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Direct linkAbedi, Jamal; Levine, Harold G. – Leadership, 2013
English language learners (ELLs) face a challenging academic future in learning a new language while simultaneously mastering content in the language they may be struggling to learn. Assessment plays an extremely important role in the academic careers of ELL students, perhaps more so than for native speakers of English. Major changes and…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Accountability, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning
Abedi, Jamal – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2010
Standardized achievement tests that are used for assessment and accountability purposes may not provide reliable and valid outcomes for English language learners (ELLs) because extraneous sources may confound the outcome of assessments for these students. Performance assessments, by contrast, may offer opportunities for these students to present a…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Performance Based Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
Lane, Suzanne; Zumbo, Bruno D.; Abedi, Jamal; Benson, Jeri; Dossey, John; Elliott, Stephen N.; Kane, Michael; Linn, Robert; Paredes-Ziker, Cindy; Rodriguez, Michael; Schraw, Gregg; Slattery, Jean; Thomas, Veronica; Willhoft, Joe – Applied Measurement in Education, 2009
Given the changing landscape of educational accountability at the local, state, and national levels, and the changes in the uses of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), including the evolving uses of NAEP as a policy tool to interpret state assessment and accountability systems, an explicit statement of the current and potential…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Academic Achievement, Accountability, Test Validity
Peer reviewedAbedi, Jamal – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1996
The Interrater/Test Reliability System (ITRS) is described. The ITRS is a comprehensive computer tool used to address questions of interrater reliability that computes several different indices of interrater reliability and the generalizability coefficient over raters and topics. The system is available in IBM compatible or Macintosh format. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators
Download full textThurlow, Martha L.; Laitusis, Cara Cahalan; Dillon, Deborah R.; Cook, Linda L.; Moen, Ross E.; Abedi, Jamal; O'Brien, David G. – National Accessible Reading Assessment Projects, 2009
Within the context of standards-based educational systems, states are using large scale reading assessments to help ensure that all children have the opportunity to learn essential knowledge and skills. The challenge for developers of accessible reading assessments is to develop assessments that measure only those student characteristics that are…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Measures (Individuals), Student Characteristics, Disabilities
Abedi, Jamal – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2009
English language learners with disabilities (ELLWD) face many challenges in their academic career. Learning a new language and coping with their disabilities create obstacles in their academic progress. Variables relegating accessibility of assessments for students with disabilities and ELL students may seriously hinder the academic performance of…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Second Language Learning, Disabilities, Classification
Peer reviewedHerman, Joan L.; Klein, Davina C. D.; Abedi, Jamal – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2000
Explores methods of assessing opportunity to learn (OTL) and presents data collected as part of a pilot study of an eighth-grade statewide mathematics assessment to explore issues of validity. Investigates the integrity of various dimensions thought to constitute OTL, analyzes the relationships among teachers' and students' self-reports, and draws…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Junior High School Students
Abedi, Jamal – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
A fair and valid assessment for every child, as mandated by legislation such as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 and the Improving America's School Act of 1994, must consider the complexity inherent in assessments for subgroups of students. Due to the rapid growth of the population of English language learners (ELLs) in the United…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Accountability, Language Proficiency, Limited English Speaking
