Elementary and Middle School Math Items
This study, funded in 2007, focused on developing and investigating a new approach to assessing the mathematics achievement of 4th- and 7th-grade students with Learning Disabilities and other disadvantaged students, using text-heavy assessments.
Built on earlier research into accessible science assessment items for students with low English proficiency, this project investigated how interactive computer technology could be used to construct assessment items in elementary and middle school mathematics that would allow students disadvantaged by text-heavy contexts to show their mathematical abilities.
Lessons learned from this project informed our later research on accessible assessment for all students and eventually led to a set of ONPAR middle school assessment tasks in proportional reasoning and geometry.
Resources
Elementary and Middle School Sample Items
Geometry
Math
Paper
Kopriva, R. J. (2009). Assessing the skills and abilities in math and science of ELs with low English proficiency: A promising new method. AccELLerate!, 2(1), 7–10.
This project was carried out in collaboration with the Illinois State Board of Education and funded by the US Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) Enhanced Assessment Grant (PR #S368A00001).