Promoting Excellence in Managing ADA Accommodation Requests

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Promoting Excellence in Managing ADA
Accommodation Requests
2007 Annual Conference

• Loring Brinckerhoff, ETS
• Fae Mellichamp, Professional Testing
• Elizabeth Witt, ABEM

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Key Points to Consider

• Do you have a clear and appropriate rationale for
  deciding test accommodation requests?
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• How do you apply documentation guidelines to
  improve the quality of disability documentation
  you receive from applicants?
• How do you identify accommodations that would
  fundamentally alter the measurement?

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Resources

• CLEAR (2004). The Americans with Disabilities
  Act Information for Credentialing Examinations
• Ballard, R. Elwork, A. (2003). Learning
  disability and professional licensing
  examinations What accommodations are reasonable
  under the ADA? The Journal of Psychiatry Law,
  31/Spring, 43-66.
• Banerjee, M., Shaw, S. (in press). High stakes
  test accommodations Documentation review by
  testing agencies in an era of change. Assessment
  for Effective Intervention.
• Brinckerhoff, L.C., McGuire, J. M., Shaw, S. F.
  (2002). Postsecondary education and transition
  for students with learning disabilities (Second
  Edition). Austin, TX Pro Ed.

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Resources contd

• Disability Rights Advocates (2005, Fall). High
  stakes testing and students with learning
  disabilities. The Briefcase.
• Educational Testing Service. (2007). Policy
  Statement for documentation of a learning
  disability in adolescents and adults.
  Http//www.ets.org/disability
• Gordon, M. Keiser, S. (1998). Accommodations in
  higher education under the Americans with
  Disabilities Act (ADA), New York The Guilford
  Press.
• Ofiesh, N. S., Hughes, C., Scott, S. S. (2004).
  Extended test time and postsecondary students
  with learning disabilities A model for decision
  making. Learning Disabilities Research
  Practice, 71(1), 53-104.
• Brinckerhoff, L. Banerjee, M. (2007).
  Misconceptions Regarding Accommmodations on
  igh-Stakes Tests Recommendations for Preparing
  Disability Documentation for Test Takers with
  Learning Disabilities. Learning Disabilities
  Research and Practice.

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Speaker Contact Information

• Loring Brinckerhoff, Ph.D.
• Director, Office of Disability Policy, ETS
  lbrinckerhoff_at_ets.org
• Fae Mellichamp, Senior Psychometrician
• Professional Testing Inc.
• fmellichamp_at_proftesting.com
• Elizabeth Witt, Ph.D., Senior Statistician
• American Board of Emergency Medicine
• ewitt_at_abem.org