This paper discusses the many challenges of measuring student academic growth for teacher evaluations in non-tested subjects and grades, while offering potential solutions for incorporating student performance results in these […]
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This paper, presented at AERA in April 2012, outlines an approach for validating local assessments. It provides a framework intended to help district-level personnel develop and evaluate district-wide assessments aligned […]
Professor Bruce D. Baker recently published a critique of The Colorado Growth Model and its use of Student Growth Percentiles (SGPs) on his “School Finance 101” blog (Take Your SGP […]
Using Multiple Measures to Enhance Validity and Reliability September 22nd – 23rd Multiple Measures, Multiple UsesMultiple Measures, Multiple Uses PresentationMultiple Measures, Multiple Uses HandoutMargaret E. Goertz Multiple Measures in the […]
This paper provides a comprehensive framework and discussion of the challenges of validly assessing student performance in non-tested subjects and grades and using the results of these assessments in educator […]
This document helps to reveal and clarify for policymakers many of the issues involved in comparing the performance of students, schools, districts, and states.
Expanding Conceptions of Psychometrics to Evaluate the Technical Quality of Next Generation Balanced Assessment Systems October 21st-22nd Agenda Session I Implications of Next Generation Assessment Systems for Criteria and Tools […]
This paper is the final report of the work commissioned by the Wyoming Department of Education examining the likely impact of irregularities experienced during the administration of their spring 2010 […]
This presentation reviews four key lessons learned about growth to date and discusses three key areas that will make growth data more useful: a) defining desired learning sequences in terms […]
Over the last decade, large-scale annual testing has provided states with unprecedented access to longitudinal student data. Current use of this data focuses primarily upon analyses of growth most often […]
This presentation focuses on how the definition of “proficient” varies across states. It illustrates how the definitions can lead to variances in cut scores and percent proficient and describes best […]
Validating Assessment and Accountability Programs September 25th-26th Agenda Session I Vicissitudes of the ValidatorsHenry Braun, Boston College Session II Moderated PanelKey considerations for different types of validation efforts Validating Accountability […]
This document outlines required elements for a standard-setting plan and technical manual and provides a suggested outline for vendors to follow in preparing such reports for their state technical advisory […]
This paper, presented at the 2008 Council of Chief State School Officers’ National Conference on Student Assessment, provides a suggested method for reviewing the equating results for a statewide assessment. […]
The modified alternate assessment option in new No Child Left Behind (NCLB) regulations allows the development and implementation of an alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement standards. This paper […]
The modified alternate assessment option allowed through new No Child Left Behind regulations provides for the development and implementation of an alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement standards. This […]
This paper, presented at the 2008 NCME annual meeting, explores using learning progression to inform the development of performance-level descriptors. It addresses descriptors for general, modified, and alternate assessments and […]
This paper situates current growth-to-standard approaches within a larger domain of statistical models, including those based solely on achievement as well as more traditional growth models. Within this context, we […]