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Traditional vs Intersectional DIF Analysis: Considerations and a Comparison Using State Testing Data
Tony Albano; Brian F. French; Thao Thu Vo – Applied Measurement in Education, 2024
Recent research has demonstrated an intersectional approach to the study of differential item functioning (DIF). This approach expands DIF to account for the interactions between what have traditionally been treated as separate grouping variables. In this paper, we compare traditional and intersectional DIF analyses using data from a state testing…
Descriptors: Test Items, Item Analysis, Data Use, Standardized Tests
Qaisar Khan; Sadia Ashraf – Bulletin of Education and Research, 2023
Assessment methods have more effects on the strategy of study; if an exam requires the recall of factual information, then students adopt the surface-level approach or rote learning (Newble & Jaeger, 1983). Measuring the learning outcomes of students is paramount for learning and teaching improvement. However, in the Pakistani education…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Standardized Tests, High Stakes Tests, Rote Learning
Hong, Hyeri; Hamot, Gregory E. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2020
Using data on secondary school social studies teachers (n = 6,702) from the Survey of the Status of Social Studies (S4), a multilevel model, and an Item Response Theory (IRT) analysis, this study examined the associations of state testing policy and school characteristics on secondary social studies teachers' instructional autonomy as it relates…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, State Standards, State Policy, Social Studies
Atteberry, Allison; Mangan, Daniel – Educational Researcher, 2020
Papay (2011) noticed that teacher value-added measures (VAMs) from a statistical model using the most common pre/post testing timeframe--current-year spring relative to previous spring (SS)--are essentially unrelated to those same teachers' VAMs when instead using next-fall relative to current-fall (FF). This is concerning since this choice--made…
Descriptors: Correlation, Value Added Models, Pretests Posttests, Decision Making
Tindal, Gerald; Nese, Joseph F. T.; Stevens, Joseph J. – Educational Assessment, 2017
For the past decade, the accountability model associated with No Child Left Behind (NCLB) emphasized proficiency on end of year tests; with Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) the emphasis on proficiency within statewide testing programs, though now integrated with other measures of student learning, nevertheless remains a primary metric for…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Middle School Students, Models, State Standards
Macqueen, Susy; Knoch, Ute; Wigglesworth, Gillian; Nordlinger, Rachel; Singer, Ruth; McNamara, Tim; Brickle, Rhianna – Language Testing, 2019
All educational testing is intended to have consequences, which are assumed to be beneficial, but tests may also have unintended, negative consequences (Messick, 1989). The issue is particularly important in the case of large-scale standardized tests, such as Australia's "National Assessment Program--Literacy and Numeracy" (NAPLAN), the…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Standardized Tests, National Curriculum, Testing Programs
Wasserberg, Martin J.; Rottman, Amy – American Secondary Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine African American and Latino student perceptions on test-centered curricular protocols in the urban high school context. Data collection occurred through observations, classroom dialogue initiated by the researchers, and individual student interviews throughout an academic semester. Findings suggest that…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Urban Schools, African American Students
Katzman, John – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2014
It is so easy to criticize the SAT that most observers overlook the weaknesses of its architect, the College Board. This author contents that, until the latter is replaced, however, the former will never be fixed. The College Board has every incentive to create a complex, stressful, expensive college admissions system. Because it is accountable to…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Testing Programs, Program Administration, Cost Effectiveness
Rutkowski, David; Rutkowski, Leslie; Plucker, Jonathan A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
The OECD and its U.S. administrator, McGraw-Hill Education CTB, have recently concluded the first cycle of the OECD-Test for Schools in the U.S. This test is being marketed to local schools and is designed to compare 15-year-olds from individual participating schools against peers nationally and internationally using the OECD's PISA test as its…
Descriptors: Participation, International Education, Comparative Testing, Comparative Education
Creagh, Sue – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2014
The Australian field of English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching is globally respected for its research and practice achievements over a period of some 30 years. However, this essential field of pedagogy is being diluted in the current Australian reform agenda which is firmly founded on a traditional vision of English as first language, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Cronin, John; Jensen, Nate – Phi Delta Kappan, 2014
When New York state released the first results of the exams under the Common Core State Standards, many wrongly believed that the results showed dramatic declines in student achievement. A closer look at the results showed that student achievement may have increased. Another lesson from the exams is that states need to closely coordinate new data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, State Standards, Core Curriculum, Achievement Gains
Chisholm, Linda; Wildeman, Russell – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2013
This article considers the politics of adoption of a testing regime in South Africa. While the broad features of this regime are similar to those in developed countries, there are features specific to the South African context. These emerge from a combination of external and internal pressures. External pressures derive from international testing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Testing, Accountability, Standardized Tests
Starr, Karen – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2014
This article is a commentary on Australia's involvement in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests. It provides a rationale for Australia's participation in the PISA programme, the influences of PISA involvement on education policies and practices, and considerations and implications for school leaders and education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Comparative Education
Hardy, Ian – Journal of Education Policy, 2014
This paper explores how the strong policy push to improve students' results on national literacy and numeracy tests -- the National Assessment Program, Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) -- in the Australian state of Queensland influenced schooling practices, including teachers' learning. The paper argues the focus upon improved test scores on NAPLAN…
Descriptors: Literacy, Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests
Raker, Jeffrey R.; Holme, Thomas A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2013
Standardized examinations, such as those developed and disseminated by the ACS Examinations Institute, are artifacts of the teaching of a course and over time may provide a historical perspective on how curricula have changed and evolved. This study investigated changes in organic chemistry curricula across a 60-year period by evaluating 18 ACS…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Education History, Curriculum Research, Educational Development