Accessibility

Accommodations (reasonable adjustments)

Adjustments that give candidates with a disability or specific need fair access to an exam — such as extra time.

What are accommodations?

Accommodations — known in the UK as reasonable adjustments — are changes to how a candidate sits an exam that give them fair access without changing what's being assessed. The most common is extra time, but they also include rest breaks, assistive technology, modified formats and separate rooms.

The principle is fairness, not advantage: an accommodation removes a barrier that isn't part of what the exam is meant to measure. A good platform makes them easy to grant per candidate — for example a personal extra-time allowance — and applies them automatically on exam day. This works alongside built-in accessibility to WCAG standards.

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