Publications

Publications that provide information relevant to the work of PARA are identified here.

Cognitive and Achievement Differences Between Students with Divergent Reading and Oral Comprehension Skills: Implications for Accessible Reading Assessment Research HTML format | PDF Format (May 2010)

Examination of a Reading Pen as a Partial Auditory Accommodation for Reading Assessment HTML format | PDF Format (February 2010)

Disabilities and Reading: Understanding the Effects of Disabilities and Their Relationship to Reading Instruction and Assessment HTML Format | PDF Format (March 2009)

Exploring Factors that Affect the Accessibility of Reading Comprehension Assessments for Students with Disabilities: A Study of Segmented Text HTML Format | PDF Format (January 2009)

The Design and Validation of a Motivating Large-Scale Accessible Reading Comprehension Assessment for Students with Disabilities HTML Format

Questions to Ask to Determine How to Move Closer to Universally Designed Assessments From the Very Beginning, by Addressing the Standards First and Moving on From There PDF Format (2005)

Examining DIF, DDF, and Omit Rate by Discrete Disability Categories HTML Format | PDF Format (December 2007)

What Do State Reading Test Specifications Specify? HTML Format | PDF Format (June 2007)

Examining Differential Distractor Functioning in Reading Assessments for Students with Disabilities HTML Format | PDF Format (January 2007)

Examining Differential Item Functioning in Reading Assessments for Students with Disabilities HTML Format | PDF Format (January 2007)

Reading and Students with Autism (2006)
Reading and Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disabilities (2006)
Reading and Students with Mental Retardation (2006)
Reading and Students with Specific Learning Disabilities (2006)
Reading and Students with Speech or Language Impairments (2006)
Reading and Students with Visual Impairments or Blindness (2006)
Reading and Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (April 2007)

State Accommodations Policies: Implications for the Assessment of Reading HTML Format | PDF Format (June 2006)

State Literacy Standards, Practice, and Testing: Exploring Accessibility PDF Format (2004). National Center on Educational Outcomes

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