Assessment

As teachers, we will always have students in our classrooms who learn academics in a different way from their peers. It is the teacher's responsibility to adapt their assessment of students' academic achievement in order to test on them on content understanding as opposed to how they may present the content. Students with hearing impairments also need adaptations when being assessed on their understanding of content.

The MEYC [|Education Resource] guide has suggestions for teachers who wish to adapt their assessment of students in their classrooms who have a hearing impairment. Some of the guidelines that are suggested for assessing students with hearing impairments capabilities are:
 * clarifying directions
 * providing a quiet room for tests
 * allowing a longer period of time for exams or tests
 * providing verbal or signed tests and assignments
 * providing alternative ways to test knowledge other than writing
 * be sure to test academic knowledge, not language skill
 * provide more direct instruction whenever possible to help students in their acquisition of English grammar and to develop language knowledge and skills
 * support whatever type of communication method is chosen in your classroom
 * (MEYC, 2009, p. 60)