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5. Policies and Experiences in Two States
Pages 30-37

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... Stolp's discussion provides an overview of Texas' statewide assessments and accommodation and reporting policies. Trimble provided similar information about Kentucky's assessment programs and policies and also presented some of the assessment results.
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From page 31...
... For TAAS, allowable accommodations include oral administration in mathematics, social studies, and science; large-print and Braille test booklets; individual administration; dicsating or typewriting responses to the writing test; recording answers on the test booklet; and orally responding to test items. Nonallowable accommodations include reading assistance on the writing and reading tests, use of a calculator or slide rule, use of English-language or foreign-language reference materials, and translation of test items.
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From page 32...
... Results for students using allowable accommodations are aggregated with the test results for all students. Results are disaggregated by language status (limited English proficient versus non-English proficient)
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From page 33...
... In addition, nonaccommodated students tended to perform less well than accommodated students except in 1997 and 1998 when the two groups performed similarly. In fourth grade science, students who took the test without accommodations scored lower than the general population in all years except 1995 when they scored similarly.
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From page 35...
... In seventh grade, nonaccommodated test takers scored higher than accommodated test takers by 4 to 6 points; and in eleventh grade, the difference was 1 1 to 13 points over the three years. Finally, Trimble compared results for accommodated and nonaccommodated test takers on the KCCT with similar data from the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS)
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From page 37...
... disabilities who received accommodations on NAEP and those who did not receive accommodations. On the other hand, the means in mathematics and science for Kentucky's eighth graders with disabilities who were not accommodated on NAEP were slightly higher (by 2 scale score points)
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