Accommodations are a type of adaptation that creates a personal learning environment for a child by altering instruction, classroom environment, assessment and/or other materials and attributes in order to provide a student with a disability an equal opportunity to participate in class activities and demonstrate knowledge and skills.

Accommodations do not fundamentally change the instructional level, content or learning expectations of the course, standard, or assessment. They are intended to help students overcome or work around their disability and fully access the general education curriculum, without changing the instructional content.

Examples of accommodations include:

• Enlarging the print

• Providing study guides before tests

• Providing alternate versions of tests

• Orally reading tests and allowing students to provide oral responses instead of written responses

• Providing extended time to complete assignments and/or tests

• Doing work in a different setting

• Allowing assistive technology