Accommodations for the NAEP U.S. History Assessments

In general, special-needs students were allowed to use the same accommodations that they typically use in state and district testing unless the accommodation would change the construct being assessed. For instance, extending testing over several days could not be used for NAEP. The following were the most commonly offered accommodations in the 2001 U.S. history assessment for the sample of schools that permitted accommodations:

• extended time,
• oral reading of directions,
• one-on-one testing,
• small group,
• bilingual dictionary,
• large print book, and
• use of an aide for transcribing responses.

Find out about the percentages of students receiving each type of accommodation in 2001.

Last updated 12 June 2008 (DR)

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