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Download full textJames, Syretta R.; Liu, Shihching Jessica; Maina, Nyambura; Wade, Julie; Wang, Helen; Wilson, Heather; Wolanin, Natalie – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2021
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to overwhelm the functioning and outcomes of educational systems throughout the nation. The public education system is under particular scrutiny given that students, families, and educators are under considerable stress to maintain academic progress. Since the beginning of the crisis, school-systems…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, COVID-19, Pandemics, Public Schools
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, 2018
The purpose of this technical report is to describe the third operational administration of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessments in the 2016-2017 academic year. PARCC is a state-led consortium creating next-generation assessments that, compared to traditional K-12 assessments, more accurately…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Common Core State Standards, Language Arts
New Meridian Corporation, 2020
The purpose of this report is to describe the technical qualities of the 2018-2019 operational administration of the English language arts/literacy (ELA/L) and mathematics summative assessments in grades 3 through 8 and high school. The ELA/L assessments focus on reading and comprehending a range of sufficiently complex texts independently and…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Literacy Education, Mathematics Education, Summative Evaluation
New Meridian Corporation, 2020
The purpose of this report is to describe the technical qualities of the 2018-2019 operational administration of the English language arts/literacy (ELA/L) and mathematics assessments in grades 3 through 8 and high school. New Meridian, in coordination with multiple states and vendors, developed an alternate form of the summative assessment to…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Literacy Education, Mathematics Education, Summative Evaluation
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, 2017
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a state-led consortium designed to create next-generation assessments that, compared to traditional K-12 assessments, more accurately measure student progress toward college and career readiness. The PARCC assessments are aligned to the Common Core State Standards…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Common Core State Standards, Language Arts
Santelices, Maria Veronica; Ugarte, Juan Jose; Flotts, Paulina; Radovic, Darinka; Kyllonen, Patrick – Educational Testing Service, 2011
This paper presents the development and initial validation of new measures of critical thinking and noncognitive attributes that were designed to supplement existing standardized tests used in the admissions system for higher education in Chile. The importance of various facets of this process, including the establishment of technical rigor and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Entrance Examinations, Test Construction, Test Validity
Allen, Jeff; Bassiri, Dina; Noble, Julie – ACT, Inc., 2009
Educational accountability has grown substantially over the last decade, due in large part to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Accordingly, educational researchers and policymakers are interested in the statistical properties of accountability models used for NCLB, such as status, improvement, and growth models; as well as others that are not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High School Students, Accountability, Statistical Analysis
Benners, G. Anthony; George-Ezzelle, Carol E. – GED Testing Service, 2006
The present investigation was aimed at exploring the stability of the standard score distributions on the GED (General Educational Development) Tests taken by U.S. high school seniors in equating studies conducted by GED Testing Service during the span of 5 years from 2001 (the norming year) to 2005. Three questions were addressed by this…
Descriptors: Testing, High School Seniors, Scores, Measurement Techniques
