Evaluation of the voluntary national tests, year 2 [[electronic resource] ] : interim report / / Committee on the Evaluation of the Voluntary National Tests, Year 2 ... [et. al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451468803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, c1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (60 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): WiseLauress L; NoethRichard J; KoenigJudith A
• Disciplina: 372.126
• Soggetti: Educational tests and measurements - United States; Reading (Elementary) - Ability testing - United States; Mathematical ability - Testing; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Evaluation of the Voluntary National Tests, Year 2""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""ITEM QUALITY AND READINESS""; ""TECHNICAL ISSUES IN TEST DEVELOPMENT""; ""INCLUSION AND ACCOMMODATION""; ""1 Introduction and History""; ""VNT YEAR 1 EVALUATION""; ""Test Specifications""; ""Test Items""; ""Pilot and Field Test Plans""; ""Inclusion and Accommodation""; ""Reporting Plans""; ""OVERVIEW OF PLANNED YEAR 2 EVALUATION""; ""Scope of Work""; ""Report Purpose and Organization""; ""2 Item Quality and Readiness""; ""ITEM DEVELOPMENT""; ""Item Status as of April 1999""""AIR Plans for Further Item Development""; ""ITEM REVIEW PROCESS""; ""Sampling Completed Items""; ""Expert Panel""; ""Comparison Sample of NAEP Items""; ""Rating Booklet Design""; ""Rating Task""; ""RESULTS""; ""Item Quality Ratings""; ""Agreement Among Panelists""; ""Overall Evaluation""; ""Evaluation of Different Types of Items""; ""Specific Comments""; ""Matching VNT Items to the NAEP Achievement-Level Descriptions""; ""CONCLUSIONS ; AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""3 Technical Issues in Test Development""; ""SCORE REPORTING""; ""PILOT TEST PLANS""; ""Forms Design""; ""Use of School Clusters""""Use of Hybrid Forms""; ""NAEP Anchor Forms""; ""Item Calibration""; ""Forms Assembly and Item Survival Rates""; ""PILOT TEST ANALYSES""; ""Differential Item Functioning""; ""Operational Form Difficulty and Information Targets""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""4 Inclusion and Accommodation""; ""THE CHALLENGES OF INCLUSION AND ACCOMMODATION""; ""YEAR 1 EVALUATION FINDINGS""; ""INTERIM YEAR 2 FINDINGS""; ""CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""References""