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Rios, Joseph A.; Sireci, Stephen G. – International Journal of Testing, 2014
The International Test Commission's "Guidelines for Translating and Adapting Tests" (2010) provide important guidance on developing and evaluating tests for use across languages. These guidelines are widely applauded, but the degree to which they are followed in practice is unknown. The objective of this study was to perform a…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Translation, Adaptive Testing, Second Languages
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, 2016
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a state-led consortium designed to create next-generation assessments that, compared to traditional K-12 assessments, more accurately measure student progress toward college and career readiness. The PARCC assessments are aligned to the Common Core State Standards…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Career Readiness, College Readiness, Test Validity
Daro, Phil; Stancavage, Frances; Ortega, Moreica; DeStefano, Lizanne; Linn, Robert – American Institutes for Research, 2007
In Spring 2006,. the NAEP Validity Studies (NVS) Panel was asked by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to undertake a validity study to examine the quality of the NAEP Mathematics Assessments at grades 4 and 8. Specifically, NCES asked the NVS Panel to address five questions: (1) Does the NAEP framework offer reasonable content…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Adaptive Testing, Quality Control