Common Core Tests and Accessability

The accommodations that will be permitted for students taking Common Core test will depend on which consortium is creating the tests. The rules regarding these accommodations are complex. Elementary students who are taking tests developed by the PARCC consortium will be allowed to have the tests read aloud to them if they have a documented need for this. If the tests are read aloud this will be noted with the test results. The standards required by the Smarter Balanced consortium are more stringent and somewhat controversial. For grades 3-5, students will not be permitted to have the tests read aloud to them even if they are blind and do not know braille! Am I the only one who thinks that Smarter Balanced has gone off the deep end on this issue?