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Download full textLiu, Kristin K.; Anderson, Michael E.; Swierzbin, Bonnie; Thurlow, Martha L. – 1999
This report shares the initial Phase 1 results from a quantitative and qualitative study examining the feasibility and desirability of offering Minnesota students with limited English proficiency (LEP) a reading test with bilingual test items and answer choices. In considering the use of a native language translation accommodation to the Minnesota…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingual Students, Educational Assessment, Language Minorities
Stansfield, Charles W. – 1998
All states are addressing the problems of accommodations for English Language Learners (ELL's) in state assessment systems, but Massachusetts is noteworthy for the way in which it handles this problem. Since the early 1980s, over 40 states have created a statewide assessment program. Testing in these states is typically modeled on the National…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Equal Education
Koenig, Judith Anderson, Ed. – 2002
Officials with the National Center for Education Statistics asked the National Research Center's Board on Testing and Assessment to convene a workshop to assist them with their decisions about reporting results for accommodating test takers. The day-long workshop brought together four panels of representatives from state assessment offices,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
ARC Associates, Inc. Oakland, CA. – 1996
The "Lau" decision of 1974, which was related to the education of Chinese-speaking students in San Francisco (California), ushered in new programs, teaching approaches, frameworks, legislation, and government agencies designed to redress fundamental inequities in the educational opportunities available to language minority students. This…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bilingual Education, Chinese Americans, Court Litigation
Mazzeo, John; Carlson, James E.; Voelkl, Kristin E.; Lutkus, Anthony D. – 2000
This report discusses the outcomes of a study that investigated the effects of modifications to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1996 assessment designed to encourage the participation of more students with disabilities. Modifications included revising the inclusion criteria with the intention of making them clearer, more…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Garcia, Anita; Morgan, Cynthia – READ Abstracts Research and Policy Brief, 1997
A survey of the 50 United States investigated laws and policy concerning programs for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in elementary and secondary schools. This summary outlines state requirements imposed on schools regarding specific types of programs that must be offered to LEP students, the number of LEP students to be served, and the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Needs, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Vinogradov, Patsy – 2001
This report explores a range of issues related to the successful instruction of literacy-level English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) adults. The paper describes types of programs as well as factors that affect this population. Through a series of teacher interviews, the unique characteristics of these learners as well as suggested curricula are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Arkansas Department of Education, 2006
Families whose native language is not English have been arriving in Arkansas seeking employment in agriculture-related and other industries. School-age children from these families are relatively new to most of Arkansas school districts, and the educational programs necessary to meet their needs in many school districts are relatively new. Over…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Minority Group Children, Statistical Data, Limited English Speaking
Shepard, Lorrie; Taylor, Grace; Betebenner, Damian – 1998
The effect of testing accommodations, such as extra time, oral reading of the assessment, or small group testing, on the participation and performance levels of limited-English-proficient students (LEP) on the Rhode Island Grade 4 Mathematics Performance Assessment was studied. A pilot study was conducted with 22 classes of students to provide…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Thurlow, Martha; Liu, Kristin; Weiser, Sarah; El Sawaf, Hamdy – 1997
This report discusses the findings of a survey of the 50 states that investigated how state graduation requirements apply to students with limited English proficiency (LEP) and whether students with LEP receive a standard diploma upon completion of their studies or some type of modified exit document. Results found a minimum graduation requirement…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Thurlow, Martha; Liu, Kristin; Erickson, Ronald; Spicuzza, Richard; El Sawaf, Hamdy – 1996
In order to investigate the types of testing accommodations allowed for students with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) on exams used to determine whether a student earns a diploma, a study examined 18 states' written accommodations guidelines and testing policies. Each of the 18 states studied used a different test for its graduation…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment
Liu, Kristin; Thurlow, Martha; Erickson, Ronald; Spicuzza, Richard; Heinze, Kathryn – 1997
In order to encourage school districts to include students with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) in educational assessments, this report discusses issues involved in assessing students with LEP. Topics include: (1) the role of testing in education and the different types of tests mandated by educational reform legislation; (2) characteristics of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment
Liu, Kristin; Spicuzza, Richard; Erickson, Ron – 1996
This report describes findings of two half-day focus group meetings that discussed experiences and concerns about the participation of students with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) in Minnesota's Basic Standards Exams. The focus groups included test coordinators, general classroom teachers, and English as a Second Language teachers. The report…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment
Quest, Carol; Liu, Kristin; Thurlow, Martha – 1997
This report describes the findings of 10 focus group meetings that discussed issues related to the performance of students with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) on Minnesota's Basic Standards Exams. Ten groups were formed, with one group of parents and one of students representing each of the following language communities: Cambodian, Hmong, Lao,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment
Yang, Hua; Murray, Wayne – 2001
The rapid increase in the number of limited-English- proficient (LEP) students in U.S. schools is due not only to immigration, but also to the inability of LEP students in existing bilingual and English-as-a-Second-Language programs to meet the criteria for entering the mainstream classroom. In the Dallas public schools, nearly half of all LEP…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Board of Education Policy, English (Second Language), Graduation Requirements
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