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Download full textZhang, Haiyan; Kang, Kai – International Education Studies, 2017
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and Smarter Balanced Assessment Systems (SBAC) started in the 2014-2015 academic year and has been regarded by many in the field as a radical effort to improve the American English Language Art (ELA) educational standards. These two consortia, being aligned with Common…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, English (Second Language), College Readiness
New York State Education Department, 2015
This technical report provides an overview of the New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA), including a description of the purpose of the NYSAA, the processes utilized to develop and implement the NYSAA program, and Stakeholder involvement in those processes. By comparing the intent of the NYSAA with its process and design, the validity of the…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
New York State Education Department, 2014
This technical report provides an overview of the New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA), including a description of the purpose of the NYSAA, the processes utilized to develop and implement the NYSAA program, and Stakeholder involvement in those processes. The purpose of this report is to document the technical aspects of the 2013-14 NYSAA.…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, State Departments of Education, Student Evaluation
Koretz, Daniel; Hamilton, Laura – 1999
An earlier study (D. Koretz, 1997) found that Kentucky had been unusually successful in testing most students with disabilities, but it also found numerous signs of poor measurement, including differential item functioning (DIF) in mathematics, apparently excessive use of accommodations, and implausibly high mean scores for some groups of students…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Bias, Scores
Direct linkThompson, Sandra; Thurlow, Martha; Malouf, David B. – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2004
Universally designed assessments are designed and developed to allow participation of the widest possible range of students, in a way that results in valid inferences about performance on grade-level standards for all students who participate in the assessment. This paper explores the development of universal design and considers its application…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Student Evaluation, Achievement Tests, Test Format
Wiliam, Dylan – Review of Research in Education, 2010
The idea that validity should be considered a property of inferences, rather than of assessments, has developed slowly over the past century. In early writings about the validity of educational assessments, validity was defined as a property of an assessment. The most common definition was that an assessment was valid to the extent that it…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Validity, Inferences, Construct Validity
Peer reviewedPhillips, S. E. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1994
This article explores the measurement problems associated with granting accommodations for mental disabilities, uses existing case law to construct a legal framework for considering such accommodations, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of alternative strategies for handling testing accommodation requests. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Alternative Assessment, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Ketterlin-Geller, Leanne R. – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2005
Universal design for assessment (UDA) is intended to increase participation of students with disabilities and English-language learners in general education assessments by addressing student needs through customized testing platforms. Computer-based testing provides an optimal format for creating individually-tailored tests. However, although a…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Disabilities, Grade 3, Second Language Learning
