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Download full textThornton, Andrea E.; Dalessandro, Susan P.; Reese, Lynda M. – 2002
This report describes trends related to accommodations in testing for the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and summarizes the performance of accommodated LSAT takers for the 1993-1994 through 1997-1998 testing years. Data show that the number of requests for accommodated testing increased steadily from the 1994-1995 through 1996-1997 LSAT testing…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Educational Trends, Law Schools, Learning Disabilities
Jarvis, Kathryn – 1997
A study was conducted to determine if providing additional time to complete classroom tests increases the test scores of college students with learning disabilities. Whether the accommodation allows the extra time necessary for students with learning disabilities to process the information, leveling the playing field, or whether it creates a…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Perlman, Carole; And Others – 1996
Eighty-five fourth- and eighth-grade learning disabled students whose individualized education plans specified untimed achievement testing were tested with the Reading Comprehension subtest of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, either according to the publisher's 40-minute time limit or with an extended time limit of 2 hours, 30 minutes. Results were…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Wightman, Linda F. – 1993
This report provides information about test takers with disabilities who participated in a variety of accommodated administrations of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Results indicate the number of LSATs administered with accommodations increased 100% from 1990 to 1993. During that 4-year period, more than 2,700 LSATs were administered under…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Aptitude Tests, Data Analysis, Data Collection
