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Download full textHart, Ray; Casserly, Michael; Uzzell, Renata; Palacios, Moses; Corcoran, Amanda; Spurgeon, Liz – Council of the Great City Schools, 2015
There has been little data collected on how much testing actually goes on in America's schools and how the results are used. So in the Spring of 2014, the Council staff developed and launched a survey of assessment practices. This report presents the findings from that survey and subsequent Council analysis and review of the data. It also offers…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Student Evaluation, Testing Programs, Testing
Ediger, Marlow – 2001
This paper discusses issues related to testing accommodations for the disabled, focusing on the provision of extra time in testing. Recent research on learning styles and multiple intelligences makes the case for allowing for student individuality in instruction, but considering these theories in designing test accommodations could lead to endless…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Disabilities, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Jolly, S. Jean; And Others – 1985
Scores from the Stanford Achievement Tests administered to 50,000 students in Palm Beach County, Florida, were studied in order to determine whether the speeded nature of the reading comprehension subtest was related to inconsistencies in the score profiles. Specifically, the probable effect of random guessing was examined. Reading scores were…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Guessing (Tests), Item Analysis
Hambleton, Ronald K. – 1986
The problem of determining optimal test lengths with fixed total testing time has proved to be a difficult one for criterion-referenced test developers. An algorithm is needed which can be used by test developers to allocate available testing time to maximize the validity of their total criterion-referenced tests or testing programs. To be…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Psychometrics
Chiu, Christopher W. T.; Pearson, P. David – 1999
Test accommodations for special education (SP) and limited English proficient (LEP) students have attracted much attention recently because proper accommodations promote inclusion and allow students to perform optimally. A meta-analysis of 30 research studies found empirical evidence supporting the position that, with appropriate accommodations,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Disabilities
Burns, Edward – 1998
This book considers legal questions, theoretical issues, and practical methods for meeting the assessment needs of students with disabilities. It is comprised of ten chapters and includes test accommodation topics relating to federal and state regulations (including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997), problems…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Regulation, Individualized Education Programs
