[Ms_ahead] Testing Accommodations - Who and How To Organize

[Charles Hughes]

FYI

 

Charles Hughes

The University of Southern Mississippi

Institute for Disability Studies

 

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From: Thompson Audio Conferences [mailto:EducationEditor at thompson.com] 

Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 5:42 PM

To: charles.hughes at usm.edu

Subject: Testing Accommodations - Who and How To Organize

 

 

Thompson Interactive presents

 

Testing Accommodations - Who and How to Organize

A 90-minute Interactive Audio Conference 

 

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Central Time

 

 

Enrollment

Just $249 per listening site no matter how many people are in the room! 

Online: http://www.thompsoninteractive.com/upcoming.asp?topic=ld
<http://www.thompsoninteractive.com/upcoming.asp?topic=ld&id=962&priority=FN
MK50955&virtual=11180813> &id=962&priority=FNMK50955&virtual=11180813 

Phone: call 1-800-925-1878 and please mention priority code FNMK 50955.

 

 

Course Description:

One of the most frequent accommodations provided to students with a variety
of disabilities is some form of testing accommodation. A range of services
and support may be needed, and a range of models may be used, from testing
done within the disability services office to testing overseen by a
free-standing testing center, to testing accommodations provided directly by
faculty. This interactive audio conference will discuss the assignment of
accommodation for testing, the relative merits of various testing models,
and organization features of a functional and credible testing
accommodations program. 

 

Learning Points and Questions to be Answered:

. What are the options or models typically in use for providing testing
accommodations in higher education?

. What is the process, from start to finish, for assigning accommodations,
notification of instructors, monitoring testing, and returning tests to
faculty?

. How can and how should DSS providers organize the assignment of space, use
of assistive technology, training and assignment of proctors, readers, or
scribes?

. Thorny issues in testing - protecting security, maintaining academic
integrity, answering concerns about fairness and extended time, and more

 

Level: Advanced

 

 


 Attendees Who Will Benefit From This Audio Conference Include:


*	Postsecondary Disability Service Providers 
*	Postsecondary Learning/Testing Center Staff 
*	College and University Administrators 
*	ADA Coordinators/Compliance Officers 

Jane E. Jarrow, Ph.D., is the President of Disability Access Information and
Support (DAIS). Dr. Jarrow was a full-time faculty member at The Ohio State
University in Speech/Language Pathology for seven years before assuming a
position as the Executive Director of the Association on Higher Education
and Disability (AHEAD). (AHEAD is an international professional membership
organization providing technical assistance, information, and support to
individuals involved in issues of disability access in higher education).
Dr. Jarrow is a skilled presenter and speaks knowledgeably about the legal
and educational mandates surrounding the participation of persons with
disabilities in postsecondary settings. Throughout her 14-year tenure with
AHEAD, and in her current position with DAIS, Dr. Jarrow has traveled
extensively presenting workshops and training sessions focused on these
issues. Through DAIS, Dr. Jarrow also provides technical assistance, online
professional development courses, participates in grant writing and editing,
and is the author/publisher of a number of significant resource materials.

 

Mary Zabel, M.S., ET/P, is the Director of the Disability Resource Center at
the University of Nevada, Reno. Mary is a Learning Disability Specialist and
is an active member of the Association of Higher Education and Disability.
Mary has over 23 years of experience as an administrator of disability
services in higher education; 10 years in a California Community College
setting and the past 13 years in her current position. She has overseen
testing accommodations utilizing a range of models and has continuously
assessed and refined alternative testing protocol.

Registration Includes:

. Admittance to the 90-minute call for as many people as you can fit in a
room with a speakerphone 

. Access to the specially created presentation handouts (available 48 hours
in advance) 

. Participation in the 30-minute, live Q&A with the speaker following the
presentation 

. Certificates of attendance for all audio conference attendees

Attendees Who Will Benefit From This Audio Conference Include:

. Postsecondary Disability Service Providers

. Postsecondary Learning/Testing Center Staff 

. College and University Administrators

. ADA Coordinators/Compliance Officers

 

Learn More & Register Today! 

If you prefer to register -- or order the CD recording (MP3 format) or
On-Demand recording -- by phone, then call us toll-free at 1-800-925-1878.
And when you do, please be sure to mention your priority code: FNMK 50955.

Audio conferences and webinars are sponsored by Thompson Interactive, a
Division of Thompson Publishing Group, Inc., 805 15th Street NW, 3rd Floor,
Washington, DC 20005. Thompson Interactive reserves the right to substitute
speakers and reschedule or cancel audio conferences and webinars due to
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problems stemming from registrants' organization's hardware or
telecommunications services. Recording of audio conferences and webinars is
prohibited.

 

 

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