Accommodation vs Modification

A student with dyslexia listens to an audiobook as opposed to reading a physical book.

• Accommodation

• Modification

A student struggling with writing uses a larger pencil with custom textures

• Accommodation

• Modification

An identified ESL student completes a fill-in-the-blank summative assessment to create full sentences and paragraphs.

• Accommodation

• Modification

An entire math page is removed from a student's math test in relation to word problems.

• Accommodation

• Modification

A physically different student requires preferential seating in their environment

• Accommodation

• Modification

1.5 or 2x longer on assessments

• Accommodations

• Modification

A student presents their answers to a test orally and has to answer 8 out of 10

• Accommodation

• Modification

A student only has to learn the letters in their name instead of the whole alphabet like the rest of the class.

• Accommodation

• Modification

Movement breaks for students

• Accommodation

• Modification