Descriptor
Author
| Abedi, Jamal | 2 |
| Baker, Eva L. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textAbedi, Jamal – 2003
Data from four different school sites nationwide were analyzed to examine whether standardized test results may be confounded by the lack of language proficiency of English language learners. Several analyses comparing the performance of limited English proficient (LEP) students and their non-LEP classmates revealed major differences. A Disparity…
Descriptors: Background, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedAbedi, Jamal; Baker, Eva L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1995
Results from a performance assessment in which 68 high school students wrote essays support the use of latent variable modeling for estimating reliability, concurrent validity, and generalizability of a scoring rubric. The latent variable modeling approach overcomes the limitations of certain conventional statistical techniques in handling…
Descriptors: Criteria, Essays, Estimation (Mathematics), Generalizability Theory
