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Wood, Scott; Yao, Erin; Haisfield, Lisa; Lottridge, Susan – ACT, Inc., 2021
For assessment professionals who are also automated scoring (AS) professionals, there is no single set of standards of best practice. This paper reviews the assessment and AS literature to identify key standards of best practice and ethical behavior for AS professionals and codifies those standards in a single resource. Having a unified set of AS…
Descriptors: Standards, Best Practices, Computer Assisted Testing, Scoring
Olson, John F.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Quanbeck, Mari – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2021
This report provides a snapshot of how accommodated tests for students with disabilities, accessibility, alternate assessments, and other related issues were addressed in states' test security policies for 2020-21. Strong test security policies and procedures are needed to help ensure the integrity and validity of state assessments, yet some test…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Information Security, State Policy, Policy Analysis
Jackel, Brad; Pearce, Jacob; Radloff, Ali; Edwards, Daniel – Higher Education Academy, 2017
This literature review has been undertaken for the Higher Education Academy (HEA). It explores recent scholarly contributions in the area of assessment and feedback in higher education (HE). As outlined in the HEA's terms of reference for this work, the contents of this review are designed to "help practitioners, policy makers and researchers…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Higher Education, Evaluation Methods, Feedback (Response)
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Abedi, Jamal – Applied Measurement in Education, 2014
Among the several forms of accommodations used in the assessment of English language learners (ELLs), language-based accommodations are the most effective in making assessments linguistically accessible to these students. However, there are significant challenges associated with the implementation of many of these accommodations. This article…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, English Language Learners, Language Aptitude, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)