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Download full textNew York State Education Department, 2022
The instructions in this manual explain the responsibilities of school administrators for the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP) Grades 3-8 English Language Arts and Mathematics Field Tests, and the Elementary-level (Grade 5) and Intermediate-level (Grade 8) Science Field Tests. School administrators must be thoroughly familiar with the…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Mathematics Tests, Test Format, Computer Assisted Testing
Education Commission of the States, 2018
As a condition of receiving federal funds, the Every Student Succeeds Act requires state education agencies to implement statewide assessments in mathematics and English language arts every year in third through eighth grade and once in ninth through 12th grade. The federal law also requires a science assessment once in each of three grade spans:…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, State Programs, Testing Programs, Mathematics Tests
New York State Education Department, 2018
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 English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics 2018 Operational Tests. This report includes information about test content and test development, item (i.e., individual…
Descriptors: English, Language Arts, Language Tests, Mathematics Tests
New York State Education Department, 2017
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 English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics 2017 Operational Tests. This report includes information about test content and test development, item (i.e., individual…
Descriptors: English, Language Arts, Language Tests, Mathematics Tests
Peer reviewedNational Center for Education Statistics, 2013
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) initiated this special study in an effort to link the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scale to the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) scale so that states could compare the performance of their students with that of students in other countries. The…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Grade 8, Mathematics Tests, Science Tests
Doorey, Nancy; Polikoff, Morgan – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2016
Approximately one-third of American freshmen at two-year and four-year colleges require remedial coursework and over 40 percent of employers rate new hires with a high school diploma as "deficient" in their overall preparation for entry-level jobs. Yet, over the past decade, as these students marched through America's public education…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, State Standards, Test Items, Evaluation Criteria
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
National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
The 2011 NAEP-TIMSS linking study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) was designed to predict Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) scores for the U.S. states that participated in 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics and science assessment of eighth-grade students.…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Research Methodology, Research Design, Trend Analysis
Direct linkMaxwell, Lesli A.; Shah, Nirvi – Education Week, 2011
Following a push to make "the nation's report card" better reflect the academic performance of all children in America's schools, most states boosted the numbers of students with disabilities and English-language learners who participated in the 2011 reading and math tests that are part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Testing, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Tests
Roxbury, Tiese L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Federal legislation such as "No Child Left Behind" mandated that students with disabilities be included in accountability standards, creating an important responsibility to fairly assess all students, even those with disabilities. Consequently, a sense of urgency was placed on the entire educational system to ensure that these students…
Descriptors: Test Items, Testing Programs, Federal Legislation, Educational Testing
Chudowsky, Naomi; Chudowsky, Victor – Center on Education Policy, 2010
This report compares state math and reading proficiency scores in grades 4 and 8 to National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) basic scores for the period of 2005 to 2009. The study found that scores on state tests and NAEP have increased in most states with sufficient data. Also included with the report are profiles for the 23 states that…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, National Competency Tests, Scores, Grade 4
Robelen, Erik W. – Education Week, 2009
At a time when many states are ratcheting up their high school graduation requirements, critics say Louisiana's new "career diploma" appears to represent a lowering of standards and expectations for students who are not headed to a four-year college. But some state education leaders who had misgivings with the legislative effort this…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Testing Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Dropout Rate
Norman, Rebecca L.; Buckendahl, Chad W. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2008
Many educational testing programs report examinee performance at more than two levels of proficiency. Whether these assessments have the capacity to support these multiple inferences, though, is a topic that has not been widely discussed. This study proposes a method for evaluating the minimum number of measurement opportunities for reporting…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Student Evaluation, Educational Testing, Mathematics Achievement
