SBIR Phase I: Developing, Piloting, and Validating a Flexible Test Delivery System for State Assessment Programs

SBIR 第一阶段：开发、试点和验证用于状态评估项目的灵活测试交付系统

• 批准号: 0638026
• 负责人: Thomas Hoffmann
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: nimble Assessment Systems, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2007-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0638026&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Developing; Piloting; Validating

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I research project aims to develop, pilot, and validate a Flexible Test Delivery System that provides multiple test accommodations in a flexible, cost-effective, and standardized manner. The accommodations include: a) read aloud of text; b) magnification of text and images; c) read back of open-ended responses; d) item masking; and e) test materials management. Usability and preliminary validity studies will be conducted at the high school level, using released mathematics tests. The proposed research responds directly to a need that has arisen as a result of the No Child Left Behind Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act. These acts require that students with disabilities participate in state administered educational tests and that schools provide appropriate accommodations for students during testing. Although all fifty states have implemented annual testing programs for students in grades 3-8 and in high school, many schools across struggle to provide students with appropriate accommodations during testing. As a result, the achievement of many students with disabilities is underestimated and decisions made based on test performance may result in decreased educational opportunities for many of these students.Currently, state testing programs modify test materials or test administration procedures to provide students with appropriate accommodations. These modifications are expensive and include printing different versions of test materials, producing specialized electronic versions, administering tests individually with a proctor, and requiring proctors to transcribe responses from a booklet or typed essay to an answer booklet. Although it is difficult to estimate the time and costs associated with these modifications, they have become too large for many schools to bear. Based on ten years of research, it is evident that computers can be used to effectively and efficiently provide test accommodations. This research project will have the opportunity to broadly testing across all states.

这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段的研究项目旨在开发，试点和验证一个灵活的测试交付系统，以灵活，具有成本效益和标准化的方式提供多个测试住宿。住宿包括：1.朗读课文; B）文本和图像的放大; c）开放式回答的回读; d）项目掩蔽;和e）测试材料管理。可用性和初步的有效性研究将在高中一级进行，使用发布的数学测试。 拟议的研究直接回应了由于《不让一个孩子掉队法》和《残疾人教育改善法》而产生的需求。这些法案要求残疾学生参加国家管理的教育考试，学校在考试期间为学生提供适当的便利。尽管所有50个州都为3-8年级和高中的学生实施了年度测试计划，但许多学校都在努力为学生在测试期间提供适当的住宿。因此，许多残疾学生的成绩被低估，根据考试成绩做出的决定可能会导致许多残疾学生的教育机会减少。目前，州考试计划修改考试材料或考试管理程序，为学生提供适当的便利。这些修改是昂贵的，包括印刷不同版本的考试材料，制作专门的电子版本，与普罗克特单独管理考试，并要求监考员将答案从小册子或打字文章转录到答案小册子。虽然很难估计与这些修改有关的时间和费用，但它们对许多学校来说太大了。基于十年的研究，很明显，计算机可以用来有效地和高效地提供考试便利。该研究项目将有机会在所有州进行广泛测试。