When choosing what type to use for an item, take into account its accessibility and the needs of testers. It is possible in ADAM to create accommodated versions of a test by creating an alternate form that uses, for example, only items supported by screen readers.

Accessibility by Item Type

*Instructions available for the student – see next section for details.

Interaction

Keyboard Accessible?

Screen Reader Accessible?

Associate*NoNo
Audio Recorder*YesNo
Bar Chart*NoNo
Basic Match*NoNo
ChoiceYesYes
Drawing*NoNo
Extended Text & Math Extended Text*YesYes
Fraction Model Interaction*NoNo
Gap Match*NoNo
GeometryNoNo
Graphic Gap Match*NoNo
Graphing*NoNo
Histogram*NoNo
Hot Spot*NoNo
Hot Text*YesYes
Inline ChoicePartial, dependent on item construction.Partial, dependent on screen reader tool.
Number Line*NoNo
Order*NoNo
Shape Transformation*NoNo
Tabular MatchYesYes
Text Entry & Math Entry*YesYes
Text Extraction*NoNo
Zoom Number Line*NoNo


Item Instructions

Some items provide a lightbulb icon students can click to learn more about how to interact with the item type as well as provide instructions for keyboard and screen reader, if applicable. All instructions are available for Spanish. This can be enabled/disabled in Form Settings.

Item instructions icon


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