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... 1998c Background Paper Reviewing Laws and Regulations, Current Practice, and Research Relevant to Inclusion and Accommodations for Students with Limited English Proficiency. Prepared for the National Assessment Governing Board in Support of Contract Rl97153001.
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From page 85...
... Van der Linden 1999 Final Report of the Study Group Investigating the Feasibility of Linking Scores on the Proposed Voluntary National Tests and the National Assessment of Educational Progress, May draft. Study commissioned by the National Assessment Governing Board.
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From page 86...
... Stanford, CA: National Academy of Education. National Assessment Governing Board 1998a Voluntary National Test: Inclusions and Accommodations for Test Development.
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... Board on Testing and Assessment, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Washington DC: National Academy Press. National Research Council and Institute of Medicine 1997 Improving Schooling for Lar~guage'Mirrority Children: A Research Agenda.
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... The committee also realizes that preliminary decisions about reporting formats may need adjustment after the pilot test and again after the field test to reflect findings about the extent to which VNT scores can be compared with the NAEP achievementlevel cutpoints. in addition, the field test should include a field operational test of reporting procedures.
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