Let me put my oar in here one more time to remind readers of the list that a GREAT MANY accommodations that really help a lot of learners with challenges can be used for the GED WITHOUT? documentation or diagnosis.?? This includes use of colored overlays, having a koosh ball or other fidget object, using scratch paper, wearing a hat, and taking the tests one at a time.?? GED examiners have a list of these accommodations in their testing manuals and it would be WONDERFUL if every examiner shared that list with every GED program in his or her region who feeds people to the examination site.?? 

Every program, teacher and student should know about these and try them out well ahead of time to see if they make the critical difference, which, believe it or not, they often do.?? 

Robin Lovrien Schwarz, M. Sp.Ed;LD
Independent Consultant in Adult ESOL/Education and Learning Difficulties. 


 


 

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Also,
LD assessment results can be used to gain the adult learner accommodations for
GED testing or External Diploma testing. Also some vocational licensing
programs will only offer testing accommodations if there is a documented need
for them. 



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I
believe that another important question when deciding whether an adult should
be assessed for learning disabilities, is the following....?what would be
done with the results of such an evaluation? A formal assessment of ability and
achievement can only be justified if the results?can be used to inform a
program of remediation of identified disabilities.









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