ERIC Number: ED568177
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Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 27
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Linking the Smarter Balanced Assessments to NWEA MAP Assessments
Northwest Evaluation Association
Concordance tables have been used for decades to relate scores on different tests measuring similar but distinct constructs. These tables, typically derived from statistical linking procedures, provide a direct link between scores on different tests and serve various purposes. Aside from describing how a score on one test relates to performance on another test, they can also be used to identify benchmark scores on one test corresponding to performance categories on another test, or to maintain continuity of scores on a test after a redesign or change. Concordance tables provide a useful tool for educators, parents, administrators, researchers, and policy makers to evaluate and formulate academic standing and growth. Northwest Evaluation Association™ (NWEA™) is committed to providing partners with useful tools to help make inferences from the Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®) scores. One important tool is the concordance table between MAP and state summative assessments. Recently, NWEA completed a concordance study to connect the scales of Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics tests with those of the MAP Reading and MAP for Mathematics assessments. This report presents the 3rd through 8th grade cut scores on MAP reading and mathematics scales that correspond to the benchmarks on the Smarter Balanced ELA and Mathematics tests. Information about classification accuracy of the estimated MAP cut scores is also provided, along with a series of tables that estimate the probability of receiving a Level 3 or higher score on the Smarter Balanced assessments, based on the observed MAP scores taken during the same school year. A detailed description of the data and analysis method used this study is provided in the Appendix.
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Tables (Data), Language Arts, English Instruction, Mathematics Tests, Reading Tests, Classification, Scoring Formulas, Scores, Probability, Cutting Scores, Accuracy, Predictive Validity, Equated Scores, Alignment (Education)
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Northwest Evaluation Association
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