Performance of English language learners as a subgroup in large-scale assessment: Interaction of research and policy

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 36-46

  Abedi, Jamal ^a   Gándara, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Accountability; Assessment; English language learners; Language

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846426108     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: 17453992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.2006.00077.x     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Abedi, J. (2006a). Language issues in item development. In S. M. Downing & T. M. Haladyna (Eds.), Handbook of test development. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
2. Abedi, J. (2006b). Are accommodations used for ELL students valid? Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
3. Abedi, J., Courtney, M., & Leon, S. (2003). Effectiveness and validity of accommodations for English language learners in large-scale assessments (CSE Tech. Rep. No. 608). Los Angeles: University of California, National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.
4. Abedi, J., Courtney, M., Mirocha, J., Leon, S., & Goldberg, J. (2005). Language accommodations for English language learners in large-scale assessments: Bilingual dictionaries and linguistic modification (CSE Tech. Rep. No. 666). Los Angeles: University of California, National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.