Keeping Score for All
Subtitle: The Effects of Inclusion and Accommodation Policies on Large-Scale Educational Assessment
Contributors: Judith Anderson Koenig (Editor); Lyle F. Bachman (Editor)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: September 2, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780309092531
Subjects: Education / Testing & Measurement; Examinations & assessment; Special Education - General; Testing & Measurement; Disability Evaluation (Special Education); Educational Tests And Measurements (Higher Education); Education; Education / Teaching; Educational tests and measurem; Educational tests and measurements; Evaluation; Inclusive education; Students with disabilities; United States
Description: U.S. public schools are responsible for educating large numbers of English language learners and students with disabilities. This book considers policies for including students with disabilities and English language learners in assessment programs. It also examines the research findings on testing accommodations and their effect on test performance. Keeping Score for All discusses the comparability of states policies with each other and with the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) policies and explores the impact of these differences on the interpretations of NAEP results. The book presents a critical review of the research literature and makes suggestions for future research to evaluate the validity of test scores obtained under accommodated conditions. The book concludes by proposing a new framework for conceptualizing accommodations.