Extended time as a testing accommodation for students with reading disabilities: Does a rising tide lift all ships?

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 315-324

  Lewandowski, Lawrence J ^a   Lovett, Benjamin J ^b   Rogers, Cynthia L ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELMIRA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended time; Learning disabilities; Reading tests; Test accommodations

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049139644     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282908315757     Document Type: Article

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