ABSTRACT

Computer-based, pop-up glossaries are perhaps the most promising accommodation aimed at mitigating the influence of linguistic structure and cultural bias on the performance of English Learner (EL) students on statewide assessments. To date, there is no established procedure for identifying the words that require a glossary for EL students that is sufficiently reliable. In the coding procedure, we developed a method to reliably identify words and phrases that require a glossary. The method developed in the coding procedure was used to provide glossaries for the field-test items of statewide English language arts (ELA) and mathematics assessments across grades 3–11 (Current Study). In the Current Study, we assess the effectiveness and influence on construct validity of a pop-up glossary of the words identified in the coding procedure in a large scale, randomized controlled trial. The results demonstrated that generally the pop-up glossary accommodation was effective for both the ELA and mathematics assessments and did not harm the construct being measured.

摘要

基于计算机的弹出式词汇表可能是最有希望的住宿，目的在于减轻语言结构和文化偏见对全州英语学习者（EL）学生在全州评估中的表现的影响。迄今为止，还没有确定程序来确定要求EL学生使用词汇表的单词是否足够可靠。在编码过程中，我们开发了一种方法来可靠地识别需要词汇表的单词和短语。编码程序中开发的方法用于提供州级英语艺术（ELA）的现场测试项目词汇表以及3-11年级的数学评估（当前研究）。在目前的研究中 我们在大规模，随机对照试验中评估了在编码过程中识别出的单词的弹出式词汇表的有效性和对构建有效性的影响。结果表明，通常弹出式词汇表调整对于ELA和数学评估都是有效的，并且不会损害要测量的结构。