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[quote=Anonymous]Hi OP,

giving the entire class extra time on a timed test isn't my idea of a universal accommodation.

If it were a universal accommodation, it would have to be a completely untimed test (within practicality of course).

For example:  a test to see if you can correctly answer 50 multiplication facts in 5 minutes is a timed test, and it is designed to measure automaticity/rapid recall as well as accuracy. If a student has slow processing speed, they might be given extended time on this test (10 minutes instead of 5?  Or 7.5 minutes instead of 5) to reflect the disability they have. But giving everyone extra time doesn't make sense if the test is trying to get a measure of automaticity.

However, if the test was just to see if you know your multiplication facts (however long it takes) then the test could and should be given with no time limits.  That's a universal accommodation and might help all sorts of students - those with test anxiety for example.  No time limits is different from everyone getting the same amount of extended time.

Other universal accommodations could be things like text to speech (for tests that aren't designed to measure reading ability) or enlarged text (for tests that aren't designed to measure your ability to read small print), or allowing use of a calculator for tests that aren't measuring your ability to perform calculations.[/quote]

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