ERIC Number: EJ1346880
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Aug
Pages: 26
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ISSN: ISSN-1076-9986
EISSN: EISSN-1935-1054
Regression Discontinuity Designs with an Ordinal Running Variable: Evaluating the Effects of Extended Time Accommodations for English-Language Learners
Suk, Youmi; Steiner, Peter M.; Kim, Jee-Seon; Kang, Hyunseung
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, v47 n4 p459-484 Aug 2022
Regression discontinuity (RD) designs are commonly used for program evaluation with continuous treatment assignment variables. But in practice, treatment assignment is frequently based on ordinal variables. In this study, we propose an RD design with an ordinal running variable to assess the effects of extended time accommodations (ETA) for English-language learners (ELLs). ETA eligibility is determined by ordinal ELL English-proficiency categories of National Assessment of Educational Progress data. We discuss the identification and estimation of the average treatment effect (ATE), intent-to-treat effect, and the local ATE at the cutoff. We also propose a series of sensitivity analyses to probe the effect estimates' robustness to the choices of scaling functions and cutoff scores and remaining confounding.
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Program Evaluation, Research Design, English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, National Competency Tests, Testing Accommodations, Robustness (Statistics), Scaling, Cutting Scores
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress
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