EXCEPTIONAL DIAGNOSTICS

Too often, teachers and diagnosticians choose accommodations for disabled learners in an arbitrary fashion. Student assessment data is only superficially considered, if at all. Yet in a recent article published in CEC Today, special educators were reminded once more of the integral role that assessment should play in the selection of accommodations. Unfortunately, research to date has produced few tools and procedures that help teachers reliably identify those accommodations which more effectively bridge students' learning barriers.

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