Digital Assessment for Learners With Specific Learning Difficulties: A Case Study of Adjustment Practice
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22694796Keywords:
Digital Assessment for Learners With Specific Learning Difficulties; Educational technology; E-learning; Evidence synthesis; Research methodologyAbstract
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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