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Validating English Language Proficiency Assessment Uses for English Learners: Academic Language Proficiency and Content Assessment Performance
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Wolf, Mikyung Kim; Faulkner-Bond, Molly – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2016
States use standards-based English language proficiency (ELP) assessments to inform relatively high-stakes decisions for English learner (EL) students. Results from these assessments are one of the primary criteria used to determine EL students' level of ELP and readiness for reclassification. The results are also used to evaluate the…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Language Proficiency, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Scores
Building and Supporting a Validity Argument for a Standards-Based Classroom Assessment of English Proficiency Based on Teacher Judgments
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Llosa, Lorena – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2008
Using an argument-based approach to validation, this study examines the quality of teacher judgments in the context of a standards-based classroom assessment of English proficiency. Using Bachman's (2005) assessment use argument (AUA) as a framework for the investigation, this paper first articulates the claims, warrants, rebuttals, and backing…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Validity, Scoring