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Direct linkSolorzano, Ronald W. – Review of Educational Research, 2008
This article discusses the issues and implications of high stakes tests on English language learners (ELLs). As ELLs are being included in all high stakes assessments tied to accountability efforts (e.g., No Child Left Behind), it is crucial that issues related to the tests be critically evaluated relative to their use. In this case, academic…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Predictive Validity, Second Language Learning, High Stakes Tests
Analysing and Evaluating the Linguistic Benefit of Residence Abroad for UK Foreign Language Students
Rees, Jonathan; Klapper, John – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2007
This paper reports on a longitudinal study designed to assess the progress made by UK foreign language undergraduate students during the residence abroad (RA) component of their degree. The article first of all places the study within the international research context, and then describes the data collation procedures and methodology employed. It…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Study Abroad, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
McMaster, Kristen L.; Wayman, Miya Miura; Cao, Marisa – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine the alternate-form reliability, criterion validity, and sensitivity of progress-monitoring measures in reading for secondary-level English Learners (ELs). Twenty-five ELs in an urban high school were administered two types of Curriculum-Based Measures (CBM) once every 3 weeks for 13 weeks. Measures included…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Oral Reading, Reading Tests, Reliability
Peer reviewedMooij, Ton – Early Child Development and Care, 2000
A pilot study examined the reliability and predictive validity of a screening instrument for Dutch kindergartners. Findings indicated acceptable reliability and predictive validity. Parents could accurately screen their child's language proficiency level, pre-arithmetic level, and degree of extraversion at school entry. Teachers could predict…
Descriptors: Extraversion Introversion, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
Download full textPomplun, Mark; And Others – 1991
This study, one of several examining a decline in the predictive validity of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and high school grades between 1975 and 1988, asks whether the criterion, freshman grade point average (FGPA), has changed. College Board tests usually thought of as predictors were used as proxies for the concurrent academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Freshmen, Educational Change
Tong, Keith; And Others – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1991
A study investigated the content and predictive validity of Hong Kong's new Use of English Examination (UEE), introduced by the Hong Kong Examinations Authority in 1989. The study set out to discover whether the examination was reliable for determining students' language needs on entering higher education, and whether institutions' existing…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Content Validity, English (Second Language), Factor Analysis
