NARAP - Accessibility Principles for Reading Assessments
Product Description:
The National Accessible Reading Assessment Projects (NARAP) have been conducting research to identify ways to increase the accessibility of reading assessments. This document is the culmination of one of NARAP's goals: to develop evidence-based principles for making large scale assessments of reading proficiency more accessible
for students who have disabilities that affect reading, while maintaining a high level of validity for all students taking the assessments. Some of the principles clarify and
underscore the importance of well-accepted and widely used practices in designing reading assessments. Other principles have been developed from theory to respond to
the needs of specific groups of students.
The principles are to be viewed as a whole, representing a coherent and integrated approach to accessibility. They provide a vision of accessible reading assessments. This document was written primarily for personnel in state assessment offices and for test developers of regular large scale reading assessments used for accountability purposes. Other audiences also may find the document to be of interest and useful for other types of assessments. This document describes the principles and provides a rationale for each. The guidelines are explained and examples are provided. Annotated references for the support of the principles are provided in the appendix.
Available online at: http://www.narap.info/publications/reports/NARAPprinciples.pdf
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Professionals
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