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ERIC Number: EJ1152203
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1523-5882
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Leveling the Playing Field: Graphical Aids on Mathematics Tests
Jiménez, Albert M.; Nixon, Casey B.; Zepeda, Sally J.
Bilingual Research Journal, v40 n3 p262-273 2017
This research suggests that structural accommodation can be implemented during the construction phase of standardized mathematics examinations. Data from a racially diverse district in the United States are used to compare student performance on questions with and without graphical aids. Findings suggest that mathematics questions possessing helpful graphical aids significantly reduce the performance gap between ELLs and non-ELLs. Differential Item Functioning (DIF) analysis flagged 32 items, with just five containing a helpful graphical aid. Interestingly, these five all had negative coefficients favoring ELLs. As graphical aids are implemented in the construction phase of standardized testing, test score validity issues associated with typically used ELL accommodations are minimized. This research suggests that more useful graphical aids should be used when constructing mathematics examinations for elementary school students.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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