Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 1999AIR 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 ClustersUse 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