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Download full textNew Meridian Corporation, 2020
New Meridian Corporation has developed the "Quality Testing Standards and Criteria for Comparability Claims" (QTS) to provide guidance to states that are interested in including New Meridian content and would like to either keep reporting scores on the New Meridian Scale or use the New Meridian performance levels; that is, the state…
Descriptors: Testing, Standards, Comparative Analysis, Test Content
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2022
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is an integral measure of academic progress over time. It is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what our nation's students know and can do in various subjects such as civics, mathematics, reading, science, technology and engineering literacy, U.S. history, and…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Academic Achievement, Educational Experience, Test Results
Fairman, Janet; Johnson, Amy; Mette, Ian; Wickerd, Garry; LaBrie, Sharon – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2018
The Maine Legislature requested the Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI) to conduct an assessment of standardized testing in Maine schools to understand the amount, cost, and usefulness of it. This report summarizes the resulting effort, which included a literature scan, document analysis, and surveys of two groups of school…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Benefits, Screening 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
Direct linkGove, Amber; Habib, Samir; Piper, Benjamin; Ralaingita, Wendi – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2013
This article reviews the development of the Early Grade Reading and Mathematics Assessments (EGRA and EGMA), which are locally tailored, timely assessments designed to directly inform policy and instruction for learning improvement, particularly for countries on the lower end of the income spectrum. The history of the design and implementation of…
Descriptors: International Programs, Measurement, Reading Tests, Mathematics Tests
Schaeffer, Gary A.; And Others – 1995
This report summarizes the results from two studies. The first assessed the comparability of scores derived from linear computer-based (CBT) and computer adaptive (CAT) versions of the three Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test measures. A verbal CAT was taken by 1,507, a quantitative CAT by 1,354, and an analytical CAT by 995…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Equated Scores
O'Neil, Harold F., Jr.; And Others – 1992
The Cognitive Science Laboratory of the University of Southern California has conducted a series of studies on the experimental effects of motivation on a low-stakes (to the student) standardized test. This report summarizes these studies and their results. The test in question is the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). A series of…
Descriptors: Achievement, Experiments, Grade 12, Grade 8
Peer reviewedErb, Tom – Middle School Journal, 2003
Examines the relationship between a journey and a destination in terms of the educational experience, where learning is the journey but test scores have become the destination. Focuses on the loss of curriculum areas that are untested in favor of the destination of math and reading scores. Asserts that middle school students deserve both measured…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment
