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Shaw, Jerome M.; Bunch, George C.; Geaney, Edward R. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
This article report on the development and use of an analytical framework intended to map the language demands encountered by English learners as they engage in science performance assessments. Grounded in functional and interactional views of language and language use, the authors--two science education researchers and a language…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Science Tests, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)
Kuhlemeir, Hans; And Others – 1995
In the Dutch Educational Assessment Program, the students' language proficiency is measured in grade 9, at age 15. Writing performance is measured through several performance-based writing tasks, rated on numerous aspects such as content, style, organization, punctuation, spelling and grammar. As a consequence, national performance levels are…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries
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Estrin, Elise Trumbull – 1993
Alternative assessments, also called authentic or performance assessments, have first the common notion of a meaningful performance or product. The use of such alternatives with students belonging to nondominant language and cultural groups is of interest because of the hope that this type of assessment can show what these students can really do…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Context Effect, Cultural Differences, Educational Assessment