A Survey of Handicapped Students Taking Special Test Administrations of the SAT and GRE. Report No. 5, Studies of Admissions Testing and Handicapped People.

Autor/inn/en	Ragosta, Marjorie; Kaplan, Bruce A.
Institution	Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.
Titel	A Survey of Handicapped Students Taking Special Test Administrations of the SAT and GRE. Report No. 5, Studies of Admissions Testing and Handicapped People.
Quelle	(1986), (89 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Achievement Tests; College Entrance Examinations; Difficulty Level; Disabilities; Educational Testing; Graduate Study; Hearing Impairments; Higher Education; Learning Disabilities; Physical Disabilities; Response Style (Tests); Test Bias; Testing Accommodations; Visual Impairments; Graduate Record Examinations; SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Aufnahmeprüfung; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Handicap; Behinderung; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Physical handicap; Körperbehinderung; Antwortverhalten; Testkritik; Testing process; Accessibility (for disabled); Accessibility; Disabled person; Barrierefreiheit; Zugänglichkeit; Behinderter; Visual handicap; Sehbehinderung
Abstract	The Survey of Special Test Administrations was administered to people with disabilities concerning their responses to special testing accommodations, both for college testing and for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). The questionnaires were developed to evaluate testing accommodations for disabled people and to obtain information on the kinds of disabilities within categories of handicap. Although there are limitations due to a poor response rate and small subgroups of respondents, the study reported high overall satisfaction with special testing accommodations. The complaints of a small minority of respondents involved the test itself and the conditions of testing, including time and space considerations. In addition, the accommodations made for the SAT or GRE were compared with accommodations provided for other college tests. The standardized tests were offered in special versions and with extra time more frequently than were college tests. Four disability groups--hearing impaired, learning disabled, physically handicapped, and visually impaired--were found to be worthy of additional study. Age of onset of the disability was an interesting factor. Distinguishing categories were found for all disability groups except learning disabled. The GRE and SAT questionnaires and data tables are appended. (Author/GDC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC