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Improving testing for English language learners [electronic resource] / Rebecca J. Kopriva.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2008.Description: xiv, 350 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780203932834
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in print edition.
Contents:
1. Purpose and overview -- 2. Changing demographics in a testing culture : why this issue matters -- 3. The past as preparation : measurement, public policy, and implications for access -- 4. Getting started : issues of participation, alignment, and validating access with test specifications -- 5. Providing the foundation of principled test construction : maintaining the integrity of the item targets -- 6. Access-based item development -- 7. Tools, test forms, and reviews -- 8. In what language should English language learners be tested? -- 9. Other relevant accommodations and pretest support -- 10. Proper assignment of accommodations to individual students -- 11. Scoring considerations for English language learners -- 12. Selected technical considerations.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-344) and index.

1. Purpose and overview -- 2. Changing demographics in a testing culture : why this issue matters -- 3. The past as preparation : measurement, public policy, and implications for access -- 4. Getting started : issues of participation, alignment, and validating access with test specifications -- 5. Providing the foundation of principled test construction : maintaining the integrity of the item targets -- 6. Access-based item development -- 7. Tools, test forms, and reviews -- 8. In what language should English language learners be tested? -- 9. Other relevant accommodations and pretest support -- 10. Proper assignment of accommodations to individual students -- 11. Scoring considerations for English language learners -- 12. Selected technical considerations.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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