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Download full textVanGetson, Gretchen; Minnema, Jane; Thurlow, Martha – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2004
The purpose of this research study was to illustrate the ways in which out-of-level testing policies have changed over the three years from 2000-2001 to 2003-2004. In 2000-2001, 12 states were using out-of-level tests to measure student progress toward content standard proficiency. A detailed research study conducted at the end of 2000-2001 to…
Descriptors: Instructional Program Divisions, Testing Accommodations, Student Evaluation, Educational Policy
States' Procedures for Ensuring Out-of-Level Test Instrument Quality. Out-of-Level Testing Report 14
Minnema, Jane E.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Moen, Ross E.; VanGetson, Gretchen R. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2004
The present study was initiated to gather information about states' out-of-level testing practices. Specifically, we wanted to see whether states attempted to align out-of-level tests with grade of enrollment content standards, what processes are used to complete this task, and what psychometric information states offer as evidence of that…
Descriptors: Instructional Program Divisions, Testing Accommodations, Student Evaluation, State Government
