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Download full textMaryland State Department of Education, 2018
Based on Maryland's 2017-2018 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) results, nearly half of all entering kindergarten children show foundational skills indicating they are fully ready for kindergarten, more than a third are approaching readiness, and 18% have emerging readiness skills. Results for the 2017-2018 school year show a slight increase…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Academic Standards, Gender Differences
Peer reviewedHaertel, Edward H. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2002
Outlines a framework for considering the validity of standards-based score interpretations and then considers the potential roles of different stakeholder groups and other participants in that process. Suggests study of a new standard-setting method, the "briefing book," which would describe alternative cut scores. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests
Crocker, Linda; Zieky, Michael – 1995
The National Assessment Governing Board and the National Center for Education Statistics sponsored a Joint Conference on Standard Setting for Large-Scale Assessments to provide a forum for technical and policy issues relevant to setting standards at local, state, and national levels. Volume I contains an executive summary of the conference and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
