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Download full textLinn, Bob; McLaughlin, Don; Jiang, Tao; Gallagher, Larry – American Institutes for Research, 2004
The purpose of this simulation was to assess the improvements in estimates of standard errors that could be expected if students participating in NAEP were pre-assigned to test booklets that were adapted to their level of performance based on their state assessment scores. Students in extreme quartiles would receive one regular NAEP block and…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Assessment, Error of Measurement, Educational Testing
McLaughlin, Donald H.; Scarloss, Beth A.; Stancavage, Frances B.; Blankenship, Charles D. – American Institutes for Research, 2005
Because NAEP estimates of state-level achievement play an important role in the evaluation of strategies for improving the nation's educational system, it is important that these estimates have as small a standard error as possible. NAEP estimates for state-level achievement are based on measurement of the performance of a random sample of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement, Educational Assessment, State School District Relationship
