Research Article
Test Accessibility: Item Reviews and Lessons Learned from Four State Assessments
Table 1
Test item accessibility levels.
| Level | Description | Heuristic |
| 4 | Maximally accessible for nearly all test takers | Optimally accessible for 95–99% of the population | 3 | Maximally accessible for most test takers | Optimally accessible for 90–95% of the population | 2 | Maximally accessible for some test takers | Optimally accessible for 85–90% of the population | 1 | Inaccessible for many test takers | Optimally accessible for less than 85% of test takers |
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