The influence of a response format test accommodation for college students with and without disabilities

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 996-1007

  Potter, Kyle ^a   Lewandowski, Lawrence ^a   Spenceley, Laura ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; disability; multiple choice; response format; test accommodation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931036640     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2015.1052368     Document Type: Article

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