Accommodations for the NAEP Science Assessments

In general, special-needs students were allowed to use the same accommodations that they typically use in classroom 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 1996 and 2000 science assessments for the sample of schools that permitted accommodations:

• extended time,
• oral reading of directions,
• one-on-one testing,
• small group,
• science glossary,
• bilingual dictionary,
• glossary/dictionary,
• large print book,
• scribe/computer, and
• other accommodations.

Find out about the percentages of students receiving each type of accommodation in 1996 and 2000.

Last updated 12 June 2008 (DR)

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