Validity Issues and Concerns for Assessing English Learners: One District's Approach.

Hafner, Anne L.; Ulanoff, Sharon H.

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ERIC Number: EJ490349

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Publication Date: 1994

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Validity Issues and Concerns for Assessing English Learners: One District's Approach.

Hafner, Anne L.; Ulanoff, Sharon H.

Education and Urban Society, v26 n4 p367-89 Aug 1994

Describes the language-arts assessment instrument developed and piloted by a small urban school district that has a high percentage of students learning English as a Second Language. Developing the instrument, training teachers to be scorers, and the actual piloting of the reading and writing portions of the evaluation are detailed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Educational Assessment, English, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Language Arts, Language Proficiency, Minority Groups, Pilot Projects, Policy Formation, Reading Tests, Scoring, Teacher Education, Test Construction, Test Use, Urban Schools, Validity, Writing Tests

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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