Open AccessA MANUAL FOR ASSESSING LANGUAGE GROWTH IN INSTRUCTIONAL SETTINGS
Author(s) -
Swinton Spencer S.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
ets research report series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.235
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2330-8516
DOI - 10.1002/j.2330-8516.1983.tb00017.x
Subject(s) - citation , service (business) , computer science , psychology , sociology , library science , business , marketing
:ABSTRACT This-manual is designed to assist administrators of Englith-as-a-second-language programs in assessing students' language growth. It begins by reviewing some of the concepts and terminology to be used It then goes on to suggest and illustrate data-recording formats and methods of summarizing raw gains. Thit is followed by an eximple based on boWling scores to illustrate the-regression effect. An overview of a method for separating raw gain into regression and true gain components follows. It concludes with'a brief discussion of a method for comparing two-different groups with differing backgrounds or curricula. The appendices give details of.the data and of the steps in performing the regression analyses using SP.SS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). (BW)