[blindlaw] FW: Justice Department Issues Technical Assistance on Testing Accommodations for Individuals with Disabilities Who Take Standardized Exams And High-Stakes Tests

Wed Sep 9 19:58:43 UTC 2015

Thanks for this.  This is interesting stuff.

This paragraph got me thinking:

"Flagging policies that impede individuals with disabilities from
fairly competing for and pursuing educational and employment
opportunities are prohibited by the ADA.  “Flagging” is the policy of
annotating test scores or otherwise reporting scores in a manner that
indicates the exam was taken with a testing accommodation.  Flagging
announces to anyone receiving the exam scores that the test-taker has
a disability and suggests that the scores are not valid or deserved.
Flagging also discourages test-takers with disabilities from
exercising their right to testing accommodations under the ADA for
fear of discrimination. Flagging must not be used to circumvent the
requirement that testing entities provide testing accommodations for
persons with disabilities and ensure that the test results for persons
with disabilities reflect their abilities, not their disabilities."

This raises some interesting questions.  For example, on the LSAT, I
believe that the writing section of the test is delivered to law
schools as a photo of the original writing page.  Now, if a student
requests the use of a computer to do the writing section, would the
LSAC provide the schools with a photo of the computer printout?  If
so, wouldn't this have the effect of flagging the students test,
because it wouldn't be hand-written?  To avoid this, could one request
that they have someone hand-copy the writing sample  from the
computer?

Mostly just curious if anyone has thought to address some of the other
ways in which a test might be inadvertently flagged.

Aaron

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