Choosing Accommodations

Choosing accommodations for a student's disability is not enough.

• ELLs with disabilities face both English language and disability-related barriers to accessing instruction and assessment.
• Language-related barriers may hinder student’s ability to learn content, and to demonstrate his or her knowledge and skills.
• To succeed in U.S. classrooms, students must develop language skills needed to understand complex concepts in a non-native language. The language skills needed in the classroom are different from the skills needed to interact socially.