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Key Concerns about Accessibility of Tests for Students with Disabilities

PRESENTATION FROM:

Research Meeting:  Fairness in Educational and Psychological Tests: Issues and Solutions
October 12-13, 2017

Hosted by the Buros Center for Testing with conference grant funding from American Educational Research Association (AERA)
      
LENGTH: 15 minutes

PRESENTER BIOGRAPHY: 

Ryan J. Kettler, PhD is a core faculty member in the School Psychology Program of the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He earned his doctorate in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Kettler's research on data-based decision making in education has been externally funded and yielded more than 60 publications. Active areas within this program include universal screening, inclusive assessment, and educator effectiveness. Dr. Kettler has been a principal investigator or co-principal investigator on eight grant projects, including three funded by the U.S. Department of Education. He is currently a co-principal investigator of the School System Improvement Project, the Website Editor for the Society for the Study of School Psychology, and co-editor of the upcoming Handbook of Accessible Instruction and Testing Practices: Issues, Innovations, and Applications (Second Edition).

Content Information

TITLE: Key Concerns about Accessibility of Tests for Students with Disabilities LENGTH: 15 minutes BIO: Ryan J. Kettler, PhD is a core faculty member in the School Psychology Program of the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He earned his doctorate in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Kettler's research on data-based decision making in education has been externally funded and yielded more than 60 publications. Active areas within this program include universal screening, inclusive assessment, and educator effectiveness. Dr. Kettler has been a principal investigator or co-principal investigator on eight grant projects, including three funded by the U.S. Department of Education. He is currently a co-principal investigator of the School System Improvement Project, the Website Editor for the Society for the Study of School Psychology, and co-editor of the upcoming Handbook of Accessible Instruction and Testing Practices: Issues, Innovations, and Applications (Second Edition).