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Moore, Joann L.; Li, Tianli; Lu, Yang – ACT, Inc., 2020
The Every Student Succeeds Act requires that English Learners (ELs) are included in annual state testing (grades 3-8 and once in high school) and included in each state's accountability system disaggregated by subgroup to ensure that they receive the support they need to learn English, participate fully in their education experience, and graduate…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Scores, English Language Learners, Accountability
Sawyer, Richard – 1989
An argument based on the content fit among a college course, the American College Testing Program (ACT) Assessment tests, and students' high school course work is described to justify use of ACT scores and self-reported high school grades for placement of college freshmen in undergraduate remedial education. A utility-based approach to quantifying…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, Content Validity, Cost Effectiveness