Accommodation plans are developed upon review of the applicant’s submitted Accommodations Request Form, which documents the disability and functional limitation(s) of the applicant as they relate to the individual assessment (e.g., Casper).
The most common accommodations that may be approved for use on Acuity Insights Assessments are:
Additional time
Assistive software:
Speech-to-Text (dictation) software
Text-to-Speech (reader) software
Assistive personnel:
Scribe
Reader
Acuity Insights recognizes that applicants may require accommodations that fall outside of the above-mentioned measures. We will work with applicants to provide the most appropriate measures within the technical limitations of Acuity Insights Assessments.
Please note that requests for certain measures are not necessary or permitted. These include but are not limited to:
Separate testing environments, as the test is completed online and in a place of the applicant’s choosing
Closed captioning, which is standard on all videos presented on any component of Acuity Insights Assessments
Spelling and grammar correction software, as Casper Raters are instructed to disregard spelling and grammatical errors
Calculators or other numerical assistive technology, as there are no mathematical questions on the test
Accommodations due to slow typing speed unless related to a specific disability or condition
The review of accommodation requests and any accommodation measures resulting in the modification of the assessment(s) format (e.g., additional time) are provided free of charge. However, certain approved accommodations, such as assistive software (e.g., Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech) or assistive personnel (e.g., Scribe and Reader), must be procured by the applicant at their expense. One reason for this is that Acuity Insights does not use testing centres and thus each applicant’s test environment (both physical and technological) may differ.
For more information on how any approved accommodations are applied to your Acuity Insights Assessments, please refer to the Summary of Acuity Insights Accommodations.