Universal Design Online Manual
Step 1: Ensure the Presence of Universal Design in RFPs
All students must have the opportunity to demonstrate their
achievement of the content standards. Therefore, to satisfy
state and federal requirements for universal design, vendors
should design state tests that allow the maximum number of
students possible (and students with diverse characteristics) to
take the same assessments without threat to the validity and
comparability of the scores.
To this end, vendors must demonstrate how they will develop
"universally designed assessments." Such assessments are
designed from the beginning to allow participation of the widest
range of students and result in valid inferences about the
performance of all students, including students with
disabilities, students with limited English proficiency, and
students with other special needs.
Next: Universal Design Step 2
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