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Direct linkFerrara, Steve; Duncan, Teresa – Educational Forum, 2011
This article illustrates how test specifications based solely on academic content standards, without attention to other cognitive skills and item response demands, can fall short of their targeted constructs. First, the authors inductively describe the science achievement construct represented by a statewide sixth-grade science proficiency test.…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Test Construction
