I've been following and researching accommodations. I ran across this today. The first one is the text of the whole report. The second is a summary.
I'll give my impressions in a nutshell:
The Justice department is responsible for making sure that the testing companies are not violating civil rights of disabled.
GAO found that the justice dept hasn't really been doing much. They haven't updated their guidance to the testing companies since 1993 and they don't have a way of knowing how many complaints they have received or a way to figure out if there are systematic problems.
GAO did a review of testing companies and found that they think that their job is to provide "reasonable accommodations" while the ADAAA of 2009, fully enacted in 2011 says that they must ensure that the test reflects aptitude of the test taker.
It also says that testing companies report that GT students and those with LDs are the hardest to review for accommodations. Among other things, if previous testing shows the disabled student does as well as other nondisabled people, then it is support NOT to grant accommodations.
One other thing relevant to dysgraphics is that they are hesitant to allow computers or software due to the possibility that some questions may be left on the computer and compromise future tests.
http://www.gao.gov/assets/590/587367.pdf http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-40
