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High-Stakes Test Accommodations

Learning Disability Quarterly, 2012
Because high stakes are now attached to standardized assessments of student progress, policy makers, administrators, practitioners, and parents must understand how to most effectively and accurately measure the performance of all students, including students with learning disabilities (LD).
Stephanie A. Lai, Sheri Berkeley
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High-Stakes Test Accommodations

Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2007
Given the latest reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and evolving views on the identification of cognitive disabilities in special education, many high school graduates with learning disabilities and/or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder will have a Summary of Performance (SOP) in lieu of a recent ...
Manju Banerjee, Stan F. Shaw
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Structural relationship between learners’ perceptions of a test, learning practices, and learning outcomes: A study on the washback mechanism of a high-stakes test

, 2020
The study aimed to explore the washback mechanism on learning by investigating the structural relationship between learners’ perceptions of a test, learning practices, and learning outcomes via structural equation modeling. The participants in this study
Manxia Dong
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How Teachers' Professional Identities Position High-Stakes Test Preparation in Their Classrooms

Teachers College Record, 2004
In this article, we present profiles of two high school English teachers and their classrooms as the teachers responded to mandated high-stakes test accountability. Both teachers accepted targeted professional development, strong accountability measures,
Lesley A. Rex, Matthew Nelson
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Investigating Differences Between Low- and High-Stakes Test Performance on a General Education Exam

The Journal of General Education, 2008
This study investigated whether test performance on a general education test differs by test consequence: high versus low stakes. Our analysis indicates significant differences between low- and high-stakes test takers.
J. S. Cole, S. Osterlind
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“As the Test Collapses In”: Teaching and Learning Amid High-Stakes Testing in Two Urban Elementary Classrooms

Urban education (Beverly Hills, Calif.), 2020
Although there is much research detailing the pedagogical constraints of high-stakes testing (HST), there is less that examines teachers’ practices within and beyond its control. This multiple case study analyzes ethnographic data to explore two teachers’
Michiko Hikida, Laura A. Taylor
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Reducing adverse impact in high-stakes testing

Intelligence, 2021
A critical goal for psychological science in the 21st century is to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in occupational contexts. One arena which will continue to benefit from a focus on equity is high-stakes testing, such as the assessments used for
Alexander P. Burgoyne   +2 more
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High stakes testing

Theory and Research in Education, 2004
This response argues that, although evaluation of student learning is required for accountability, high stakes testing is not required and may even be counterproductive. It also questions whether the goals of the ‘No Child Left Behind Act’ are reasonable and contends that, if they are not, there may be no justification for imposing punishments and ...
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