Elliott, S. N., & McKevitt, B. (2000, April). Testing accommodations decisions: Legal and technical issues challenging educators . Annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New Orleans, LA, United States.

Accommodations were not specified; instead, the definition of testing accommodations, legal issues associated with testing accommodations, and validity issues related to testing accommodations were discusses.

A review of research literature, law and policy, and psychometric issues related to testing accommodations for individuals with disabilities were the topic of this paper.

A review of literature was completed.

Measurement experts support that testing accommodations should be used to increase the validity of test scores for students with disabilities. Theoretically this is the purpose of accommodations, however limited empirical data reflect these assumptions. Additionally, this review found that educators have called for increased knowledge and training in the areas of disability, testing accommodations, and psychometric issues associated with testing accommodations.