As a student who didn't need any special help in school, I never appreciated students getting accommodations on
tests. As an "average" student I thought “well I would do better if someone helped me understand the
question before I had to answer it to!” I was pretty selfish and closed minded.
But then as I was reading our textbook I came across this line: “Be sure to
give students with disabilities accommodations on tests. Otherwise you may be
measuring the disability rather than the ability.” This hit me and it clicked right
away. If we don’t give students the accommodations they need, we can’t see what
they’ve learned in that subject! If students struggle to read and we don’t help
them on a history test, they could fail just because they can’t understand the questions,
even if they know ALL about history. I have been humbled and my opinion has
been changed. I now see why we need to give some people special accommodations
on test and assignments, and it IS fair.
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