College Students' Preferences for Test Accommodations

Canadian Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 116-126

  Lewandowski, Lawrence ^a   Lambert, Tonya L ^a   Lovett, Benjamin J ^b   Panahon, Carlos J ^c   Sytsma, Marcia R ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELMIRA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

extended time; high stakes tests; preferences; test accommodations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899926960     PISSN: 08295735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0829573514522116     Document Type: Article

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