Cultural validity in assessment : addressing linguistic and cultural diversity /

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What is assessment and how is it a cultural practice? How does failure to account for linguistic and cultural variation among students jeopardize assessment validity? What is required to achieve cultural validity in assessment? This resource for practicing and prospective teachers - as well as other...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Basterra, María del Rosario, Trumbull, Elise, Solano Flores, Guillermo
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Language, culture, and teaching.
Temas:
Educational tests and measurements > United States > Evaluation.
Test bias > United States.
Minority students > United States > Examinations.
Linguistic minorities > United States > Examinations.
Multiculturalism > United States.
Tests et mesures en éducation > États-Unis > Évaluation.
Biais dans les tests > États-Unis.
Minorités linguistiques > États-Unis > Examens.
Multiculturalisme > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Evaluation.
EDUCATION > Testing & Measurement.
STUDY AIDS > Tests.
Educational tests and measurements > Evaluation
Linguistic minorities
Minority students
Multiculturalism
Test bias
United States
Electronic books.
Examinations
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Assessing the cultural validity of assessment practices : an introduction / Guillermo Solano-Flores
  • Role of language in assessment / Elise Trumbull and Guillermo Solano-Flores
  • Assessing English language learners : critical issues / Jamal Abedi
  • Cognition, culture, language, and assessment : how to select culturally valid assessments in the classroom / María Del Rosario Basterra
  • Using appropriate assessment processes : how to get accurate information about the academic knowledge and skills of English language learners / Rebecca Kopriva and Ursula Sexton
  • Ensuring valid educational assessments for ELL students : scores, score interpretation, and assessment uses / Richard P. Durán
  • Promoting cultural validity in the assessment of bilingual special education students / John J. Hoover and Janette Klingner
  • Overview of current federal policies in assessment and accountability and their impact on ELL students / Julia Lara and Magda Chia
  • Language arts : designing and using a reading assessment for learners transitioning to English-only instruction / Elise Trumbull and Nanette Koelsch
  • Addressing the language demands of mathematics assessments : using a language framework and field research findings / Elise Trumbull and Guillermo Solano-Flores
  • Science and literacy assessments with English language learners / Okhee Lee, Alexandra Santau, and Jaime Maerten-Rivera
  • Reflections on the promise of cultural validity in assessment / Elise Trumbull, María Del Rosario Basterra, and Guillermo Solano-Flores.

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