ERIC Number: EJ1263300
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
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Dynamic Assessment for Identifying Spanish-Speaking English Learners' Risk for Mathematics Disabilities: Does Language of Administration Matter?
Cho, Eunsoo; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Seethaler, Pamela M.; Fuchs, Douglas; Compton, Donald L.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v53 n5 p380-398 Sep-Oct 2020
We examined dynamic assessment's (DA's) added value over traditional assessments for identifying Spanish-speaking English learners' (ELs) risk for developing mathematics disabilities, as a function of the language of test administration (English vs. Spanish), type of math outcome, and EL's language dominance. At the start of first grade, ELs (N = 368) were randomly assigned to English-DA or Spanish-DA conditions, were assessed on static mathematics measures and domain-general (language, reasoning) measures in English, and completed DA in their assigned language condition. At year's end, they were assessed on calculation and word-problem solving outcomes in English. Results from multigroup path models indicated that Spanish-DA mitigates the impact of ELs' language dominance on DA performance. Moreover, ELs' language dominance moderated DA's predictive validity differentially depending on DA language and type of outcome. Spanish-DA showed higher predictive validity in Spanish-dominant ELs than English-dominant ELs when predicting calculations but not word-problem solving. English-DA was predictive for both outcomes, regardless of ELs' language dominance. [For the corresponding grantee submission, see ED603185.]
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation, Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners, At Risk Students, Mathematics Skills, Learning Problems, Language Usage, Test Bias, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Learning Disabilities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 1; Primary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence; Wide Range Achievement Test
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A090039; 2P20HD075443; 2R01HD053714; HD15052
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