Assessment Series
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ELLs with Disabilities
Standards-based Instructional
Strategies for English Language Learners with Disabilities (ELLs with
Disabilities Report 18) -
NEW!
HTML format / PDF
format
Use of Chunking and
Questioning Aloud to Improve the Reading
Comprehension of English Language
Learners with Disabilities (ELLs with Disabilities Report 17)
HTML format
/ PDF format
Math Strategy Instruction for
Students with Disabilities who are Learning English (ELLs with Disabilities Report 16)
HTML format
/ PDF format
Large-Scale Assessments and English Language Learners with Disabilities: A
Case Study of Participation, Performance, and Perceptions, "Walking the
Talk!" (ELLs with Disabilities Report 15) HTML format /
PDF format
Including
English Language Learners with Disabilities in Large-Scale Assessments: A
Case Study of Linguistically-Diverse Populations (ELLs with Disabilities
Report 14)
HTML format / PDF format
Online Survey
on Instructional Strategies for English Language Learners with Disabilities
(ELLs with Disabilities Report 13) HTML format / PDF
format
ELL Parent Perceptions on
Instructional Strategies for their Children with Disabilities
(ELLs with Disabilities Report 12) HTML format / PDF
format
Student Perceptions of Instructional
Strategies: Voices of English Language Learners with Disabilities (ELLs with
Disabilities Report 11) HTML format / PDF format
Beyond Subgroup Reporting: English
Language Learners with Disabilities in 2002-2003 Online State Assessment
Reports (ELLs with Disabilities Report 10) HTML format /
PDF format
Confronting the Unique Challenges of Including English Language Learners
with Disabilities in Statewide Assessments (ELLs with Disabilities Report 9) HTML format /
PDF format
Policymaker Perspectives on the
Inclusion of English Language Learners with Disabilities in Statewide
Assessments (ELLs with Disabilities Report 8) HTML format /
PDF format
Educator Perceptions of Instructional
Strategies for Standards-based Education of English Language Learners with
Disabilities (ELLs with Disabilities Report 7) HTML format /
PDF format
English
Language Learners with Disabilities and Large-Scale Assessments: What the
Literature Can Tell Us (ELLs with Disabilities Report 6) HTML format /
PDF format
A Review of 50 States’ Online Large-scale Assessment Policies: Are
English Language Learners with Disabilities Considered? (ELLs with
Disabilities Report 5) HTML format / PDF format
2000-2001 Participation and
Performance of English Language Learners with Disabilities on Minnesota
Standards-based Assessments (ELLs with Disabilities Report 4) HTML format /
PDF format
Graduation Exam Participation and
Performance (2000-2001) of English
Language Learners with Disabilities (ELLs with Disabilities Report
3) HTML format / PDF format
Graduation Exam Participation and
Performance (1999-2000) of English
Language Learners with Disabilities (ELLs with Disabilities Report
2) HTML format / PDF format
1999-2000 Participation and Performance of English Language Learners with
Disabilities on Minnesota Standards-based Assessments
(ELLs with Disabilities Report 1) HTML format / PDF
format
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Out-of-Level
Testing Project
Educators' Opinions About Out-of-Level
Testing: Moving Beyond Perceptions (OOLT Report 15) /
PDF Version
States' Procedures
for Ensuring Out-of-Level Test Instrument Quality (OOLT Report 14) /
PDF Version
Rapid Changes,
Repeated Challenges: States' Out-of-Level Testing Policies for 2003-2004
(OOLT Report 13) / PDF Version
Understanding
Out-of-Level Testing in Local Schools: A Second Case Study of Policy
Implementation and Effects (OOLT Report 12) /
PDF Version
Understanding
Out-of-Level Testing in Local Schools: A First Case Study of Policy
Implementation and Effects (OOLT Report 11) /
PDF Version
Reporting Out-of-Level Test
Scores: Are
These Students Included in Accountability Programs? (OOLT Report 10) /
PDF Version
Testing Students with
Disabilities Out of Level: State Prevalence and Performance Results
(OOLT Report 9) / PDF Version
Scale Score Comparability Across Two
Levels of a Norm-Referenced Math Computation Test for Students with Learning Disabilities (OOLT Report
8)
A Follow-up Web-based Survey: Test and
Measurement Expert Opinions on the Psychometric Properties of Out-of-Level Tests (OOLT Report
7)
Test and Measurement Expert Opinions: A
Dialogue About Testing Students with Disabilities Out of Level in Large-Scale Assessments (OOLT Report
6)
Testing Students Out of Level in
Large-Scale Assessments: What States Perceive and Believe
(OOLT Report 5)
States' Out-of-Level Testing Policies
(OOLT Report
4)
Test Publishers' Views on Out-of-Level
Testing (OOLT Report 3)
How Out-of-Level Testing Affects the
Psychometric Quality of Test Scores (OOLT Report 2)
Past and Present Understandings of
Out-of-Level Testing: A Research Synthesis (OOLT Report 1)
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Limited English
Proficiency (LEP) Projects
Connecting English Language
Proficiency, Statewide Assessments, and
Classroom Proficiency (LEP Projects Report 5) /
PDF version
Relationships Between a Statewide
Language Proficiency Test and Academic Achievement Assessments (LEP Projects Report 4) /
PDF version
Literature on Early Literacy Instruction in Four Languages

1999-2000 Participation and Performance
of English Language Learners Reported in Public State Documents and Web Sites (LEP Projects Report
3)

State and District Assessments as an
Avenue to Equity and Excellence for English Language Learners with Disabilities (LEP Projects Report
2)
The Effect of a Simplified English
Language Dictionary on a Reading Test (LEP Projects Report 1)
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Maryland/Kentucky
State Assessment Project
The Maryland-Kentucky-NCEO Assessment Project
encompasses a comprehensive array of research studies on assessment accommodations and
alternate assessment approaches that facilitate inclusion of all students in statewide
assessment programs.
Performance Trends and Use of
Accommodations on a Statewide Assessment: Students with Disabilities in the KIRIS
On-Demand Assessments from 1992-93 through 1995-96 (Report #3)
See Archives for
other Maryland/Kentucky State Assessment Project publications
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Minnesota
Assessment Project
A series of reports from the Minnesota Assessment Project, a
four-year, federally funded effort awarded to the Minnesota
Department of Children, Families and Learning (now the Minnesota
Department of Education) from the U.S. Department of Education,
Office of Educational Research and Improvement. The project's goal was to promote and
evaluate the participation of students with limited English proficiency and students with
disabilities in Minnesota's Graduation Standards.
Student Perspectives on the Use
of Accommodations on Large-scale Assessments (Report 35)
1999 Report on the
Participation and Performance of Limited English Proficient Students on Minnesota's Basic
Standards Tests (Report 30)
1999 Report on the
Participation and Performance of Students with Disabilities on Minnesota's Basic Standards
Tests (Report 29)
Participation and Performance
of Limited English Proficient Students: Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments in Reading and
Math, 1998-99 (Report 24)
Limited English Proficient
Students' Participation and Performance on Statewide Assessments: Minnesota Basic
Standards Reading and Math, 1996-98 (Report 19)
Participation and Performance of
Students Receiving Special Education Services on Minnesota's Basic Standards Tests:
Reading and Math, 1996 through 1998 (Report 18)
Participation and Performance of
Students from non-English Language Backgrounds: Minnesota's 1996 Basic Standards Tests in
Reading and Math (Report 17)
Participation and Performance of
Students with Disabilities in Minnesota's 1996 Basic Standards Tests in Reading and Math (Report
16)
Cambodian, Hmong, Lao,
Spanish-Speaking, and Vietnamese Parents and Students Speak Out on Minnesota's Basic
Standards Tests (Report 12)
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other Assessment Series publications
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