Testability: A Critical Issue in Testing Language Minority Students with Standardized Achievement Tests

Describes testability of language-minority students as likelihood of language-minority students meeting five test assumptions necessary for valid scores. Discusses strategies for ensuring and enhancing testability. Explains how state departments of education and school districts use two sets of crit...

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Published inMeasurement and evaluation in counseling and development Vol. 26; no. 3; p. 179
Main Author Lam, Tony C. M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.10.1993
Subjects
Achievement Tests
Elementary School Students
Elementary Secondary Education
English (Second Language)
Language Proficiency
Secondary School Students
Standardized Tests
Testability
Testing Problems
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Summary:Describes testability of language-minority students as likelihood of language-minority students meeting five test assumptions necessary for valid scores. Discusses strategies for ensuring and enhancing testability. Explains how state departments of education and school districts use two sets of criteria to exempt language-minority students from standardized achievement testing. (Author/NB)
ISSN:0748-1756