The Level Playing Field: Unconcealing Diploma Exam Accommodation Policy

The Level Playing Field: Unconcealing Diploma Exam Accommodation Policy

The authors, using a specific exemplar of standardized high-stakes testing and testing accommodations for learners with diagnosed disabilities in a Canadian province, open up, for conversation and critique, the myth of the accommodations metaphor of “leveling the playing fieldâ€. By utilizing...

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Autores principales: W. John Williamson, W. James Paul
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: University of Calgary 2012
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hermeneutics
accomodations
high stakes - testing
disability studies
diploma examinations
Alberta
Philosophy (General)
B1-5802
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9920dd46b3794d2b8bfe1ea0c8bad63e2021-11-25T21:26:06ZThe Level Playing Field: Unconcealing Diploma Exam Accommodation Policy10.11575/jah.v0i0.532051927-4416https://doaj.org/article/9920dd46b3794d2b8bfe1ea0c8bad63e2012-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jah/article/view/53205https://doaj.org/toc/1927-4416 The authors, using a specific exemplar of standardized high-stakes testing and testing accommodations for learners with diagnosed disabilities in a Canadian province, open up, for conversation and critique, the myth of the accommodations metaphor of “leveling the playing fieldâ€. By utilizing Disabilities Studies perspectives and literature, alternative interpretive readings of commonplace accommodations practices, as well as the experiential data of one of the author’s experiences managing exam accommodations at the school level, the authors not only critique the myth of reasonable, fair and equitable learner accommodations for those high schools facing standardized exit examinations, they also offer, alternatively, suggested ways forward that they believe re-conceptualizes practices associated with framing accommodations for all learners and not just those deemed to have educational disabilities. When all learners are offered without prejudice diverse ways of demonstrating their learning, knowing, and achievement then all students are engaged on level playing fields. W. John WilliamsonW. James PaulUniversity of Calgaryarticlehermeneuticsaccomodationshigh stakes - testingdisability studiesdiploma examinationsAlbertaPhilosophy (General)B1-5802ENJournal of Applied Hermeneutics (2012)
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accomodations
high stakes - testing
disability studies
diploma examinations
Alberta
Philosophy (General)
B1-5802
spellingShingle hermeneutics
accomodations
high stakes - testing
disability studies
diploma examinations
Alberta
Philosophy (General)
B1-5802
W. John Williamson
W. James Paul
The Level Playing Field: Unconcealing Diploma Exam Accommodation Policy
description The authors, using a specific exemplar of standardized high-stakes testing and testing accommodations for learners with diagnosed disabilities in a Canadian province, open up, for conversation and critique, the myth of the accommodations metaphor of “leveling the playing fieldâ€. By utilizing Disabilities Studies perspectives and literature, alternative interpretive readings of commonplace accommodations practices, as well as the experiential data of one of the author’s experiences managing exam accommodations at the school level, the authors not only critique the myth of reasonable, fair and equitable learner accommodations for those high schools facing standardized exit examinations, they also offer, alternatively, suggested ways forward that they believe re-conceptualizes practices associated with framing accommodations for all learners and not just those deemed to have educational disabilities. When all learners are offered without prejudice diverse ways of demonstrating their learning, knowing, and achievement then all students are engaged on level playing fields.
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