under these conditions. The purpose of the tests have been validated, trained and knowledgeable personnel give the tests, and the instruction by the tests’ producer are followed.
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No Child Left Behind
Junko Yamamoto (Slippery Rock University, USA)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-881-9.ch100
Abstract
The Federal Government passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in 1965 to enable the federal government to finance public schools (Paige, 2004). This law was signed by President Johnson and has been revised every 5 years since then (Wisconsin Education Association Council, n.d.). ESEA started the provision of Title I funding, the federal money given to a school district to assist students who are falling behind academically (Public Schools of North Carolina, n.d.). President George W. Bush signed the ESEA, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001(NCLB) (P.L.107-110), on January 8, 2002 (U.S. Department of Education, n.d.). This provision designated that total federal funding of $116,250 million was to be dispensed between 2002 and 2007. The Act was strongly supported by both parties: the final vote was 87 to 10 in the Senate and 381 to 41 in the House (Paige, 2004). This article will address the necessity for teacher training caused by the educational institution’s accountability imposed by No Child Left Behind, and the stronger need to assist disabled learners affirmed by the law.
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