The preferred assessment method in special needs education is a continual and formative assessment which enables regular feedback for pupils and parents. The development of the child or adolescent is recorded in a report at the end of the school year or half-year. Examinations or grades at the end of the year are rather rare. Those pupils who are integrated into normal schools and who follow the normal curriculum are assessed in the same way as their fellow pupils. Pupils with disabilities can, however, request the compensation of disadvantages (e.g. extension of the time allowed to sit an examination; support from a third person [e.g. sign-language interpreters in oral examinations for pupils with a hearing disability]; adapting examination media or the form of examination).