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*	No	No
Tabular Match	Yes	Yes
Text Entry & Math Entry*	Yes	Yes
Text Extraction*	No	No
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 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.

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