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Methods for Evaluating the Validity of Test Scores for English Language Learners
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Sireci, Stephen G.; Han, Kyung T.; Wells, Craig S. – Educational Assessment, 2008
In the United States, when English language learners (ELLs) are tested, they are usually tested in English and their limited English proficiency is a potential cause of construct-irrelevant variance. When such irrelevancies affect test scores, inaccurate interpretations of ELLs' knowledge, skills, and abilities may occur. In this article, we…
Descriptors: Test Use, Educational Assessment, Psychological Testing, Validity
Keeping the Focus on the Child: Supporting and Reporting on Teaching and Learning with a Classroom-Based Performance Assessment System
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Falk, Beverly; Ort, Suzanne Wichterle; Moirs, Katie – Educational Assessment, 2007
This article describes the findings of studies conducted on a large-scale, classroom-based performance assessment of literacy for the early grades designed to provide information that is useful for reporting, as well as teaching. Technical studies found the assessment to be a promising instrument that is reliable and valid. Follow-up studies of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Performance Based Assessment, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Research
A Decade of Assessment
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Calfee, Robert C. – Educational Assessment, 2000
Reviews developments in educational assessment and in journals devoted to assessment during the editor's tenure with this journal, with a special focus on the place of performance assessment. Discusses the problem of generalizability in many new forms of assessment. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods