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Direct linkGoodman, Dean P.; Hambleton, Ronald K. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2004
A critical, but often neglected, component of any large-scale assessment program is the reporting of test results. In the past decade, a body of evidence has been compiled that raises concerns over the ways in which these results are reported to and understood by their intended audiences. In this study, current approaches for reporting…
Descriptors: Test Results, Student Evaluation, Scores, Testing Programs
Peer reviewedSicoly, Fiore – Applied Measurement in Education, 2002
Calculated year-1 to year-2 stability of assessment data from 21 states and 2 Canadian provinces. The median stability coefficient was 0.78 in mathematics and reading, and lower in writing. A stability coefficient of 0.80 is recommended as the standard for large-scale assessments of student performance. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics
