Guidelines for accessible assessment : assessing students with vision impairment / Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities
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Lindisfarne, Tas. : Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities, [2011]
Lindisfarne Tas : Tasmania Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities, 2011
The Guidelines for Accessible Assessment (Guidelines) have been prepared by a Working Group established by the Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities (Round Table) - a standards-setting body concerned with the production and use of accessible information. This document aims to : Assist those involved with teaching and/or supporting students with vision impairment to negotiate the appropriate accommodations required to ensure assessment in an equitable manner. Encourage a consistently high quality approach to the assessment of students with vision impairment across the education and training systems of Australia and New Zealand. Ensure the production of educational materials in accordance with relevant guidelines and standards to ensure these students will not be disadvantaged by unsatisfactory or unfamiliar presentation of alternative format material in an assessment situation. Provide producers of accessible format materials with the guidance needed to produce examination papers and other written assessment materials in formats designed to accommodate the needs of students with vision impairment and Provide a framework for disability service practitioners to assess the educational support needs of students with vision impairment in relation to assessment and examination accommodations. Education and training bodies are required to facilitate participation of students with various disabilities in all aspects of education and training programs. To meet this objective they are required to anticipate and plan for the inclusion of students with disability, consult with students with disability or (where appropriate) their representatives, make reasonable adjustments and provide appropriate support services. [Introduction, ed]
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Australia
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1 online resource (48p.)
Includes bibliographical references
Title from title screen (viewed on 24/02/2014)
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Includes bibliographical references (page 41)
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Also available in electronic versions via the Internet at the publisher's home page
