High-Stakes Testing Students With Disabilities: Database Analysis
The search terms I used were “accommodations on high-stakes testing students with disabilities”. The database I used was the UNF Library, I performed a general search and narrowed the results by peer reviewed and full-test availability. I chose this study because I was familiar with the group of researchers and found their previous work interesting and very informative. The subject matter speaks to me and directly affects me since I am currently teaching special needs students. Fletcher, Jack M.; Francis, David J.; Boudosquie, Amy; Copeland, Kim; Young, Victoria; Kalinowski, Sharon; Vaughn, Sharon (2006). Effects of accommodations on high-stakes testing for students with reading disabilities. Exceptional Children, 72 (2), 136-151.
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The conclusion that was reached supported the hypothesis which expressed that the groups with poor decoding had bad word reading scores that were at the 12th to 13th percentile on average and well below the comparison groups, who were slightly above average.
8. Implications for practice would be to consider providing certain accommodations to the whole group of test-takers. It was proven with the sample that test scores were better overall, which is what should drive the administration to push for different testing administration styles.
9. An ethical issue that was addressed was administering a pre-test to those students that were potentially part of the sample group. Due to that pre-test, the researchers were able to maintain the group of students that qualified for the accommodations versus those that didn’t.
10. If I were to speak with the researchers regarding this study, I would ask them why they chose 3rd grader students. To me, since this grade level is notorious for being the first year of high-stakes testing, it doesn’t seem like you’d want to use them. They are unaware of testing procedures, familiar with testing expectations and may not have built up their level of focus to sustain the 60- or 90- minute
2. The …show more content…
The conclusion that was reached supported the hypothesis which expressed that the groups with poor decoding had bad word reading scores that were at the 12th to 13th percentile on average and well below the comparison groups, who were slightly above average.
8. Implications for practice would be to consider providing certain accommodations to the whole group of test-takers. It was proven with the sample that test scores were better overall, which is what should drive the administration to push for different testing administration styles.
9. An ethical issue that was addressed was administering a pre-test to those students that were potentially part of the sample group. Due to that pre-test, the researchers were able to maintain the group of students that qualified for the accommodations versus those that didn’t.
10. If I were to speak with the researchers regarding this study, I would ask them why they chose 3rd grader students. To me, since this grade level is notorious for being the first year of high-stakes testing, it doesn’t seem like you’d want to use them. They are unaware of testing procedures, familiar with testing expectations and may not have built up their level of focus to sustain the 60- or 90- minute