Feasibility and Practicality of a Decision Making Tool for Standards Testing of Students with Limited English Proficiency. State Assessment Series, Minnesota Report 22.

Autor/inn/en	Liu, Kristin K.; Anderson, Michael E.; Swierzbin, Bonnie; Spicuzza, Richard; Thurlow, Martha L.
Institution	Minnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul.
Titel	Feasibility and Practicality of a Decision Making Tool for Standards Testing of Students with Limited English Proficiency. State Assessment Series, Minnesota Report 22.
Quelle	(1999), (37 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Achievement Tests; Bilingual Education; Computer Uses in Education; Decision Making; Educational Assessment; Elementary Education; English (Second Language); Guidelines; Limited English Speaking; Mathematics Achievement; Reading Achievement; State Programs; Student Participation; Surveys; Testing Accommodations; World Wide Web; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Computernutzung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Elementarunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Richtlinien; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Leseleistung; Regierungsprogramm; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Testing process; Accessibility (for disabled); Accessibility; Disabled person; Barrierefreiheit; Zugänglichkeit; Behinderter; World Wibe Web
Abstract	This report describes a decision-making tool designed to inform English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and bilingual educators of the most up-to-date participation and test accommodations guidelines and to assist educators in the process of making informed decisions. It reports on the results of a study that examined the tool's feasibility. The decision-making tool is an electronic version of Minnesota guidelines for making test participation decisions. The Web site design has two branches--one for students with disabilities and another for students with limited English proficiency (LEP); both are centered on making decisions about inclusion and the use of testing accommodations. The Web side design has two branches of decision making to reflect the dual role of the tests within both the LEP and disability branches--one for statewide accountability testing for grades three, five, and eight, and one for graduation requirements testing for grades eight and beyond. A survey of 14 ESL/bilingual educators, 2 district ESL coordinators, and 1 administrator found that 14 thought the format was easy to understand, 10 would use the tool again, and 10 would recommend it to others. Appendices include an overview of the decision matrix and the survey. (CR)
Anmerkungen	National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 350 Elliott Hall, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455 ($8). Tel: 612-626-1530; Fax: 612-624-0879; Web site: http://www.coled.umn.edu/NCEO.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC