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Zhang, Yanling – 2002
A study was conducted to investigate how differential item functioning (DIF) is associated with student characteristics such as gender and ethnicity for the total group and to understand the pattern and nature of existing group differences by conducting DIF analyses separately within gender and ethnicity. The research is unique in that it…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnicity, Item Bias
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Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2002
The results in this report, from the fifth administration of the grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 reading, mathematics, and writing portions of the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP), represent an important step in Delawares efforts to educate all students to a higher level. Reading, mathematics, and writing data for grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 are…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Tests, Reading Tests
Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 1999
This document contains the results of a standard setting conducted between August 2 and August 12, 1999, on the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) Mathematics, Reading, and Writing subtests at grades 3, 5, 8, and 10. At the standard setting, judges were asked to recommend only the cut point between "Below the Standard" and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education, Judges
Delaware Department of Education, 2007
This report, submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, contains summary details of Delaware students' growth in the areas of reading, mathematics, writing, science and social studies. The results reported herein are part of a long-term effort to gather data on Delaware students' educational progress and use the data to inform decisions about…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Educational Testing, Accountability, Testing Programs