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*	No	No
Audio Recorder*	Yes	No
Bar Chart	No	No
Basic Match*	No	No
Choice	Yes	Yes
Drawing	No	No
Extended Text & Math Extended Text	Yes	Yes
Fraction Model Interaction	No	No
Gap Match*	No	No
Geometry	No	No
Graphic Gap Match*	No	No
Graphing	No	No
Histogram	No	No
Hot Spot*	No	No
Hot Text*	Yes	Yes
Inline Choice	Partial, dependent on item construction.	Partial, dependent on screen reader tool.
Number Line*	No	No
Order"	No	No
Shape Transformation
Tabular Match	Yes	Yes
Text Entry & Math Entry	Yes	Yes
Zoom Number Line	No	No

Item Instructions

Some items provide a lightbulb icon students can click to learn more about how to interact with the item type. This can be enabled/disabled in Form Settings.

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