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Achievement and Growth on English Language Proficiency and Content Assessments for English Learners in Elementary Grades by Buzick, Heather M, Wolf, Mikyung Kim, Ballard, Laura

“…English language proficiency (ELP) assessment scores are used by states to make high‐stakes decisions related to linguistic support in instruction and…”
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Testing Accommodations and the Measurement of Student Academic Growth by Buzick, Heather M.

“…Using two states' grades 3 through 8 state assessment databases, this study documents the extent to which students were assigned testing accommodations for ELA…”
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Extended Time Accommodations on the 2017 NAEP Grade 8 Mathematics Test: Eligibility, Use, and Benefit by Witmer, Sara E., Lovett, Benjamin J., Buzick, Heather M.

“…Extended testing time is a common accommodation given to students with disabilities. However, little is known about whether students who are eligible for the…”
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The GRE and Students With Disabilities: A Validity Study at 10 Universities by Ling, Guangming, Buzick, Heather, Belur, Vinetha

“…We evaluated the validity of using the GRE General Test to assist with graduate school admissions for individuals with disabilities. We studied a sample of…”
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Personalizing Large‐Scale Assessment in Practice by Buzick, Heather M., Casabianca, Jodi M., Gholson, Melissa L.

“…The article describes practical suggestions for measurement researchers and psychometricians to respond to calls for social responsibility in assessment. The…”
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Including Students With Disabilities and English Learners in Measures of Educator Effectiveness by Jones, Nathan D., Buzick, Heather M., Turkan, Sultan

“…The purpose of this essay is to provide an overview of the challenges of accounting for students with disabilities (SWDs) and English learners (ELs) in the…”
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Complexities and Issues to Consider in the Evaluation of Content Teachers of English Language Learners by Turkan, Sultan, Buzick, Heather M.

“…The current interest in evaluating teachers and teacher education programs provides an opportunity to consider the education of diverse learners in K-12…”
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Using Growth for Accountability: Measurement Challenges for Students With Disabilities and Recommendations for Research by Buzick, Heather M., Laitusis, Cara Cahalan

“…Growth-based approaches to federal accountability are receiving considerable attention because they have the potential to reward schools and teachers for…”
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Using Test Scores From Students With Disabilities in Teacher Evaluation by Buzick, Heather M., Jones, Nathan D.

“…Much of the recent focus of educational policymakers has been on improving the measurement of teacher effectiveness. Linking student growth to teacher effects…”
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Testing for heterogeneous factor loadings using mixtures of confirmatory factor analysis models by Buzick, Heather M

“…The current study assessed the viability of mixture confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) for measurement invariance testing by evaluating the ability of mixture…”
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A Comment on Li: The Same Side of a Different Coin by Buzick, Heather M., Stone, Elizabeth A.

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Trends in Performance and Growth by Students With and Without Disabilities on Five State Summative Assessments by Buzick, Heather, Weeks, Jonathan

“…Indicators of student academic growth are desired in state accountability systems in order to approximate student learning over time and attribute observed…”
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A Meta-Analysis of Research on the Read Aloud Accommodation by Buzick, Heather, Stone, Elizabeth

“…Read aloud is a testing accommodation that has been studied by many researchers, and its use on K‐12 assessments continues to be debated because of its…”
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Comparing Human and Automated Essay Scoring for Prospective Graduate Students With Learning Disabilities and/or ADHD by Buzick, Heather, Oliveri, Maria Elena, Attali, Yigal, Flor, Michael

“…Automated essay scoring is a developing technology that can provide efficient scoring of large numbers of written responses. Its use in higher education…”
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Including Students With Disabilities and English Learners in Measures of Educator Effectiveness by Jones, Nathan D, Buzick, Heather M, Turkan, Sultan

“…The purpose of this essay is to provide an overview of the challenges of accounting for students with disabilities (SWDs) and English learners (ELs) in the…”
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Using Educator Effectiveness Measures to Improve Educator Preparation Programs and Student Outcomes. Literature Synthesis. CEEDAR Document No. LS-1 by Noell, George H, Brownell, Mary T, Buzick, Heather M, Jones, Nathan D

“…The purpose of this paper is to: (1) examine the research base on three types of assessments currently collected in some states and by some institutions of…”
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