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Rupp, André A. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2018
This article discusses critical methodological design decisions for collecting, interpreting, and synthesizing empirical evidence during the design, deployment, and operational quality-control phases for automated scoring systems. The discussion is inspired by work on operational large-scale systems for automated essay scoring but many of the…
Descriptors: Design, Automation, Scoring, Test Scoring Machines
Livingston, Samuel A.; Antal, Judit – Applied Measurement in Education, 2010
A simultaneous equating of four new test forms to each other and to one previous form was accomplished through a complex design incorporating seven separate equating links. Each new form was linked to the reference form by four different paths, and each path produced a different score conversion. The procedure used to resolve these inconsistencies…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Measurement, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing

Parkes, Jay; Stevens, Joseph J. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2003
Extrapolates from existing case law on educational testing to the likely ways in which school accountability systems may be challenged in the courts. Also offers a list of recommended actions for accountability system developers. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Court Litigation, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education

Feldt, Leonard S. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2002
Considers the situation in which content or administrative considerations limit the way in which a test can be partitioned to estimate the internal consistency reliability of the total test score. Demonstrates that a single-valued estimate of the total score reliability is possible only if an assumption is made about the comparative size of the…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Reliability, Scores, Test Construction

Sireci, Stephen G.; Robin, Frederic; Patelis, Thanos – Applied Measurement in Education, 1999
Presents a procedure for standard setting that involves the cluster analysis of test takers to discover examinee groups that are useful for envisioning marginally competent performance or defining borderline or contrasting groups. Illustrates use of the procedure with a statewide mathematics test, and concludes that cluster analysis is useful in…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Mathematics Tests, Standard Setting (Scoring), Standards

Mehrens, William A. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2000
Presents conclusions of an independent measurement expert that the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) was constructed according to acceptable professional standards and tests curricular material considered by the Texas Board of Education important for graduates to have mastered. Also supports the validity and reliability of the TAAS and…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Psychometrics, Reliability, Standards

Phillips, S. E. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2000
Discusses the plaintiffs' arguments, the state's responses, and the specific findings in the context of major themes of "GI Forum v. Texas Education Agency," which found that the Texas graduation test was valid and reliable and met applicable professional standards, including motive and opportunity to learn. (SLD)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Graduation Requirements, High School Students, High Schools

Schafer, William D. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2000
Draws seven conclusions for professionals who administer state assessment programs from the "GI Forum V. Texas Education Agency" ruling. These conclusions are grouped into observations about test development and observations about test use. Discusses some implications for test use in other states. (SLD)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, High School Students, High Schools, State Programs

Ward, Cynthia A. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2000
Discusses the implications of the "GI Forum v. Texas Education Agency" (2000) decision supporting the use of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills for other state assessment programs. Notes that the legal success of the state test in Texas was not due merely to good fortune, but to the test's adherence to legally defensible principles.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Problems

Porter, Rosalie P. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2000
Describes approaches taken in Texas to bring about academic accountability for students of limited English proficiency through evaluating and reporting annually on their progress in English-language literacy and their learning of school subjects and by documenting the growth in successful performance on state tests by this special population. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests
Buckendahl, Chad W.; Huynh, Huynh; Siskind, Theresa; Saunders, Joseph – Applied Measurement in Education, 2005
Under the adequate yearly progress requirements of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act (2001), states are currently faced with the challenge of demonstrating continuous improvement in student performance in reading and mathematics. Beginning in 2007 to 2008, science will be required as a component of the NCLB Act. This article describes South…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Standard Setting, Elementary School Science
Lewis, Daniel M.; Haug, Carolyn A. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2005
In a coherent educational assessment system, the relation between the cut scores across the grades of a content area should reflect the goals of the educational system moderated by the state of the standards within that system. In this article, we discuss the need for consistent cut scores across the grades of a content area; we present and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Testing Programs, Educational Assessment, Standard Setting

Cruse, Keith L.; Twing, Jon S. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2000
Provides a chronological summary of the evolution of statewide achievement tests in Texas to facilitate understanding of the issues behind the "GI Forum v. Texas Education Agency" litigation (1999), which challenged the curricular links of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills and other "opportunity to learn" issues. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements