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Kachchaf, Rachel; Solano-Flores, Guillermo – Applied Measurement in Education, 2012
We examined how rater language background affects the scoring of short-answer, open-ended test items in the assessment of English language learners (ELLs). Four native English and four native Spanish-speaking certified bilingual teachers scored 107 responses of fourth- and fifth-grade Spanish-speaking ELLs to mathematics items administered in…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, English Language Learners, Scoring, Bilingual Teachers
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Brennan, Robert L. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1992
A conceptual framework and heuristic model for considering the existence, magnitude, and consequences of context effects are presented through an extension of some generalizability theory concepts. Context effects are often misunderstood, and current measurement models have serious limitations for examining them. Their importance needs to be…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Context Effect, Equated Scores, Equations (Mathematics)