Handbook of Accessible Achievement Tests for All Students: Bridging the Gaps Between Research, Practice, and Policy PDF
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Handbook of Accessible Achievement Tests for All Students · · Stephen N. Elliott Ryan J. Kettler · Peter A. Beddow Alexander Kurz Editors Handbook of Accessible Achievement Tests for All Students Bridging the Gaps Between Research, Practice, and Policy 123 Editors StephenN.Elliott RyanJ.Kettler LearningSciencesInstitute DepartmentofSpecialEducation ArizonaStateUniversity VanderbiltUniversity Tempe,AZ,USA Nashville,TN,USA [email protected] [email protected] PeterA.Beddow AlexanderKurz DepartmentofSpecialEducation DepartmentofSpecialEducation VanderbiltUniversity VanderbiltUniversity Nashville,TN,USA Nashville,TN,USA [email protected] [email protected] ISBN978-1-4419-9355-7 e-ISBN978-1-4419-9356-4 DOI10.1007/978-1-4419-9356-4 SpringerNewYorkDordrechtHeidelbergLondon LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2011925233 ©SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,LLC2011 Allrightsreserved.Thisworkmaynotbetranslatedorcopiedinwholeorinpartwithoutthe writtenpermissionofthepublisher(SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,LLC,233SpringStreet, NewYork,NY10013,USA),exceptforbriefexcerptsinconnectionwithreviewsorscholarly analysis. 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Printedonacid-freepaper SpringerispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(www.springer.com) IdedicatethisbooktostateassessmentleaderslikeSandra Berndt,ElizabethCompton,LeolaSueoka,andDawnMcGrath whohavededicatedtheircareerstosupportingteachersand makingsureallstudentshaveaccesstoquality instructionand meaningfulassessments.Withoutthemandcolleagueslikethem inotherstates,thisbookwouldbeirrelevant.Withthem,there ishope. -Steve IdedicatethisbooktoKellyandAustin,whoarealways supportiveofmycareer. -Ryan SpecialthankstoDarinGordon,whoshowedmethewayoutof themire,andtoAustinCagle,whohelpedsetmyfeetonthe rock. -Peter WirstehenamAnfang.DerDankhierfürgehtanMaria, Heinrich,Rebecca,Gavin,ZacharyundDoktorvaterSteve. Togetherwecantrytoturnthetide. -Alex Preface Forseveraldecades,theconceptofaccesshasbeenemphasizedbyeducators, researchers, and policy makers in reference to the critical need for educa- tional equity for all students. Recently, the term accessibility has been used to describe the degree to which achievement tests permit the full range of test-takerstodemonstratewhattheyknowandcando,regardlessofdisability statusorotherindividualcharacteristics.Thishandbookcontainstheperspec- tivesofexpertsinpolicy,research,andpracticewhosharethecommongoal ofdefiningandoperationalizingaccessibilitytoadvancethedevelopmentand useofteststhatyieldvalidinferencesaboutachievementforallstudents. Tempe,Arizona StephenN.Elliott Nashville,Tennessee RyanJ.Kettler Nashville,Tennessee PeterA.Beddow Nashville,Tennessee AlexanderKurz vii Contents 1 Creating Access to Instruction and Tests ofAchievement:ChallengesandSolutions . . . . . . . . . . . 1 StephenN.Elliott,PeterA.Beddow,AlexanderKurz, andRyanJ.Kettler PartI GovernmentPoliciesandLegalConsiderations 2 U.S. Policies Supporting Inclusive Assessments forStudentswithDisabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 SusanC.Weigert 3 U.S.LegalIssuesinEducationalTestingofSpecialPopulations 33 S.E.Phillips 4 IEP Team Decision-Making for More Inclusive Assessments:Policies,Percentages,andPersonalDecisions . . 69 NaomiZigmond,AmandaKloo,andChristopherJ.Lemons 5 AustralianPoliciestoSupportInclusiveAssessments . . . . . 83 MichaelDaviesandIanDempsey PartII ClassroomConnections 6 Access to What Should Be Taught and Will Be Tested:Students’OpportunitytoLearntheIntended Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 AlexanderKurz 7 InstructionalAdaptations:Accommodationsand ModificationsThatSupportAccessibleInstruction . . . . . . 131 LeanneR.Ketterlin-GellerandElisaM.Jamgochian 8 Test-TakingSkillsandTheirImpactonAccessibility forAllStudents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 RyanJ.Kettler,JefferyP.Braden,andPeterA.Beddow ix x Contents PartIII TestDesignandInnovativePractices 9 Accessibility Theory: Guiding the Science and PracticeofTestItemDesignwiththeTest-TakerinMind . . . 163 PeterA.Beddow,AlexanderKurz,andJenniferR.Frey 10 Validity Evidence for Making Decisions About AccommodatedandModifiedLarge-ScaleTests . . . . . . . . 183 GeraldTindalandDanielAnderson 11 Item-WritingPracticeandEvidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 MichaelC.Rodriguez 12 LanguageIssuesintheDesignofAccessibleItems . . . . . . . 217 JamalAbedi 13 EffectsofModificationPackagestoImproveTest andItemAccessibility:LessIsMore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 RyanJ.Kettler 14 Including Student Voices in the Design of More InclusiveAssessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 AndrewT.RoachandPeterA.Beddow 15 ComputerizedTestsSensitivetoIndividualNeeds . . . . . . . 255 MichaelRussell 16 The 6D Framework: A Validity Framework for Defining Proficient Performance and Setting CutScoresforAccessibleTests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 KarlaL.Egan,M.ChristinaSchneider, andSteveFerrara PartIV Conclusions 17 Implementing Modified Achievement Tests: Questions,Challenges,Pretending,andPotential NegativeConsequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 ChristopherJ.Lemons,AmandaKloo, andNaomiZigmond 18 AccessibleTestsofStudent Achievement: Access andInnovationsforExcellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 StephenN.Elliott,RyanJ.Kettler,PeterA.Beddow, andAlexanderKurz SubjectIndex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 Contributors JamalAbedi GraduateSchoolofEducation,UniversityofCalifornia, Davis,CA95616,USA,[email protected] DanielAnderson UniversityofOregon,Eugene,OR97403,USA, [email protected] PeterA.Beddow DepartmentofSpecialEducation,PeabodyCollegeof VanderbiltUniversity,Nashville,TN37067,USA,[email protected] JefferyP.Braden CollegeofHumanitiesandSocialSciences,North CarolinaStateUniversity,Raleigh,NC27695-8101,USA, [email protected] MichaelDavies SchoolofEducationandProfessionalStudies,Faculty ofEducation,GriffithUniversity,Brisbane,QLD4122,Australia, m.davies@griffith.edu.au IanDempsey SchoolofEducation,UniversityofNewcastle,Callaghan, NSW2308,Australia,[email protected] KarlaL.Egan CTB/McGraw-Hill,Monterey,CA93940,USA, [email protected] StephenN.Elliott LearningSciencesInstitute,ArizonaStateUniversity, Tempe,AZ85287,USA,[email protected] SteveFerrara CTB/McGraw-Hill,Washington,DC20005,USA, [email protected] JenniferR.Frey PeabodyCollegeofVanderbiltUniversity,Nashville, TN37067,USA,[email protected] ElisaM.Jamgochian UniversityofOregon,Eugene,OR97403,USA, [email protected] RyanJ.Kettler DepartmentofSpecialEducation,PeabodyCollege ofVanderbiltUniversity,Nashville,TN37067,USA, [email protected] LeanneR.Ketterlin-Geller SouthernMethodistUniversity,Dallas, TX75252,USA,[email protected] xi xii Contributors AmandaKloo DepartmentofInstructionandLearning,School ofEducation,UniversityofPittsburgh,Pittsburgh,PA15260,USA, [email protected] AlexanderKurz DepartmentofSpecialEducation,PeabodyCollege ofVanderbiltUniversity,Nashville,TN37067,USA, [email protected] ChristopherJ.Lemons UniversityofPittsburgh,Pittsburgh,PA15260, USA,[email protected] S.E.Phillips Consultant,Mesa,AZ85205,USA,[email protected] AndrewT.Roach DepartmentofCounselingandPsychologicalServices, GeorgiaStateUniversity,Atlanta,GA30302,USA,[email protected] MichaelC.Rodriguez UniversityofMinnesota,Minneapolis,MN55455, USA,[email protected] MichaelRussell BostonCollege,ChestnutHill,MA,USA;Nimble InnovationLab,MeasuredProgress,Newton,MA02458,USA, [email protected] M.ChristinaSchneider CTB/McGraw-Hill,Columbia,SC29205,USA, [email protected] GeraldTindal UniversityofOregon,Eugene,OR97403,USA, [email protected] SusanC.Weigert U.S.DepartmentofEducation,OfficeofSpecial EducationPrograms,Alexandria,VA,USA,[email protected] NaomiZigmond UniversityofPittsburgh,Pittsburgh,PA15260,USA, [email protected]
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