ERIC Number: EJ744726
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1045-988X
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Preparing Adolescents with High-Incidence Disabilities for High-Stakes Testing with Strategy Instruction
Carter, Erik W.; Wehby, Joseph; Hughes, Carolyn; Johnson, Stephen M.; Plank, Don R.; Barton-Arwood, Sally M.; Lunsford, Lauren B.
Preventing School Failure, v49 n2 p55-62 Win 2005
Recent policy initiatives promoting high-stakes testing for graduation present a significant challenge to practitioners charged with educating students with high-incidence disabilities. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of test-taking strategy instruction on the test performance of secondary students with high-incidence disabilities. Students demonstrated small but significant increases in test performance and decreases in ratings of test anxiety following intervention. Recommended strategies are presented to practitioners for preparing high school students with disabilities for high-stakes assessment tests. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Adolescents, High Stakes Tests, Learning Disabilities, Educational Strategies, Test Wiseness, High School Students, Study Skills, Low Achievement, Academic Achievement, Special Education, Behavior Problems, Males, African American Students, Statistical Analysis, Test Anxiety
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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