What Types of Special Accommodations Are Given for the AMIRNET Test?

The NITE Test Centers where the tests are given are accessible to people with a variety of disabilities (e.g., limitations with mobility).
Moreover, tests are administered in rooms with a limited capacity and fitted with comfortable chairs (next to a table).

Listening to the test: The test system incorporates reading software that enables every examinee to listen to texts using the earphones they are given.

Examples of accommodations that may be given for the test

  • Extra time for all or part of the test
  • Rest and refreshment breaks during the test
  • Special breaks during the test for medical needs
  • Taking the test in a separate room
  • Taking a pencil-and-paper, rather than a computerized, test
  • Permission to be accompanied by another person who will sit outside the test hall

Accommodations that are never given

  • Use of an electronic dictionary
  • Exemption from any part of the test
  • Receiving explanations of questions
  • Permission to answer questions orally