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Direct linkMotteram, Johanna; Spiby, Richard; Bellhouse, Gemma; Sroka, Katarzyna – Language Testing, 2023
This article describes the implementation of a special accommodations policy for a suite of localised English language and numeracy tests, the Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WPLN) Assessments. The WPLN are computer-delivered assessments, part of the WPLN training and assessment programme, which exists to provide access to workforce skills…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Educational Policy, Testing Accommodations, Futures (of Society)
Edyburn, Kelly Leigh – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Latinx dual language learners (DLLs) are an enormous and growing student body that faces educational adversities and inequities. One of the most salient findings to emerge from decades of educational research is that DLLs who close the gap with their monolingual peers and have the best long-term academic performance are those who develop strong…
Descriptors: Spanish, Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Franz, Jens; Teo, Adisa – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2018
Thailand has seen several English language curriculum reforms over the last 20 years, all of which were found to have failed to lift Thai students' standard of English language proficiency across all levels of study. In 2014, the Thai Ministry of Education announced the introduction of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Rodriguez, Olga; Mejia, Marisol Cuellar; Johnson, Hans – Public Policy Institute of California, 2016
Every year, California's community colleges identify hundreds of thousands of students as not ready for transfer-level courses in math and English. Since these courses are required to transfer to a four-year college, students deemed underprepared are placed in developmental (also known as remedial or basic-skills) courses to prepare for college…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Community Colleges, Student Evaluation, Student Placement
Download full textHerbert, John C. – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2012
This report offers online course designers, particularly those keen on using Moodle CMSs, a means of diversifying accessibility to their educational materials via multiple modes of delivery that do not require the creation of numerous files and formats for just one activity. The author has made contributions to the development of an open source…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Online Courses, Open Source Technology, Online Systems
Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (NJ3), 2011
This report includes three papers that address critical "next generation" issues in assessment policy that can help to guide the choices made about system design: computer adaptive assessments, assessment of English learners and assessing science. None of these topics has received the attention that it deserves in the current debate on assessment…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Measurement, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed.; Mascia, Maria Lidia, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
These proceedings contain the papers of the 16th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2019), held during November 7-9, 2019, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) and co-organised by University Degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Engineering Education, Critical Thinking
Altman, J. R.; Lazarus, S. S.; Quenemoen, R. F.; Kearns, J.; Quenemoen, M.; Thurlow, M. L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2010
This report summarizes the twelfth survey of states by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) at the University of Minnesota. Results are presented for all 50 states and 8 of the 11 unique states. The purpose of this report is to provide a snapshot of the new initiatives, trends, accomplishments, and emerging issues during this…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning
Pinkus, Lyndsay M., Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2009
In the chapters presented in this volume, leading experts describe some of the assessment challenges in greater detail and provide federal recommendations on how to address them. In "College and Work Readiness as a Goal of High Schools: The Role of Standards, Assessments, and Accountability," John Tanner of the Center for Innovative Measures at…
Descriptors: High Schools, Secondary Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Assessment
