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Direct linkAbedi, Jamal – Educational Assessment, 2009
This study compared performance of both English language learners (ELLs) and non-ELL students in Grades 4 and 8 under accommodated and nonaccommodated testing conditions. The accommodations used in this study included a computerized administration of a math test with a pop-up glossary, a customized English dictionary, extra testing time, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Testing Accommodations, Mathematics Tests, Grade 4
Abedi, Jamal – Educational Assessment, 2008
This article discusses the status of existing English language proficiency (ELP) tests, and compares the content coverage and psychometric characteristics of ELP assessments that existed prior to the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) with those developed after NCLB Title III guidelines were introduced. The article argues that…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Psychometrics, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
O'Neil, Harold F.; Abedi, Jamal; Miyoshi, Judy; Mastergeorge, Ann – Educational Assessment, 2005
This research attempted to discover the degree to which performance on assessments that have no direct consequences for individual students can be attributed to students' motivational states in addition to their underlying achievement in the domains measured. If such findings were reliable, it would allow us to correct underestimates of domain…
Descriptors: Incentives, Academic Achievement, Learning Motivation, Student Motivation
