Classroom Use of Test Accommodations: Issues of Access, Equity, and Conflation

Autor/in	Schissel, Jamie L.
Titel	Classroom Use of Test Accommodations: Issues of Access, Equity, and Conflation
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Language Planning, 15 (2014) 3, S.282-295 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1747-7506
DOI	10.1080/14664208.2014.915458
Schlagwörter	Bilingualism; Testing Accommodations; Ethnography; Case Studies; Interviews; Classroom Techniques; Participant Observation; Multilingualism; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Comparative Analysis; Disabilities; Educational Policy; Vignettes; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Elementary School Students; Elementary School Teachers; Urban Schools; Spanish; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; Testing process; Accessibility (for disabled); Accessibility; Disabled person; Testdurchführung; Testen; Barrierefreiheit; Zugänglichkeit; Behinderter; Ethnografie; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Klassenführung; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Handicap; Behinderung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Spanisch
Abstract	Test accommodations are changes to test administration, responses, or the test itself that are offered to emergent bilingual students for standardized tests and also for classroom assessments in some states in the USA. Currently there is a lack of research examining the use of test accommodations as a pedagogical practice. This paper presents a study of the classroom use of accommodations using data from a comparative ethnographic case study of two different multilingual schools. A historical analysis and definitions of test accommodation effectiveness frame the analysis. Participant observation, field notes, interviews, and classroom artifacts are used to investigate how administrators, teachers, and students appropriate test accommodations as classroom practices and one class in particular serves as an entry point for unpacking classroom use of accommodations. The analysis positions test accommodations as a tool promoting increased access to assessments but cautions that this access may not be an equitable practice, especially when accommodation use conflates emergent bilingual students with students who have disabilities. The paper concludes by exploring the possible implications of using classroom practices to inform policies and the use of test accommodations for emergent bilinguals to explore more options for multilingual education and assessment. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10