The performance of students with and without disability on the 11th grade university admission test

Objective Comparing standardized university admission scores between students with and without disability within the same school and also comparing the performance of students with hearing, visual and physical disability.Methods This was a retrospective cohort study which compared the test results o...

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Autores:
Padilla Muñoz, Andrea
Rodríguez Romero, Viviana Alejandra
Castro, Sergio Mario
Reveiz, Yamile
Gómez-Restrepo, Carlos
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2013
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/72752
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/72752
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/37227/
Palabra clave:
derecho
educación
discapacidad
Disabled person
college admission test
test-taking skills (source: MeSH
NLM).
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:Objective Comparing standardized university admission scores between students with and without disability within the same school and also comparing the performance of students with hearing, visual and physical disability.Methods This was a retrospective cohort study which compared the test results of students with and without disabilities within the same school. A matched case-control study nested in a cohort was assembled. Standardized differences were calculated for comparing such scores.Results Students without disabilities performed significantly better than disabled ones(i.e. disabled students scored lower than their classmates).Conclusion Further research is needed to determine whether the Colombian educational system, adjustments made to tests for this population or students’ individual skills were the factors underlying the difference regarding the test results.