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Stansfield, Charles W. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2002
Studied the effects of linguistic simplification, a test accommodation designed for students of limited English proficiency (LEP), using data from the Delaware state science assessment program for grades 4 and 6. Findings for 11,306 non-LEP and 109 LEP students show that tests and items can be simplified linguistically without compromising score…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Limited English Speaking, Science Tests

Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2003
This report contains summaries of the results from the third administration of the fourth and sixth grade science and social studies portions of the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP). These results are part of a long-term effort to gather data on the educational progress of Delaware students and to use the data to inform decisions about…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Raw Scores
Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2003
With the administration of the 2002 Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP), a questionnaire was given to students in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 about Opportunity to Learn, Reading, Writing, and Mathematics, and to all students in grades 4, 6, 8, and 11 about Opportunity to Learn, Science, and Social Studies. Students responses to the questions were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Questionnaires, Science Tests