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Reporting Test Results for Students with Disabilities and English-Language Learners: Summary of a Workshop
Appendix A
Workshop Agenda
The National Academies
Board on Testing and Assessment (BOTA)
Reporting Test Results for Accommodated Examinees: Policy, Measurement, and Score Use Considerations
Green Building, Room 104, 2001 Wisconsin Ave., NW Wednesday, November 28, 2001
8:00
Continental Breakfast
8:30
Welcome and Introductions
• Lauress Wise, Committee Chair and BOTA member
• Patty Morison, Associate Director, Center for Education, National Academies
PANEL 1: POLICY AND LEGAL CONTEXT
Objectives: Lay out the policy context for the workshop and frame the major issues to be addressed.
Moderator: Lorraine McDonnell, University of California, Santa Barbara
Policies and Plans for Reporting NAEP Results for Accommodated Examinees
Peggy Carr, National Center for Education Statistics
Jim Carlson, National Assessment Governing Board
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Reporting Test Results for Students with Disabilities and English-Language Learners: Summary of a Workshop
Legal Reasons for Providing Accommodations
Arthur Coleman, Nixon Peabody LLP
Potential Future Uses of NAEP
Thomas Toch, Brookings Institute
10:00
Break
10:15
PANEL 2: STATE POLICIES ON ACCOMMODATIONS AND REPORTING
Objectives: Learn about state and local experiences with respect to: (a) translating accommodation guidelines into practice; (b) making reporting decisions for accommodated test takers; and (c) using results for accommodated individuals. Identify lessons learned that can be of assistance to NAEP’s sponsors.
Moderator: Charlene Rivera, Center for Equity and Excellence in Education, George Washington University, Washington DC
Overview: Results from Surveys of State Directors of Special Education
Martha Thurlow, National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota
Preliminary Findings: State Policies for the Inclusion and Accommodation of English-Language Learners for 2000–2001
Laura Golden and Lynne Sacks, Center for Equity and Excellence in Education, George Washington University, Washington DC
Kentucky’s Policies on Reporting Results for Accommodated Test Takers
Scott Trimble, Director of Assessment for Kentucky
Texas’ Policies on Reporting Results for Accommodated Test Takers
Phyllis Stolp, Director of Development and Administration, Student Assessment Programs, TX (by phone)
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Reporting Test Results for Students with Disabilities and English-Language Learners: Summary of a Workshop
12:00
Lunch
12:45
PANEL 3: THE EFFECTS OF ACCOMMODATIONS ON TEST PERFORMANCE: RESEARCH FINDINGS
Objective: Learn about the results of empirical research on the effects of accommodation on performance on NAEP and other assessments.
Moderator: Margaret McLaughlin, University of Maryland, College Park
Report on 1996 NAEP Research Activities on Accommodations
John Mazzeo, Educational Testing Service
Testing Accommodations: Legal and Technical Issues Challenging Educators (or “Good” Test Scores Are Hard to Come By)
Stephen Elliott, University of Wisconsin
Universally Designed Accommodations for High Stakes, Large-Scale Assessment
Gerald Tindal, University of Oregon
Effects of Accommodations on Test Performance: Research Findings for English-Language Learners
Jamal Abedi, University of California, Los Angeles, and Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (by phone)
Assessing Students with Disabilities in Kentucky
Laura Hamilton, RAND Corporation, CA (by phone)
2:45
Break
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Reporting Test Results for Students with Disabilities and English-Language Learners: Summary of a Workshop
3:00
PANEL 4: DISCUSSANTS
Moderator: Lauress Wise, Human Resources Research Organization, VA
• Eugene Johnson, American Institutes for Research, Washington DC
• David Malouf, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education, Washington DC
• Richard Durán, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Margaret Goertz, Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania
4:30
Group Discussion
5:00
Adjourn
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