Johnson, A. D. (2006). A review of exam accommodations for dental students with disabilities . Journal of Dental Education , 70 (5). https://doi.org/10.1002/j.0022-0337.2006.70.5.tb04102.x

Journal Article

Johnson, A. D. (2006). A review of exam accommodations for dental students with disabilities. Journal of Dental Education, 70(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/j.0022-0337.2006.70.5.tb04102.x

Tags

Educator survey; Multiple accommodations; Postsecondary; U.S. context

URL

https://www.adea.org/jdehomepage/

Summary

Accommodation

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the extent to which testing accommodations are granted for students with disabilities for admission into dental predoctoral and doctoral programs.

Participants

An extant data set of 144,373 applicants for the Dental Admission Test, inclusive of students with disabilities, from throughout the U.S. served as study participants.

Dependent Variable

To address the research purpose, surveys were sent to the American Dental Association (ADA) and to each of the ten independent state and four regional dental licensing boards throughout the United States.

Findings

There were 893 requests for accommodations.