ONPAR Research Results

Below you can see the research results from the ONPAR research project.

The findings from the ONPAR research project show that the ONPAR items are more effective than traditional items for testing science ability for students of all English language proficiencies. Low ELL students are better able to demonstrate their science knowledge on the ONPAR form. Further, Non ELL students perform similarly on the traditional and ONPAR items. Both these two results together indicate that the ONPAR items are more effective for ELL students, while validly measuring science ability for all students.

Results are summarized in this Research Report

8th Grade Scale Score

The graph below shows the scaled scores for the students in each of the ELL groups on each form, and demonstrates the interaction of form and groups. This graph includes scores that have been controlled by ability.

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