Guidelines to assist the provision of alternative arrangements for tertiary students with disability/impairment

This report and accompanying posters set out guidelines and procedures with which individual Tertiary Education Organisations may provide consistent alternative arrangements in tests and examinations to students with disability/impairment.

Such provisions could help ensure students with disability/impairment have the same
opportunity as their peers to achieve learning outcomes.

Download the report:

Report | Guidelines and Procedures for the Provision of Alternative Arrangements in Tests and Examinations to Students with Disability/Impairment (PDF, 700Kb)

Poster | Alternative Arrangements in Tests and Examinations for Students with Disability/Impairment (PDF, 2.6Mb)

Poster | Guidelines and Procedures for the Provision of Alternative Arrangements in Tests and Examinations to Students with Disability/Impairment (PDF, 1.6Mb)

National Survey of Alternative Assessment Arrangements Policy and Practice in Tertiary Education with Reference to International Policy and Literature (PDF, 1.4Mb)

Background:

A project completed in 2015, undertaken by ACHIEVE (The National Post-Secondary Education Disability Network Incorporated), to survey and compare policy and practice of alternative assessment arrangements, to accommodate diverse needs for extra time in examinations and tests for students with impairments, in tertiary education institutions in New Zealand.

Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa Regional Hub Project Fund (RHPF)