Digital Assessment for Learners With Specific Learning Difficulties: A Case Study of Adjustment Practice

Authors

  • Cyril-Marek Beno Centre for Inclusive Education, Zemplin Institute of Learning Technologies, Michalovce, Slovakia Author
  • Josephine-M Framlingham Department of Assessment and Measurement, Angus Laboratory for Learning Sciences, Arbroath, United Kingdom Author
  • Adrienne Gorsse Centre for Inclusive Education, Bresle Laboratory for Learning Sciences, Eu, France Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22694796

Keywords:

Digital Assessment for Learners With Specific Learning Difficulties; Educational technology; E-learning; Evidence synthesis; Research methodology

Abstract

There is real interest in digital assessment for learners with specific learning difficulties right now, and real uncertainty about
exactly where it delivers the most value. We pull together the current evidence for digital assessment for learners with specific
learning difficulties, covering the methodological, practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has
genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific
pursuit looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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2025-09-03