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National Survey of Accommodations and Alternate Assessments for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in the United States
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Cawthon, Stephanie W. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2006
This paper reports the results of the "National Survey of Accommodations and Alternate Assessments for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in the United States (National Survey)". This study focused on the use of accommodations and alternate assessments in statewide assessments used with students who are deaf or hard of hearing. A…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Alternative Assessment, Deafness, Partial Hearing
The Development of SHIPS: An Interactive Videodisc Assessment for Youth Who Use Sign Language.
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Loeding, Barbara L.; Crittenden, Jerry B. – Exceptional Children, 1994
Two versions of a criterion-referenced videodisc-based instrument, SHIPS (Self-Help InterPersonal Skills), have been developed for high school students with hearing impairments. Students can choose either American Sign Language or English-based sign versions of assessment items. Field testing found that use of SHIPS enhanced data validity and…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Deafness
TOEFL and Hearing Impaired Students: A Feasibility Study.
Ragosta, Marjorie; Nelson, Catherine – 1986
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was administered to 26 hearing impaired college students, in order to test the assumption that the English-language deficiencies of hearing impaired students are similar to those of foreign students. The students were attending Gallaudet College's School of Preparatory Studies and were identified…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, College Entrance Examinations, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness