Are separate room test accommodations effective for college students with disabilities?

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 794-809

  Weis, Robert ^a   Beauchemin, Esther L ^a  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodations; ADHD; college students; learning disabilities; test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 85076882387     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2019.1702922     Document Type: Article

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