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Download full textAbedi, Jamal; Leon, Seth; Kao, Jenny; Bayley, Robert; Ewers, Nancy; Herman, Joan; Mundhenk, Kimberly – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of reading test items that may differentially impede the performance of students with disabilities. The findings suggest that there are certain revisions that can be done on current assessments to make them more accessible for students with disabilities. Features such as words per page,…
Descriptors: Test Items, Reading Tests, Disabilities, Student Evaluation
Abedi, Jamal; Leon, Seth; Kao, Jenny C. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2008
This study examines the incorrect response choices, or distractors, by students with disabilities in standardized reading assessments. Differential distractor functioning (DDF) analysis differs from differential item functioning (DIF) analysis, which treats all answers alike and examines all wrong answers against the correct answer. DDF analysis…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Disabilities, Grade 9, Grade 3
