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Kachchaf, Rachel; Solano-Flores, Guillermo – Applied Measurement in Education, 2012
We examined how rater language background affects the scoring of short-answer, open-ended test items in the assessment of English language learners (ELLs). Four native English and four native Spanish-speaking certified bilingual teachers scored 107 responses of fourth- and fifth-grade Spanish-speaking ELLs to mathematics items administered in…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, English Language Learners, Scoring, Bilingual Teachers
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López, Francesca; Scanlan, Martin; Gundrum, Becky – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013
In this study, we examined the degree to which the requirements in each state's teacher education programs reflect current theory and practice for teachers of ELLs in their coursework, and how these requirements in turn are related to 4th grade Hispanic ELL's reading outcomes on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. We found that…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Language Teachers, English Language Learners, Theory Practice Relationship