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Direct linkNoble, Tracy; Sireci, Stephen G.; Wells, Craig S.; Kachchaf, Rachel R.; Rosebery, Ann S.; Wang, Yang Caroline – American Educational Research Journal, 2020
In this experimental study, 20 multiple-choice test items from the Massachusetts Grade 5 science test were linguistically simplified, and original and simplified test items were administered to 310 English learners (ELs) and 1,580 non-ELs in four Massachusetts school districts. This study tested the hypothesis that specific linguistic features of…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Language Usage, English Language Learners, School Districts
