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Jennifer Randall; Mya Poe; David Slomp; Maria Elena Oliveri – Language Testing, 2024
Educational assessments, from kindergarden to 12th grade (K-12) to licensure, have a long, well-documented history of oppression and marginalization. In this paper, we (the authors) ask the field of educational assessment/measurement to actively disrupt the White supremacist and racist logics that fuel this marginalization and re-orient itself…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Validity, Justice, Kindergarten
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Guzman-Orth, Danielle; Steinberg, Jonathan; Albee, Traci – Language Testing, 2023
Standardizing accessible test design and development to meet students' individual access needs is a complex task. The following study provides one approach to accessible test design and development using participatory design methods with school community members. Participatory research provides opportunities to empower collaborators by co-creating…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Blindness, Visual Impairments, Testing Accommodations
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Huhta, Ari; Alanen, Riikka; Tarnanen, Mirja; Martin, Maisa; Hirvelä, Tuija – Language Testing, 2014
There is still relatively little research on how well the CEFR and similar holistic scales work when they are used to rate L2 texts. Using both multifaceted Rasch analyses and qualitative data from rater comments and interviews, the ratings obtained by using a CEFR-based writing scale and the Finnish National Core Curriculum scale for L2 writing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Skills, Second Language Learning, Finno Ugric Languages
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Guerrero, Michael D. – Language Testing, 2000
Seventeen states in the United States use Spanish-language proficiency tests to ensure that bilingual education teachers are able to deliver academic instruction in Spanish to school-age students. The unified validity of the Four Skills Exam (FSE), used in New Mexico for nearly 18 years, was evaluated using Messick's framework (1989). (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Proficiency