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My students have to take all assessments on Chromebooks, however, only a handful can type. They almost all hunt-and-pick keys. I would like to improve their reading and writing skills by decreasing the number of multiple-choice questions and having them do more short response and essay questions, but I feel this may be unfair since the students will spend more time typing their response than thinking about the answer. Does anyone have any suggestions or words of advice?

If they have Chromebooks and are using Google Suite apps, they can use the talk to text tool. Some kids get self concious,  so I allow them to go to different parts of the room for privacy. I also use Google Forms for short quizzes. To differentiate for my lower level learners, I give 3 options for multiple choice, a word bank for fill ins, and a claim evidence reasoning response (CER). I break up CER into 3 short answers so it acts as a graphic organizer. If I use a longer essay, I allow students to use notes because they have to use text evidence to support their answers.

By the way, if you are interested, I will try to advise you about where you can find specialists in text generation. Because I had difficulties with it, when it was necessary to convert a file or just type text for a file from printed manuscripts. Luckily here https://www.typingservice.org/ managed to find a very high quality service and reliable specialists. I hope it will be useful for you too.