University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Working Papers

The Consequences of Using Testing Accommodations: Student, Teacher, and Parent Reactions to and Perceptions of Testing Accommodations

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Authors: Sylvia C. Lang, Patrick J. Kumke, Erin L. Cowell, and Corey E. Ray April 2003, 21 pp. Abstract: This study examined Students with and without disabilities completed math and reading achievement tests with and without accommodations. Students, parents, and teachers then completed questionnaires to share their views on the use of testing accommodations. Significant …

Alignment Analysis and Content Validity of the Wisconsin Alternate Assessment for Students With Disabilities

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Authors: Andrew T. Roach, Stephen N. Elliott, Norman L. Webb March 2003, 62 pp. Abstract: The primary purpose of the investigation was to determine the extent to which Pearson correlations between the importance ratings of WAA items by the WAA Leadership Team (N = 10) and (a) the rates of WAA item applicability (i.e., the …

Extended Time as an Accommodation on a Standardized Mathematics Test: An Investigation of its Effects on Scores and Perceived Consequences for Students With Varying Mathematical Skills

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Authors: Stephen N. Elliott, Ann M. Marquart January 2003, 25 pp. Abstract: The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effect of a commonly used testing accommodation — extended time — on the performance of students with disabilities, students educationally at risk in math, and students without disabilities. Eighth-grade students (N = 69) completed …

Assessment Literacy in a Standards-Based Education Setting

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Author: Norman L. Webb April 2002, 19 pp. Abstract: This is a report of ongoing work in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) in the area of assessment literacy. Increased mandates from both the state and the district, and MPS’s decentralization of assessment functions to schools, have placed greater demands on teachers and principals to implement and …

Turning Data Into Knowledge: Lessons From Six Milwaukee Public Schools

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Author: Sarah Mason April 2002, 9 pp. Abstract: This two-year project, funded by the Joyce Foundation, was a collaboration of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research with UCLA’s National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) and the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). The project was designed to increase the capacity of six …

Data Use in the School and Classroom: The Challenges of Implementing Data-Based Decision Making Inside Schools

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Author: Christopher A. Thorn April 2002, 13 pp. Abstract: Systemic efforts to implement data-based decision making at the school and classroom level face several challenges. First, most data available within district information systems are limited to what has been deemed important for the operational needs of schools and the district. Second, educational organizations have little …

Testing Accommodations Research and Decision Making: The Case of “Good” Scores Being Highly Valued But Difficult to Achieve for All Students

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Authors: Stephen N. Elliott, Ryan J. Kettler, Brian C. McKevitt April 2002, 21 pp. Abstract: The inclusion of students with disabilities in assessment is deemed critical to improve the quality of educational opportunities for these students and to provide meaningful and useful information about students’ performance to the schools and communities where they are educated. …