Developing Testing Accommodations for English Language Learners: Illustrations as Visual Supports for Item Accessibility

Autor/inn/en	Solano-Flores, Guillermo; Wang, Chao; Kachchaf, Rachel; Soltero-Gonzalez, Lucinda; Nguyen-Le, Khanh
Titel	Developing Testing Accommodations for English Language Learners: Illustrations as Visual Supports for Item Accessibility
Quelle	In: Educational Assessment, 19 (2014) 4, S.267-283 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1062-7197
DOI	10.1080/10627197.2014.964116
Schlagwörter	English Language Learners; Testing Accommodations; Illustrations; Educational Testing; Test Items; Science Tests; Test Construction; Performance; Scores; Grade 8; Middle School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testing process; Accessibility (for disabled); Accessibility; Disabled person; Testdurchführung; Testen; Barrierefreiheit; Zugänglichkeit; Behinderter; Bildliche Darstellung; Test content; Testaufgabe; Testaufbau; Achievement; Leistung; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin
Abstract	We address valid testing for English language learners (ELLs)--students in the United States who are schooled in English while they are still acquiring English as a second language. Also, we address the need for procedures for systematically developing ELL testing accommodations--changes in tests intended to support ELLs to gain access to the content of items. We report our experience developing and investigating illustration-based accommodations for ELLs in terms of five main activities: specification, design, production, evaluation, and revision. Our findings indicate that, to benefit from a given accommodation, ELLs need to possess certain skills that enable them to use it but that are not related to the knowledge assessed. Critical to developing effective accommodations is examining how their properties interact with the characteristics of the students and the characteristics of test items. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10