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Direct linkCollier, Jo-Kate; Huang, Becky – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2020
This article presents a critical review of the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS), a large scale standardized English language proficiency (ELP) assessment developed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and administered since 2004. TELPAS is used as an annual summative assessment for all English Learners (ELs) in grades…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Standardized Tests
Shamir, Haya – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2018
Assessing students' emerging literacy skills is crucial for identifying areas where a child may be falling behind and can lead directly to an increased chance of reading success. The Waterford Assessment of Core Skills (WACS), a computerized adaptive test of early literacy for students in prekindergarten through 2nd grade, addresses this need.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Reading Tests, Preschool Children
Polikoff, Morgan S. – American Journal of Education, 2015
Responding to federal policy and recent research, states and districts have developed and begun implementing multiple-measure teacher evaluation systems. These systems generally include observational and/or student survey measures of instructional quality alongside measures of teachers' contributions to student learning (e.g., value-added models…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Student Surveys, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Test Reliability
Download full textMcCaffrey, Daniel F. – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2013
Value-added evaluations use student test scores to assess teacher effectiveness. How student achievement is judged can depend on which test is used to measure it. Thus it is reasonable to ask whether a teacher's value-added score depends on which test is used to calculate it. Would it change if a different test was used? Specifically, might a…
Descriptors: Scores, Accountability, Achievement Gains, Teacher Effectiveness
Peer reviewedHoyle, John R. – Planning and Changing, 1987
Describes the Examination for Certification of Educators in Texas (ExCET) required of all Texans seeking certification as principals, supervisors, or superintendents. Discusses certain test controversies (including test development by an out-of-state firm), the quality of administraor training in Texas, test objectives, and the future of ExCET.…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrators, Certification
