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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"large-scale assessments"”.
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The Impact of Student Performance on Large-Scale Assessments: A View of Long-Term Health, Career, and Societal Outcomes
… the predictive power of student growth for large-scale assessments on meaningful life outcomes, focusing on the three categories of health, career, and societal involvement. Analysis was conducted using the NELS:88/00 dataset–a longitudinal study that followed a nationally-representative …
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Implications of the multiple-use of large-scale assessments for the process of validation: A case study of the multiple-use of a Grade 9 mathematics assessment
While most large-scale assessments are designed for one intended use, in many instances, a single administration of an assessment is used for one or more uses in addition to the intended use. I suggest the term multiple-use to refer to this practice. The purpose of this dissertation is to consider …
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Governing Large-Scale Assessment Programmes in Mexico: A Multi- Scalar Account of Policy and Practice
… consolidate a highly complex and contradictory large-scale assessment (LSA) landscape comprised of three particular programmes run by different institutions, each with their own special interests and their own distinct scalar architecture (global, regional and national), yet mutually focused on …
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Literacy Instruction for Learners with Moderate to Severe Intellectual Disabilities: A Chance for Growth in Reading through Adapted Materials and Evidence-Based Strategies
… participate in school accountability through large-scale assessments for annual yearly progress (AYP). Those alternate assessments no longer target daily living skills and functional activities, but instead focus intensely on academic alternate state standards, aligned with the general …
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Estimating the Effectiveness of Special Education Using Large-Scale Assessment Data.
The inclusion of students with disabilities in large scale assessment and accountability programs has provided new opportunities to examine the impact of special education services on student achievement. Hanushek, Kain, and Rivkin (1998, 2002) evaluated the effectiveness of special education …
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Characterization of Natural and Anthropogenic Seabed Features in the Southwestern Baltic Sea
… and the extent of human impacts. Seabed pressure assessments typically rely on large-scale proxy data, overlooking actual impacts and the long-term effects of human activities on the seafloor. Also, while habitat mapping provides the basis for characterizing seafloor conditions, identifying the …
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Assessment and Accountability: An Exploration of Teachers' Practices in Assessing English Language Proficiency
… program. Current educational policy includes large scale assessments with stringent accountability requirements. All students are expected to meet standards for achievement, including those who have historically not been successful.</p> <p>Students from non-English language backgrounds are one …
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A Study of Educational Achievement in Sub-Saharan Africa
… achievement for SSA developed from three large-scale assessments: Le Programme d'Analyse des Systèmes Educatifs de la CONFEMEN, the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality and the Monitoring Learning Project.Chapter one also presents a cross-country …
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Efficacy of cellular biomarkers in marine filter feeding organisms for detecting effects of anthropogenic pollution
… for the ecological relevance of biomarkers and large-scale assessments of their applicability as sensitive indicators of contaminant stress in the field are rare. This thesis investigates the use of biomarkers as indicators of biological effects from anthropogenic pollution in marine filter …
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Dealing with Sparse Rater Scoring of Constructed Responses within a Framework of a Latent Class Signal Detection Model
… rater observations), which are available in some large scale assessments. Simulations and analyses of real-world data are conducted to examine the performance of these approaches. Simulation results showed that using parameter constraints allows one to detect various rater effects that are of …
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PISA for development and its impact on education policy and development in Cambodia
… UNESCO to leverage one of its International Large-Scale Assessments (ILSAs) – PISA for Development (PISA-D). Building on the established Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), PISA-D operates through two distinct forms of power that operate through Cambodia as a state …
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Coastal floods in view of sea level rise
… a distinctive approach which facilitates large scale assessments as well as the comparability of results across regions. Moreover, we aim to improve the general understanding of the interplay between mean sea level rise, adaptation, and coastal flood damage. Our undertaking is based on two …
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A novel approach for large-scale flood risk assessments
… including possible consequences. Moreover, the large-scale picture of flood risk became increasingly important for disaster management planning, national risk developments and the (re-) insurance industry. Therefore, it is widely accepted that risk-orientated flood management ap-proaches at the …