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Keengwe, Jared, Ed.; Onchwari, Grace, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Standardized tests have been selected as a key assessment factor in expanding the academic achievement of the national student population. However, these tests position immigrant students at the risk of academic failure, leading education experts to search for new strategies and teaching models. The "Handbook of Research on Assessment…
Descriptors: Guides, Immigrants, Refugees, Land Settlement
Oregon Department of Education, 2013
This guide is designed as a reference for District and School personnel working with English learners (ELs). The content of the guide represents a compilation of information, examples, and resources. This guide is a living document and subject to frequent updates. It is recommended to review the document online rather than printing a hard copy.
Descriptors: Program Guides, English Language Learners, Educational Objectives, Vocabulary
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Kunnan, Antony John – Language Testing, 1998
Provides an introduction to structural equation modelling (SEM) for language research, including: general objectives of SEM applications relevant to language assessment; methodology and statistical assumptions about data that must be met; commonly-used SEM steps and concepts; application matters, with sample models; and recent critical discussions…
Descriptors: Language Research, Language Tests, Mathematical Formulas, Models
Fehring, Heather – 1988
Intended to aid schools in designing a Literacy Profile (defined here as consisting of documented information from a variety of assessments of a student's performance over a range of items defined as the dimensions of language learning), this pamphlet presents an alternative to standard assessment techniques. In the form of data tables the…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Tests
Oakland, Thomas, Ed. – 1981
The Nonbiased Assessment module contains seven sections that provide information on various issues relevant to the construction of programs for assessing minority group children. Each section, in addition to the discussion of the topic, contains a list of objectives for the workshop participant or reader, a pretest, simulations, and an annotated…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Kuder, S. Jay – 2003
This text on teaching students with language disabilities is divided into three parts. Part 1 presents the components of speech, language and communication and describes language development. Part 2 describes the language abilities of students with a variety of disabilities. Part 3 provides suggestions for assessment and intervention and discusses…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Behavior Disorders, Cultural Influences