Each summer, students may lose some of the academic abilities they gained over the
previous school year. English learners (ELs) may be at particular risk of losing English skills …

This review presents two case studies that illustrate how multivariate statistical modeling
applies to the specific goal of improving educational assessment. The first case study …

Narrative competence is an essential part of language proficiency. Research of narrative
competence has both a theoretical and empirical value. Our study aims to assess narrative …

researchers, graduate students, policy makers, and practitioners who work in middle level
education and associated fields of study. The volume provides an overview of the current …

This research concerns the application of multidimensional item response theory (eg,
Reckase, 2009) to link not-quite-vertical scales across age/grade levels. The approach …

The author reviews research examining how measuring school accountability by
standardized test scores is influencing middle level education and offers directions for …

Students in the local school district have continued to score below the state average on the
standardized American Literature end-of-course (EOC) assessment. It was unclear what 9th …

This qualitative interpretive case study unites literacy education and the field of second
language acquisition with quantitative surveys and questionnaires to explore self-efficacy …

With the growing English learner population, this study identifies issues of fairness around
cut score setting practices that impact English learner (EL) classifications and …

Around 5 million children in US schools (about one in ten students) are learning English as
a new language. English Learners (ELs) represent the fastest-growing student group …