Getting the Message Out: An Evaluation of NAEP Score Reporting Practices With Implications for Disseminating Test Results

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
April L. Zenisky ◽  
Ronald K. Hambleton ◽  
Stephen G. Sireci
Keyword(s):  
Test Results ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
Score Reporting

scholarly journals State Assessment Score Reporting Practices for English Learner Parents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Rios ◽  
Samuel Ihlenfeldt
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
Interpretive Guide ◽  
Score Reporting ◽  
Score Reports

This study sought to investigate how states communicate results for academic achievement and English language proficiency (ELP) assessments to parents who are English learners (EL). This objective was addressed by evaluating: (a) whether score reports and interpretive guides for state academic achievement and ELP assessments in each state were translated for EL parents; and (b) if so, whether recommended score reporting guidelines were followed in practice. Results demonstrated that for state achievement tests, 29 states had translated score reports and 28 had translated interpretive guides. Nearly every state translated these materials for their ELP assessments in a wide variety of languages. Across ELP and state achievement assessments, most states were found to limit statistical jargon, utilize figures/graphics to communicate test results, and include follow-up information for parents. However, states rarely provided personalization, statements on intended score use, a student’s score history, or a direct link to their interpretive guide in their score reports. Improvements in a number of areas were observed from prior reviews. Recommendations on making score reports and interpretive guides more accessible and interpretable for EL parents are discussed.

Current Practices When Reporting Quantitative Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Test Results

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 850-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G Grenache
Keyword(s):  
Chorionic Gonadotropin ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Reference Interval ◽  
Reference Intervals ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Reporting Practices

Abstract Background Quantitative human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) tests are commonly used to determine a woman’s pregnancy status. Discrete results are evaluated and/or interpreted against a reference interval or cutoff. Reporting practices across laboratories have not been investigated. Methods A voluntary questionnaire was distributed to 6433 laboratories participating in a general chemistry proficiency testing survey. Results Responses were received from 3568 (55%) laboratories. Overall, 31% used a single reference cutoff, with 42% and 14% using values of 5.0 and 25.0 IU/L, respectively. In total, 68% of laboratories provided result interpretations, most frequently “negative” and “positive.” Reference intervals based on chronological age were offered by 9% of laboratories; 60% reported gestational age-based intervals. In addition, 25% provided male-specific reference intervals, with 2.0 IU/L being the most commonly used single-point cutoff. Only 12% of laboratories offered a separate, orderable test for hCG as a tumor marker, with 5.0 IU/L as the most frequently used reference threshold. Nearly half of laboratories used assay product insert data as the reference interval source. Conclusions There is wide variation when reporting quantitative hCG results. Despite a well-established reference limit of <5.0 IU/L for nonpregnant women, fewer than half of laboratories used this cutoff. The reporting of gestational age-based reference intervals is more common than those based on chronological age despite greater clinical utility for the latter. Data-driven guidelines for reporting quantitative hCG test results could deliver more consistent result interpretation.

Using Conventional Articulation Tests With Highly Unintelligible Children

1992 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela G. Garn-Nunn ◽  
Vicki Martin
Keyword(s):  
Test Results ◽  
Phonological Processes ◽  
Rule Based ◽  
Severity Level ◽  
Error Sensitivity ◽  
Conventional Tests ◽  
Severity Levels ◽  
Conventional Test ◽  
Impaired Children

This study explored whether or not standard administration and scoring of conventional articulation tests accurately identified children as phonologically disordered and whether or not information from these tests established severity level and programming needs. Results of standard scoring procedures from the Assessment of Phonological Processes-Revised, the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation, the Photo Articulation Test, and the Weiss Comprehensive Articulation Test were compared for 20 phonologically impaired children. All tests identified the children as phonologically delayed/disordered, but the conventional tests failed to clearly and consistently differentiate varying severity levels. Conventional test results also showed limitations in error sensitivity, ease of computation for scoring procedures, and implications for remediation programming. The use of some type of rule-based analysis for phonologically impaired children is highly recommended.

Vestibular Function and Motion Sickness Susceptibility: Videonystagmographic Evidence From Oculomotor and Caloric Tests

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-198
Author(s):  
Cynthia G. Fowler ◽  
Margaret Dallapiazza ◽  
Kathleen Talbot Hadsell
Keyword(s):  
Phase Velocity ◽  
Motion Sickness ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Vestibular Function ◽  
Slow Phase ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Normal Range ◽  
Slow Phase Velocity ◽  
Caloric Tests

Purpose Motion sickness (MS) is a common condition that affects millions of individuals. Although the condition is common and can be debilitating, little research has focused on the vestibular function associated with susceptibility to MS. One causal theory of MS is an asymmetry of vestibular function within or between ears. The purposes of this study, therefore, were (a) to determine if the vestibular system (oculomotor and caloric tests) in videonystagmography (VNG) is associated with susceptibility to MS and (b) to determine if these tests support the theory of an asymmetry between ears associated with MS susceptibility. Method VNG was used to measure oculomotor and caloric responses. Fifty young adults were recruited; 50 completed the oculomotor tests, and 31 completed the four caloric irrigations. MS susceptibility was evaluated with the Motion Sickness Susceptibility Questionnaire–Short Form; in this study, percent susceptibility ranged from 0% to 100% in the participants. Participants were divided into three susceptibility groups (Low, Mid, and High). Repeated-measures analyses of variance and pairwise comparisons determined significance among the groups on the VNG test results. Results Oculomotor test results revealed no significant differences among the MS susceptibility groups. Caloric stimuli elicited responses that were correlated positively with susceptibility to MS. Slow-phase velocity was slowest in the Low MS group compared to the Mid and High groups. There was no significant asymmetry between ears in any of the groups. Conclusions MS susceptibility was significantly and positively correlated with caloric slow-phase velocity. Although asymmetries between ears are purported to be associated with MS, asymmetries were not evident. Susceptibility to MS may contribute to interindividual variability of caloric responses within the normal range.

Item Context and /s/ Phone Articulation Test Results

1972 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 852-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoe Zehel ◽  
Ralph L. Shelton ◽  
William B. Arndt ◽  
Virginia Wright ◽  
Mary Elbert
Keyword(s):  
Test Score ◽  
Sound Production ◽  
Broad Context ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Production Task ◽  
Test Result

Fourteen children who misarticulated some phones of the /s/ phoneme were tape recorded articulating several lists of items involving /s/. The lists included the Mc-Donald Deep Test for /s/, three lists similar to McDonald’s but altered in broad context, and an /s/ sound production task. Scores from lists were correlated, compared for differences in means, or both. Item sets determined by immediate context were also compared for differences between means. All lists were found to be significantly correlated. The comparison of means indicated that both broad and immediate context were related to test result. The estimated “omega square” statistic was used to evaluate the percentage of test score variance attributable to context.

The Labeling Problem in Aphasia

1986 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey L. Holland ◽  
Davida Fromm ◽  
Carol S. Swindell
Keyword(s):  
Speech Disorders ◽  
Case Description ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Apraxia Of Speech ◽  
Poor Agreement ◽  
Motor Speech ◽  
Motor Speech Disorders ◽  
Communication Difficulties ◽  
Token Test ◽  
Primary Problem

Twenty-five "experts" on neurogenic motor speech disorders participated in a tutorial exercise. Each was given information on M, a patient who had communication difficulties as the result of stroke, and asked to complete a questionnaire about his problem. The information included a detailed case description, an audiotape of M's speech obtained at 4, 9, 13, and 17 days post-stroke, and test results from the Western Aphasia Battery, the Token Test, and a battery for apraxia of speech. The experts were in excellent agreement on M's primary problem, although it was called by seven different names. The experts were in poor agreement on his secondary problem(s), e.g., the presence and type of aphasia and dysarthria. The results suggest that labeling is difficult, even for "experts." Furthermore, the practicing clinician needs to be sensitive to the likelihood of more than one coexisting problem.

Modified Earpieces and CROS for High Frequency Hearing Losses

1968 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 204-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Dodds ◽  
Earl Harford
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Hearing Aid ◽  
Sound Field ◽  
Intensity Level ◽  
Test Results ◽  
High Frequency Hearing Loss ◽  
Increased Sensitivity ◽  
Difficult Cases

Persons with a high frequency hearing loss are difficult cases for whom to find suitable amplification. We have experienced some success with this problem in our Hearing Clinics using a specially designed earmold with a hearing aid. Thirty-five cases with high frequency hearing losses were selected from our clinical files for analysis of test results using standard, vented, and open earpieces. A statistical analysis of test results revealed that PB scores in sound field, using an average conversational intensity level (70 dB SPL), were enhanced when utilizing any one of the three earmolds. This result was due undoubtedly to increased sensitivity provided by the hearing aid. Only the open earmold used with a CROS hearing aid resulted in a significant improvement in discrimination when compared with the group’s unaided PB score under earphones or when comparing inter-earmold scores. These findings suggest that the inclusion of the open earmold with a CROS aid in the audiologist’s armamentarium should increase his flexibility in selecting hearing aids for persons with a high frequency hearing loss.

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