Using Factor Analysis to Investigate Accommodations Used by Students with Disabilities on an English-Language Arts Assessment
| Autor: | Yasuyo Sawaki, Frederick Cline, Linda L. Cook, Daniel R. Eignor, Jonathan Steinberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Language arts
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject education Construct validity Standardized test computer.software_genre Education Test (assessment) Reading (process) Educational assessment Learning disability Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Mathematics education medicine.symptom business Psychology computer Educational program media_common |
| Zdroj: | Applied Measurement in Education. 23:187-208 |
| ISSN: | 1532-4818 0895-7347 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08957341003673831 |
| Popis: | This study compared the underlying factors measured by a state standards-based grade 4 English-Language Arts (ELA) assessment given to several groups of students. The focus of the research was to gather evidence regarding whether or not the tests measured the same construct or constructs for students without disabilities who took the test under standard conditions, students with learning disabilities who took the test under standard conditions, students with learning disabilities who took the test with accommodations as specified in their Individualized Educational Program (IEP) or 504 plan, and students with learning disabilities who took the test with a read-aloud accommodation/modification. The ELA assessment contained both reading and writing portions. A total of 75 multiple-choice items were analyzed. A series of nested hypotheses were tested to determine if the ELA measured the same factors for students with disabilities who took the assessment with and without accommodations and students without di... |
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