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Marinho, Nathalie L.; Witmer, Sara E.; Jess, Nicole; Roschmann, Sarina – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2023
The use of accommodations is often recommended to remove barriers to academic testing among English Learners (ELs). However, it is unclear whether accommodations are particularly effective at improving ELs' test scores. A growing foundation of empirical work has explored this topic. We conducted a meta-analysis that examined several possible…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Testing Accommodations, Barriers, Scores
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Aspiranti, Kathleen B.; Ebner, Sara; Reynolds, Jennifer L.; Henze, Erin E. C. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2022
There is a lack of research examining the use of curriculum-based measurements (CBMs) with special populations, particularly English Language Learners (ELLs). The current study used an alternating treatments single-case design with five Latinx ELL students to examine scores across three math fluency CBM modalities. One-minute probes using either…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Mathematics Instruction, Curriculum Based Assessment, English Language Learners
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Pae, Hye K. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2012
Multiple traits of language proficiency as well as test method effects were concurrently analyzed to investigate interrelations of construct validity, convergent validity, and discriminant validity using multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) matrices. A total of 585 test takers' scores were derived from the field test of the "Pearson Test of English…
Descriptors: Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Language Proficiency, Construct Validity, Validity