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Download full textMullis, Ina V. S., Ed.; Martin, Michael O., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2015
The "PIRLS 2016 Assessment Framework, 2nd Edition" provides the foundation for the three international assessments planned as part of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement's Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2016: PIRLS, PIRLS Literacy, and ePIRLS. PIRLS represents the…
Descriptors: International Programs, Testing Programs, Student Evaluation, Reading Tests
New York State Education Department, 2016
This technical report provides detailed information regarding the technical, statistical, and measurement attributes of the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP) for the Grades 3-8 Common Core English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics 2016 Operational Tests. This report includes information about test content and test development, item (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, English, Language Arts, Mathematics Tests
New York State Education Department, 2015
This technical report provides detailed information regarding the technical, statistical, and measurement attributes of the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP) for the Grades 3-8 Common Core English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics 2015 Operational Tests. This report includes information about test content and test development, item (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, English, Language Arts, Mathematics Tests
New York State Education Department, 2014
This technical report provides detailed information regarding the technical, statistical, and measurement attributes of the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP) for the Grades 3-8 Common Core English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics 2014 Operational Tests. This report includes information about test content and test development, item (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, English, Language Arts, Mathematics Tests
Dorans, Neil J.; Liang, Longjuan; Puhan, Gautam – Educational Testing Service, 2010
Scores are the most visible and widely used products of a testing program. The choice of score scale has implications for test specifications, equating, and test reliability and validity, as well as for test interpretation. At the same time, the score scale should be viewed as infrastructure likely to require repair at some point. In this report…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Standard Setting (Scoring), Test Interpretation, Certification
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 2000
This guide in English and Spanish is designed to answer questions parents may have about the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL), including how it will help improve their children's education, how it is scored, and how to use the information it provides. In Washington, clear educational goals for subject content, thinking skills, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Guides, Parent Participation, Parents
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Curriculum and Academic Services. – 2000
This document contains materials directly related to the actual reading test of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA), including the reading rubric, released passages, selected-response questions with answer keys, performance tasks, and scored samples of students' responses to the tasks. All of these items may be duplicated to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests
Portland Public Schools, OR. Dept. of Research, Evaluation, and Testing. – 1984
This report presents the 1983-84 summary achievement profiles of the 82 Portland, Oregon, elementary schools for use by school staffs, administrators, and the community for planning, goal setting, and evaluation. The profiles contain Portland Achievement Level Tests results plus data on the physical facility, school personnel, student enrollment,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedHunter, Darryl M.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation/La Revue canadienne d'evaluation de programme, 1996
Discusses issues associated with the use of holistic and analytic scoring methods in large-scale student assessments. Reviews the education literature and describes the recent Saskatchewan study comparing the results of the two scoring approaches applied to an achievement test taken by about 1,600 third graders. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 2000
This guide explains results and other information in the "Test Item Analysis Report," the "School Report," and the "District Report" for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests for spring 2000. It is designed to help superintendents, principals, and other administrators as they review the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Curriculum and Academic Services. – 2000
Beginning in 1999, all of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) had to be aligned with the Pennsylvania Academic Standards. This handbook describes the PSSA mathematics assessment. Following an overview of the PSSA, the second chapter focuses on the development and scoring of the mathematics assessment. Administering the assessment…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Curriculum and Academic Services. – 2001
Beginning in 1999, all of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) had to be aligned with the Pennsylvania Academic Standards. This handbook describes the PSSA writing assessment, which was designed to measure individual student performance and to influence instruction. The guide contains a chart of the Pennsylvania Academic Standards…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Scoring, State Programs
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1983
This technical report describes the development of the College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST), an instrument designed to measure Florida college students' achievement of the computation and communication skills expected by the completion of their sophomore year. Section I covers CLAST's background and purpose, the requirement that all students…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Item Analysis, Postsecondary Education, Scoring
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Curriculum and Academic Services. – 2000
Beginning in 1999, all of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) had to be aligned with the Pennsylvania Academic Standards. This handbook describes the PSSA reading assessment. It contains samples and instructions for developing assessment items for grades 5, 8, and 11. Although designed for teachers, the Handbook is meant to be a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, Reading Achievement
Sireci, Stephen G. – 1996
Test developers continue to struggle with the technical and logistical problems inherent in assessing achievement across different languages. Many testing programs offer separate language versions of a test to evaluate the achievement of examinees in different language groups. However, comparison of individuals who took different language versions…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
