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Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, 2020
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) strives to provide every student with a positive and productive assessment experience, generating results that are a fair and accurate estimate of each student's achievement. Further, Smarter Balanced is building on a framework of accessibility for all students, including English…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities
Liu, Kristin K.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Jarmin, Jaime; Ward, Jenna; Christensen, Laurene – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2020
This report is an update of the assessment principles and guidelines for English language learners published in 2013 (Thurlow, Liu, Ward, & Christensen). That report, which was developed by the Improving the Validity of Assessment Results for English Language Learners with Disabilities (IVARED) project, presented essential principles of…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Cohen, Dale J.; Zhang, Jin; Wothke, Werner – Applied Measurement in Education, 2019
Construct-irrelevant cognitive complexity of some items in the statewide grade-level assessments may impose performance barriers for students with disabilities who are ineligible for alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards. This has spurred research into whether items can be modified to reduce complexity without affecting…
Descriptors: Test Items, Accessibility (for Disabled), Students with Disabilities, Low Achievement
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, 2019
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) strives to provide every student with a positive and productive assessment experience, generating results that are a fair and accurate estimate of each student's achievement. Further, Smarter Balanced is building on a framework of accessibility for all students, including English…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities
Thurlow, Martha L.; Liu, Kristin K.; Ward, Jenna M.; Christensen, Laurene L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2013
The Improving the Validity of Assessment Results for English Language Learners with Disabilities (IVARED) project has identified essential principles of inclusive and valid assessments for English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities. These principles were developed from a Delphi expert review process with nationally recognized experts in…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods