Evaluation of the voluntary national tests, year 2 : interim report

Evaluation of the voluntary national tests, year 2 : interim report / Committee on the Evaluation of the Voluntary National Tests, Year 2 [and others].

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Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Evaluation of the Voluntary National Tests, Year 2., National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Board on Testing and Assessment, National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Other Authors: Wise, Lauress L., Noeth, Richard J., Koenig, Judith A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : National Academy Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
Educational tests and measurements > United States.
Reading (Elementary) > Ability testing > United States.
Mathematical ability > Testing.
EDUCATION > Elementary.
Educational tests and measurements
Mathematical ability > Testing
Reading (Elementary) > Ability testing
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Evaluation of the Voluntary National Tests, Year 2
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • ITEM QUALITY AND READINESS
  • TECHNICAL ISSUES IN TEST DEVELOPMENT
  • INCLUSION AND ACCOMMODATION
  • 1 Introduction and History
  • VNT YEAR 1 EVALUATION
  • Test Specifications
  • Test Items
  • Pilot and Field Test Plans
  • Inclusion and Accommodation
  • Reporting Plans
  • OVERVIEW OF PLANNED YEAR 2 EVALUATION
  • Scope of Work
  • Report Purpose and Organization
  • 2 Item Quality and Readiness
  • ITEM DEVELOPMENT
  • Item Status as of April 1999AIR Plans for Further Item Development
  • ITEM REVIEW PROCESS
  • Sampling Completed Items
  • Expert Panel
  • Comparison Sample of NAEP Items
  • Rating Booklet Design
  • Rating Task
  • RESULTS
  • Item Quality Ratings
  • Agreement Among Panelists
  • Overall Evaluation
  • Evaluation of Different Types of Items
  • Specific Comments
  • Matching VNT Items to the NAEP Achievement-Level Descriptions
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 3 Technical Issues in Test Development
  • SCORE REPORTING
  • PILOT TEST PLANS
  • Forms Design
  • Use of School ClustersUse of Hybrid Forms
  • NAEP Anchor Forms
  • Item Calibration
  • Forms Assembly and Item Survival Rates
  • PILOT TEST ANALYSES
  • Differential Item Functioning
  • Operational Form Difficulty and Information Targets
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 4 Inclusion and Accommodation
  • THE CHALLENGES OF INCLUSION AND ACCOMMODATION
  • YEAR 1 EVALUATION FINDINGS
  • INTERIM YEAR 2 FINDINGS
  • CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • References

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