Recreation Intramural Sports Enrichment Guidelines by Disability Home Alternative Testing Alternative testing is offered to students with varying disabilities who are currently registered with the Department for Disability Support Services.
Alternative testing encompasses many different kinds of accommodations.
Some examples of alternative testing accommodations include extended test-taking time, a quiet environment, and use of readers, scribes or computers. The Department for Disability Support Services and each student take responsibility for arranging for accommodations before each individual test. The most common type of accommodation offered to students is a quiet environment with extended test-taking time. Generally, students with disabilities who are approved for extended test-taking time are given time and a half. For example, if the class is given 50 minutes to take the test, the student with accommodation will be give 1 hour and 15 minutes.