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Download full textLiu, Kristin; Thurlow, Martha; Erickson, Ronald; Spicuzza, Richard; Heinze, Kathryn – 1997
In order to encourage school districts to include students with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) in educational assessments, this report discusses issues involved in assessing students with LEP. Topics include: (1) the role of testing in education and the different types of tests mandated by educational reform legislation; (2) characteristics of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment
Spicuzza, Richard; Erickson, Ron; Thurlow, Martha; Ruhland, Aaron – 1996
This study examined issues concerned with the participation of students with disabilities or with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) in Minnesota's Profile of Learning, a taxonomy of learning expectations covering 13 different curricular areas across four different developmental levels (grades 3, 5, 8, and graduation level). Representatives…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Administrator Attitudes, Disabilities
Minnema, Jane; Thurlow, Martha; Bielinski, John – 2002
Two focus groups of test and measurement experts were held to explore the use of out-of-level testing for students with disabilities. The participants (n=17) included state and federal level assessment personnel, test company employees, and university professors. A content analysis of the narrative results indicated that there was no clear…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adaptive Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Disabilities
Liu, Kristin; Thurlow, Martha – 1999
This report provides an analysis of the participation and performance of students with limited English proficiency (LEP) in the 1996, 1997, and 1998 Basic Standards of Reading and Math tests given to all 8th grade students in Minnesota annually. There is very limited availability of data on the performance of LEP students on these tests because…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, English (Second Language), Grade 8
Ysseldyke, Jim; Krentz, Jane; Elliott, Judy; Thurlow, Martha; Erickson, Ronald; Moore, Michael – 1998
This report describes how the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) Framework for Educational Accountability, which specifies outcomes and indicators for six developmental levels (ages three and six, grades four, eight, and twelve, and post-school), can be used to implement parts of the National Association of State Directors of Special…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Citizenship
Quest, Carol; Liu, Kristin; Thurlow, Martha – 1997
This report describes the findings of 10 focus group meetings that discussed issues related to the performance of students with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) on Minnesota's Basic Standards Exams. Ten groups were formed, with one group of parents and one of students representing each of the following language communities: Cambodian, Hmong, Lao,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment
Ysseldyke, Jim; Krentz, Jane; Elliott, Judy; Thurlow, Martha; Thompson, Sandra; Moore, Michael – 1998
The National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) has developed a framework for educational accountability that specifies outcomes and indicators for six developmental levels (ages three and six, grades four, eight, and twelve, and post-school). The framework is designed to be used for the development or revision of district and states assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Alternative Assessment
Bielinski, John; Thurlow, Martha; Minnema, Jane; Scott, Jim – 2002
In this study, special education teachers identified students with learning disabilities who were working on math skills usually taught two grades below the grade in which the student was enrolled. Each student (n=33) took two levels of the MAT/7 math computation test, an on-grade test, and an out-of-level test intended for students two grades…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adaptive Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
