Tavani, C. M. (2004). The impact of testing accommodations on students with learning disabilities: An investigation of the 2000 NAEP mathematics assessment (Publication No. 3137495) [Doctoral dissertation, Florida State University]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global. https://www.proquest.com/docview/305182301

Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL); ProQuest document ID: 305182301

This study addressed the effects of accommodations in general on mathematical performance scores and examined additional variables that showed to have strong relationships with students’ test performances.

An extant dataset was drawn using nationally (U.S.) representative sampling of large-scale assessment scores for 42,453 students in grades 4, 8, and 12, were gathered from the 2000 NAEP Mathematics Assessment. Five percent of the sample was composed of students with learning disabilities. English language learners (ELLs) were not included in the analyses.

The 2000 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics assessment (extant assessment data) served as the dependent variable.

Findings demonstrated non-significant performance score increases when students with learning disabilities who used accommodations were compared to those students who did not use accommodations.