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Marinho, Nathalie L.; Witmer, Sara E.; Jess, Nicole; Roschmann, Sarina – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2023
The use of accommodations is often recommended to remove barriers to academic testing among English Learners (ELs). However, it is unclear whether accommodations are particularly effective at improving ELs' test scores. A growing foundation of empirical work has explored this topic. We conducted a meta-analysis that examined several possible…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Testing Accommodations, Barriers, Scores
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Goertler, Senta; Gacs, Adam – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2018
As online educational programs and courses increase (Allen & Seaman, [Allen, I. E., 2014]), it is important to understand the benefits and limitations of this delivery format when assessing students and when comparing learning outcomes. This article addresses the following two questions: (1) What are some of the best practices in assessing…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, German
Cawthon, Stephanie; Leppo, Rachel – American Annals of the Deaf, 2013
The authors conducted a qualitative meta-analysis of the research on assessment accommodations for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. There were 16 identified studies that analyzed the impact of factors related to student performance on academic assessments across different educational settings, content areas, and types of assessment…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Academic Achievement, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
Cawthon, Stephanie; Leppo, Rachel – Grantee Submission, 2013
The authors conducted a qualitative meta-analysis of the research on assessment accommodations for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. There were 16 identified studies that analyzed the impact of factors related to student performance on academic assessments across different educational settings, content areas, and types of assessment…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Academic Achievement, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
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Wang, Shudong; Jiao, Hong; Young, Michael J.; Brooks, Thomas; Olson, John – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2008
In recent years, computer-based testing (CBT) has grown in popularity, is increasingly being implemented across the United States, and will likely become the primary mode for delivering tests in the future. Although CBT offers many advantages over traditional paper-and-pencil testing, assessment experts, researchers, practitioners, and users have…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement, Computer Assisted Testing, Comparative Analysis
Kim, Jong-Pil – 1999
This study was conducted to investigate the equivalence of scores from paper-and-pencil (P&P) tests and computerized tests (CTs) through meta-analysis of primary studies using both kinds of tests. For this synthesis, 51 primary studies were selected, resulting in 226 effect sizes. The first synthesis was a typical meta-analysis that treated…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Effect Size, Meta Analysis