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Nebraska Department of Education, 2019
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…
Descriptors: English, Language Arts, Summative Evaluation, Mathematics Tests
Deplazes, Svetlana P. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the overall level of student achievement on the 2012 Kansas History-Government Assessment in Grades 6, 8, and high school, with major emphasis on the subject area of economics. It explored four specific research questions in order to: (1) determine the level of student knowledge of assessed economic…
Descriptors: Economics, Social Studies, Comparative Analysis, Academic Achievement
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Ferdous, Abdullah A.; Plake, Barbara S. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2007
In an Angoff standard setting procedure, judges estimate the probability that a hypothetical randomly selected minimally competent candidate will answer correctly each item in the test. In many cases, these item performance estimates are made twice, with information shared with the panelists between estimates. Especially for long tests, this…
Descriptors: Test Items, Probability, Item Analysis, Standard Setting (Scoring)
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Neidorf, Teresa Smith; Binkley, Marilyn; Stephens, Maria – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
This technical report describes a study that was undertaken to compare the content of two recent fourth-and eighth-grade assessments in science: the NAEP 2000 assessment and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003 assessment. Its aim is to provide information that will be useful for interpreting and comparing the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 4, Grade 8, National Competency Tests