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Are Multiple Measures Meaningful?: Lessons from a Statewide Performance Assessment.
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Goldberg, Gail Lynn; Roswell, Barbara Sherr – Applied Measurement in Education, 2001
To determine the factors that contribute to or compromise the effectiveness of multiscored items, this study combined analysis of statewide score data from the 1996 Maryland School Performance Assessment Program tests with systematic analyses of 60 activities providing measures of writing, language usage, or both, and one or more content areas.…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Scores, State Programs, Testing Programs
From Perception to Practice: The Impact of Teachers' Scoring Experience on Performance-based Instruction and Classroom Assessment
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Goldberg, Gail Lynn; Roswell, Barbara Sherr – Educational Assessment, 2000
Studied the impact of experience scoring the Maryland School Performance Assessment tasks on teachers' instructional and classroom assessment practice. Interview data, questionnaires, classroom observation, and classroom artifacts from approximately 5 teacher-scorers demonstrated that teachers' appropriation of performance-based instruction may be…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Experience
Perception and Practice: The Impact of Teachers' Scoring Experience on Performance-Based Instruction and Classroom Assessment.
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Goldberg, Gail Lynn; Roswell, Barbara Sherr – 1998
Teachers' reactions to the administration and scoring of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program tests (MSPAP) were studied, focusing on their direct and indirect exposure to tasks and evaluative criteria through the experience of scoring the MSPAP. Since its inception in 1991, the MSPAP has been scored in-state by certified teachers…
Descriptors: Criteria, Educational Assessment, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Problematic Responses to Reading Performance Assessment Tasks: Sources and Implications.
Goldberg, Gail Lynn; Kapinus, Barbara – 1992
The Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) is a relatively new, statewide performance assessment of students in grades 3, 5, and 8. When first administered in May of 1991, the MSPAP included a battery of performance assessment tasks designed to generate written or drawn responses to reading texts. This study evaluated selected…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Evaluators
Designing a Review and Appeal Process for a Large Scale Writing Assessment Program.
Goldberg, Gail Lynn; Walker-Bartnick, Leslie – 1989
A formative evaluation of a pilot review and appeal process for the Maryland Writing Test (MWT) is described. The MWT is a large-scale direct assessment of writing. A three-year pilot phase was to culminate in the implementation of an operational procedure for the review and appeal of scores impacting a pass/fail decision for examinees. The MWT…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Evaluators, Formative Evaluation, Graduation Requirements