Evaluation of the voluntary national tests, year 2 : interim report / Committee on the Evaluation of the Voluntary National Tests, Year 2 [and others].

Includes bibliographical references.

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Evaluation of the Voluntary National Tests, Year 2 -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- ITEM QUALITY AND READINESS -- TECHNICAL ISSUES IN TEST DEVELOPMENT -- INCLUSION AND ACCOMMODATION -- 1 Introduction and History -- VNT YEAR 1 EVALUATION -- Test Specifications -- Test Items -- Pilot and Field Test Plans -- Inclusion and Accommodation -- Reporting Plans -- OVERVIEW OF PLANNED YEAR 2 EVALUATION -- Scope of Work -- Report Purpose and Organization -- 2 Item Quality and Readiness -- ITEM DEVELOPMENT

Item Status as of April 1999AIR Plans for Further Item Development -- ITEM REVIEW PROCESS -- Sampling Completed Items -- Expert Panel -- Comparison Sample of NAEP Items -- Rating Booklet Design -- Rating Task -- RESULTS -- Item Quality Ratings -- Agreement Among Panelists -- Overall Evaluation -- Evaluation of Different Types of Items -- Specific Comments -- Matching VNT Items to the NAEP Achievement-Level Descriptions -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 3 Technical Issues in Test Development -- SCORE REPORTING -- PILOT TEST PLANS -- Forms Design

Use of School ClustersUse of Hybrid Forms -- NAEP Anchor Forms -- Item Calibration -- Forms Assembly and Item Survival Rates -- PILOT TEST ANALYSES -- Differential Item Functioning -- Operational Form Difficulty and Information Targets -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 4 Inclusion and Accommodation -- THE CHALLENGES OF INCLUSION AND ACCOMMODATION -- YEAR 1 EVALUATION FINDINGS -- INTERIM YEAR 2 FINDINGS -- CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- References

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