Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 4 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 10 |
Descriptor
| Test Reliability | 11 |
| Test Validity | 9 |
| High School Students | 5 |
| Test Construction | 5 |
| Item Response Theory | 4 |
| Psychometrics | 4 |
| Scores | 4 |
| Special Needs Students | 4 |
| Test Items | 4 |
| Achievement Gains | 3 |
| Data Analysis | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| New Meridian Corporation | 2 |
| ACT Education Corp. | 1 |
| Career and Technical… | 1 |
| Center on Instruction | 1 |
| Center on Standards and… | 1 |
| GED Testing Service | 1 |
| Grantee Submission | 1 |
| RAND Corporation | 1 |
| ReCALL | 1 |
| Regional Educational… | 1 |
Author
| Booker, Kevin | 1 |
| Bruch, Julie | 1 |
| Coniam, David | 1 |
| Gill, Brian | 1 |
| Griffin, Beth Ann | 1 |
| Karam, Rita | 1 |
| Lembke, Erica S. | 1 |
| McCaffrey, Daniel F. | 1 |
| O'Reilly, Tenaha | 1 |
| Pane, John F. | 1 |
| Petscher, Yaacov | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Reports - Descriptive | 11 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 3 |
| Journal Articles | 2 |
Education Level
| High Schools | 11 |
| Secondary Education | 8 |
| Middle Schools | 7 |
| Elementary Education | 5 |
| Junior High Schools | 5 |
| Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 2 |
| Grade 3 | 2 |
| Grade 4 | 2 |
| Grade 5 | 2 |
| Grade 6 | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Audience
| Practitioners | 1 |
| Researchers | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Elementary and Secondary… | 1 |
| Every Student Succeeds Act… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| ACT Assessment | 2 |
| Dynamic Indicators of Basic… | 1 |
| General Educational… | 1 |
| Iowa Tests of Basic Skills | 1 |
| New York State Regents… | 1 |
| Preliminary Scholastic… | 1 |
| Stanford Achievement Tests | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 1 |
| Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 1 |
Download full textACT Education Corp., 2024
This technical manual provides an overview of the Mosaic™ by ACT®: Social Emotional Learning Screener. The Mosaic by ACT: Social Emotional Learning Screener (hereafter referred to as the Screener) assesses the social emotional skills of students in elementary school (Grades 3-5), middle school (Grades 6-8), and high school (Grades 9-12). Each…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Screening Tests, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
Center on Standards and Assessments Implementation, 2019
In order to comply with the regulations put forth by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states are required to submit evidence associated with their statewide accountability systems to the United States Department of Education (ED) for peer review. Some states have elected to…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Peer Evaluation, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Improving Comprehension Assessment for Middle and High School Students: Challenges and Opportunities
Peer reviewedSabatini, John; Petscher, Yaacov; O'Reilly, Tenaha; Truckenmiller, Adrea – Grantee Submission, 2015
For decades, standardized reading comprehension tests have consisted of a series of passages and associated multiple-choice questions. Although widely used in and out of the classroom, there continues to be considerable disagreement regarding how or whether such tests have net value in the service of advancing educational progress in reading. This…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
New Meridian Corporation, 2020
The purpose of this report is to describe the technical qualities of the 2018-2019 operational administration of the English language arts/literacy (ELA/L) and mathematics summative assessments in grades 3 through 8 and high school. The ELA/L assessments focus on reading and comprehending a range of sufficiently complex texts independently and…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Literacy Education, Mathematics Education, Summative Evaluation
New Meridian Corporation, 2020
The purpose of this report is to describe the technical qualities of the 2018-2019 operational administration of the English language arts/literacy (ELA/L) and mathematics assessments in grades 3 through 8 and high school. New Meridian, in coordination with multiple states and vendors, developed an alternate form of the summative assessment to…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Literacy Education, Mathematics Education, Summative Evaluation
Direct linkPane, John F.; Griffin, Beth Ann; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Karam, Rita – RAND Corporation, 2014
This addendum to previously published results presents alternative analyses of data from large-scale effectiveness studies of Cognitive Tutor Algebra I in middle schools and high schools. These alternative analyses produce results that are substantively the same as previously reported. We find a significant positive effect of 0.21 standard…
Descriptors: Algebra, Statistical Significance, Pretests Posttests, Reader Response
Rivera, Jennifer E. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2011
The State of New York Agriculture Science Education secondary program is required to have a certification exam for students to assess their agriculture science education experience as a Regent's requirement towards graduation. This paper focuses on the procedure used to develop and validate two content sub-test questions within a…
Descriptors: Test Items, Item Banks, Test Construction, Test Validity
Gill, Brian; Bruch, Julie; Booker, Kevin – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2013
States and school districts are exploring alternatives to state tests for measuring teachers' contributions to student learning. One approach applies statistical value-added methods to alternative student assessments such as commercially available tests and end-of course tests. The evidence suggests that these methods can reliably distinguish…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Competencies, Evaluation Methods, Educational Testing
Setzer, J. Carl – GED Testing Service, 2009
The GED[R] English as a Second Language (GED ESL) Test was designed to serve as an adjunct to the GED test battery when an examinee takes either the Spanish- or French-language version of the tests. The GED ESL Test is a criterion-referenced, multiple-choice instrument that assesses the functional, English reading skills of adults whose first…
Descriptors: Language Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Psychometrics, Reading Skills
Lembke, Erica S.; Stecker, Pamela M. – Center on Instruction, 2007
One of the best methods of formative assessment in academic areas and a method that exemplifies the characteristics of good measures is Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM; Deno, 1985). Developed at the University of Minnesota in the early 1970's, CBM has been researched in academic areas including mathematics computation, concepts, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Formative Evaluation, Mathematics Education, Educational Research
Coniam, David – ReCALL, 2006
This paper describes an English language listening test intended as computer-based testing material for secondary school students in Hong Kong, where considerable attention is being invested in online and computer-based testing. As well as providing a school-based testing facility, the study aims to contribute to the knowledge base regarding the…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
