ERIC Number: ED617113
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 154
Abstractor: ERIC
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Spring 2019 NSCAS Summative ELA, Mathematics, and Science Technical Report
Nebraska Department of Education
This technical report documents the processes and procedures implemented to support the Spring 2019 Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS) General Summative English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and Science assessments by NWEA® under the supervision of the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE). The technical report shows how the processes, methods applied, and results relate to the issues of validity and reliability and to the "Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing" (AERA, APA, & NCME, 2014). The following sections are presented in this technical report: (1) Introduction; (2) Test Design and Development; (3) Test Administration and Security; (4) Scoring and Reporting; (5) Constraint-Based Engine; (6) Psychometric Analyses; (7) Standard Setting; (8) Test Results; (9) Reliability; and (10) Validity. [For the 2018 report, see ED617168.]
Descriptors: English, Language Arts, Summative Evaluation, Mathematics Tests, Science Tests, Test Construction, Scoring, Psychometrics, Test Results, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Standard Setting, Academic Standards, Information Security, State Departments of Education, Test Items, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Career Readiness, College Readiness, Computer Assisted Testing, Benchmarking
Nebraska Department of Education. P.O. Box 94987, 301 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, NE 68509. Tel: 402-471-2295; Web site: http://www.education.ne.gov
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Grade 6; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Nebraska Department of Education; NWEA
Identifiers - Location: Nebraska
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