Accommodations & Modifications

Question 1

Accommodation

Answer 1

Adjustments to the student’s task, learning environment, or supports provided without changing academic achievement expectations

Question 2

Modifications

Answer 2

Changes to curriculum expectations because the curriculum is beyond the student’s level of ability

Question 3

Alternative Assessments

Answer 3

Includes anecdotal records of student behavior, portfolios, checklists of student progress, and student/teacher conferences.

Question 4

Differentiated Instruction

Answer 4

A flexible approach to teaching. A teacher plans and implements varied approaches to teaching content, process, and product in an effort to respond to student differences in readiness, interests and learning needs.

Question 5

Testing Accommodations

Answer 5

Longer testing times, untimed tests, having someone write or type for the student, offering Braille or large-print reading materials, allowing short breaks