The Equal Status Acts, 2000 to 2004, require education and training establishments to provide reasonable accommodation to meet the needs of a service user (i.e. learner) who has a disability.

In the context of assessment, reasonable accommodation is the term for the adaptation of assessment as necessary to cater for the needs of learners whose personal situation means that the assessment would otherwise be unfair e.g. learners with a disability, and/or other learners covered by equality legislation.

Any adaptation of the assessment by the Assessor should facilitate the learner to demonstrate their achievement of the learning outcomes without significantly altering the standard. Special assessment arrangements/adaptations are not intended to, and should not reduce the validity and reliability of the assessment or compromise the standard.