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ETS Home. National Center on Educational Outcomes. Non-Approved Accommodations: Recommendations for Use and Reporting - NCEO Policy Directions 11. Published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes Number 11 / May 2000 Any or all portions of this document may be reproduced and distributed without prior permission, provided the source is cited as: Thurlow, M., & Wiener, D. (2000). Non-approved accommodations: Recommendations for use and reporting (Policy Directions No. 11). Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, National Center on Educational Outcomes. Retrieved [today's date], from the World Wide Web: In most states, students with disabilities who participate in state assessment systems are permitted to use accommodations during testing as determined by their Individualized Education Program (IEP).

Accommodations enable the students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills more effectively by reducing the effects of the disability. What happens when students use these non-approved accommodations? This differentiation among the terms is not universal. Table 1. Behavioral Research and Teaching - University of Oregon.

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