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Beyond Agreement: Exploring Rater Effects in Large-Scale Mixed Format Assessments
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Wind, Stefanie A.; Guo, Wenjing – Educational Assessment, 2021
Scoring procedures for the constructed-response (CR) items in large-scale mixed-format educational assessments often involve checks for rater agreement or rater reliability. Although these analyses are important, researchers have documented rater effects that persist despite rater training and that are not always detected in rater agreement and…
Descriptors: Scoring, Responses, Test Items, Test Format
Classroom Assessment in Action
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Shermis, Mark D.; DiVesta, Francis J. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
"Classroom Assessment in Action" clarifies the multi-faceted roles of measurement and assessment and their applications in a classroom setting. Comprehensive in scope, Shermis and Di Vesta explain basic measurement concepts and show students how to interpret the results of standardized tests. From these basic concepts, the authors then…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Scores, Measurement
Writing Framework and Specifications for the 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress.
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Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, Los Angeles, CA. – 1997
This booklet contains the Writing Framework for the 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The Framework describes the basis for the 1998 Writing Assessment, the types of writing assessed, and the methods for scoring student responses. This Framework was developed during 1989-90 in preparation for the 1992 NAEP Writing…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Test Format, Testing Programs