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Cahan, Sorel; Nirel, Ronit; Alkoby, Moty – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
Differential granting of extra-examination time (EET) is commonly based on learning disabilities (LD) status: EET is granted to LD examinees and is denied to nondisabled examinees. We argue that LD serves as a proxy for the extent to which time limitation affects the examinee's test score (e). Hence, the validity of the LD-based EET granting…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Timed Tests, Scores, Educational Policy
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Martínez, José Felipe; Schweig, Jonathan; Goldschmidt, Pete – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2016
A key question facing teacher evaluation systems is how to combine multiple measures of complex constructs into composite indicators of performance. We use data from the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) study to investigate the measurement properties of composite indicators obtained under various conjunctive, disjunctive (or complementary),…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Outcome Measures, Evaluation Methods, Educational Policy
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Nyeris, Raymond; Koross, Benjamin Towett – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The introduction of Free Primary Education (FPE) policy in 2003 was aimed at enhancing the enrolment of all school going-age children in Kenya indiscriminately. However, significant concerns have been raised by scholars and the public over the low enrolment of children with Special Needs Education (SNE). The main objective of this study was to…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Sampling, Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students
Thurlow, Martha; Hurley, Christine; Spicuzza, Richard; Erickson, Ronald – 1996
This bibliography provides abstracts of 28 recent (most were published since 1993) books, journal articles, and other documents concerned with testing accommodations for students with disabilities. The emphasis was on studies examining the effects of testing accommodations on the technical integrity of assessment measures. However, the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education