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Download full textShyyan, Vitaliy; Christensen, Laurene L.; Rogers, Christopher; Kincaid, Aleksis – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2014
Students who are deaf or hard of hearing (Deaf/HH) and communicate using American Sign Language (ASL) may benefit from sign accommodations on state assessments. However, there have been challenges in standardizing assessment content including how items should be signed. Technology enhanced assessment offers the opportunity to provide standardized…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Assistive Technology, Guidelines, Elementary School Students
Direct linkCawthon, Stephanie W. – Remedial and Special Education, 2011
Students who are deaf or hard of hearing are a low-incidence population with diverse linguistic characteristics and levels of academic achievement. This article presents findings on teacher recommendations of assessment practices for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. A total of 372 educational professionals responded to a set of three…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Partial Hearing, Deafness, Tests
Miller, Charles; Hooper, Simon; Rose, Susan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2008
Between 1998 and 2002, enrollment in American Sign Language (ASL) curricula at the postsecondary level has increased 433% nationally, representing the largest enrollment percentage gain of all world languages. This unprecedented demand for ASL linguistic study has created a wide range of instructional challenges, the most pervasive of which…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Curriculum Development, Postsecondary Education, Enrollment Trends
Peer reviewedJohnson, Evelyn; Kimball, Kathy; Brown, Shawn Olson – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2001
A study investigated whether the use of American Sign Language as an accommodation affected the validity of standards-based assessments given in 12 classrooms of students with hearing impairments. Findings indicate sign language translation can result in the omission of pertinent information required to answer test items correctly. Suggestions are…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Standards, Accountability, American Sign Language
