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Direct linkYoung, John W. – Educational Assessment, 2009
In this article, I specify a conceptual framework for test validity research on content assessments taken by English language learners (ELLs) in U.S. schools in grades K-12. This framework is modeled after one previously delineated by Willingham et al. (1988), which was developed to guide research on students with disabilities. In this framework…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Evaluation Research, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Wolf, Mikyung Kim; Farnsworth, Tim; Herman, Joan – Educational Assessment, 2008
The No Child Left Behind Act has made a great impact on states' policies in assessing English language learner (ELL) students. The legislation requires states to develop or adopt sound assessments to validly measure the ELL students' English language proficiency (ELP). Although states have moved rapidly to meet these requirements, they face…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Validity, Second Language Learning, Accountability
Ferrara, Steve – Educational Assessment, 2008
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires all states to assess the English proficiency of English language learners each school year. Under Title I and Title III of No Child Left Behind, states are required to measure the annual growth of students' English language development in reading, listening, writing, and speaking and in comprehension…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Psychometrics
Young, John W.; Cho, Yeonsuk; Ling, Guangming; Cline, Fred; Steinberg, Jonathan; Stone, Elizabeth – Educational Assessment, 2008
English language learners (ELLs) constitute one of the fastest growing subpopulations of students in the United States. It is important to determine whether the assessments used by states in determining students' proficiencies are valid and fair for ELLs. This study focused on several standards-based assessments in mathematics and science…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, State Standards, Word Lists, Construct Validity
