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Download full textFlorez, Ida Rose – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2010
The Arizona English Language Learners Assessment (AZELLA) is used by the Arizona Department of Education to determine which children should receive English support services. AZELLA results are used to determine if children are either proficient in English or have English language skills in one of four pre-proficient categories (pre-emergent,…
Descriptors: Validity, Second Language Learning, Cutting Scores, Kindergarten
Mid-Atlantic Equity Center, 2009
Research on teaching and learning indicates that all students should be provided with programs, services, and teachers that engage them in rigorous academic work and promote deep disciplinary knowledge and higher order thinking skills (Walqui, 2006; Sanders & Rivers, 1996). Despite research findings on the importance of high quality teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Thinking Skills, Testing Accommodations, Remedial Programs
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Direct linkOckey, Gary J. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2007
When testing English language learners (ELLs) in subject matter areas, construct irrelevant variance could result from English, the language in which the test is presented. Differential item functioning (DIF) techniques have been used to determine if items are operating differently for population subgroups and might therefore be appropriate for…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Validity, Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematics Tests
