Learners with Disabilities

  Loukina & Buzick (2017) [pdf]

• a model (the SpeechRater) automatically scoring open-ended spoken responses for speakers with documented or suspected speech impairments
• SpeechRater was less accurate for test takers who were deferred for signs of speech impairment (ρ² = .57) than test takers who were given accommodations for documented disabilities (ρ² = .73)

Riazy et al. (2020) [pdf]

• Models predicting course outcome of students in a virtual learning environment (VLE)
• Students with self-declared disability were predicted to pass the course with 16-23 percentage points in favor from the training and test set