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Download full textWeston, Timothy J. – 2003
This study examined the impact of oral presentation of a mathematics test on the performance of disabled and nondisabled students. Sixty-five learning disabled and 54 nondisabled fourth graders took two matched forms of a mathematics assessment based on National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) items. Order of presentation for the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades
Kiplinger, Vonda L.; Haug, Carolyn A.; Abedi, Jamal – 2000
In 1998 it became apparent that support for state assessments in Spanish at the elementary level was waning in Colorado, and it was likely that only an English-language version would be available for the grade 5 mathematics assessment in 1999. A study was conducted to provide empirical results to inform decisions regarding language accommodations…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Limited English Speaking, Mathematics Achievement
Huesman, Ronald L., Jr.; Frisbie, David A. – 2000
This study investigated the effect of extended-time limits in terms of performance levels and score comparability for reading comprehension scores on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS). The first part of the study compared the average reading comprehension scores on the ITBS of 61 sixth-graders with learning disabilities and 397 non learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities
Karkee, Thakur; Lewis, Dan M.; Barton, Karen; Haug, Carolyn – 2003
This study aimed to determine the degree to which the inclusion of accommodated students with disabilities in the calibration sample affects the characteristics of item parameters and the test results. Investigated were effects on test reliability, item fit to the applicable item response theory (IRT) model, item parameter estimates, and students'…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedFuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas; Eaton, Susan B.; Hamlett, Carol; Binkley, Edward; Crouch, Robert – Exceptional Children, 2000
This study compared performance of 181 students with learning disabilities (LD) and 184 students without LD on tests under four conditions (standard, extended time, large print, students reading aloud). Students with LD profited differentially from reading aloud but not from extended time or large print. The assessment based on data predicted…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Intermediate Grades, Large Type Materials, Learning Disabilities
Elliott, Judy; Bielinski, John; Thurlow, Martha; DeVito, Pat; Hedlund, Ellen – 1999
This report provides analysis and discussion of the 1996 Rhode Island State Assessment Program performance for grade 4 in mathematics, writing, and health education. It addresses the effects of accommodations and the inclusion of all students in these state assessments, examining some of the characteristics of tests administered to students with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Grade 4, Health Education
Shepard, Lorrie; Taylor, Grace; Betebenner, Damian – 1998
The effect of testing accommodations, such as extra time, oral reading of the assessment, or small group testing, on the participation and performance levels of limited-English-proficient students (LEP) on the Rhode Island Grade 4 Mathematics Performance Assessment was studied. A pilot study was conducted with 22 classes of students to provide…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
