Download or read book Prediction of Student Performance on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment at Fifth Grade written by Linda Bluebello and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Using Math Curriculum Based Assessments to Predict Student Performance on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment Math Test written by Joseph H. Lucas and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Predicting Fifth Grade Mathematics Scores of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment Using a Computer Integrated Learning System written by Michael J. Lehmier and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Educational Assessment written by Robert J. Wright and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2007-12-21 with total page 771 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grounded in the real world of public schools and students, this engaging, insightful, and highly readable text introduces the inner-workings of K–12 educational assessment. There has never been a time when it is more important for educators to have an understanding of testing and assessments. Accountability is now a fact of life for all public school educators, and testing is at the core of all educational assessment programs. It is no longer prudent or even possible for educators to ignore this national zeitgeist. Educational Assessment: Tests and Measurements in the Age of Accountability addresses all of the constructs central to understanding the design, construction and evaluation of educational measures. It goes on to provide students with insight into the link between today′s high-stakes testing mandates and the traditions of the past 125 years of "scientific" measurement in the United States. It addresses the problem of understanding and correctly interpreting test scores on local, statewide, national, and international assessments. It also addresses how certain issues such as institutionalized cheating, test preparation, and individual differences among students and their families influence test score outcomes. Key Features Covers traditional topics in an approachable and understandable way: Reliability, validity, performance assessments, standardized achievement tests, and many more topics are included. Analyzes and interprets "hot-button" issues of today′s complex measurement concerns: The score-gap, high-stakes testing, grade retention, drop-out crises, "academic redshirting,", diversity, family influence, and educational technology, are examined. Relates theory to practice: Each chapter includes relevant real-life examples and case studies to demonstrate how the technical-measurement principles impact those involved. Addresses the needs of diverse students: Issues related to students with special needs and the testing of English Language Learners are discussed. Intended Audience: Educational Assessment: Tests and Measurements in the Age of Accountability has been written to meet the needs of students in graduate programs of special education, reading, school counseling, school social work, curriculum supervision, or administration. Providing grounding in all aspects of measurement, this book is perfect for undergraduate and graduate courses such as Educational Tests and Measurements, Assessment in Education, and Student Assessment.
Download or read book Educational Assessment written by Robert J. Wright and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational Tests and Measurements in the Age of Accountability is a core text for use in a first level graduate course in educational measurement and testing. In addition to covering the topics traditionally found in core textbooks for this course, this text also provides coverage of contemporary topics (including national testing programs, international achievement comparisons, the value added assessment of schools and teachers, and the public policy debate on selective admissions vs. affirmative minority enrollment).
Download or read book Aligning the NWEA RIT Scale with the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment PSSA written by John Cronin and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, Pennsylvania students participate in testing as part of the Pennsylvania assessment program. Students in grades 5, 8, and 11 take tests in reading and math while those in grades 6, 9 and 11 are assessed in writing. These tests serve as an important measure of student achievement for the state's accountability system. Results from these assessments are used to make state-level decisions concerning education, to meet "Adequate Yearly Progress" (AYP) reporting requirements of the "No Child Left Behind Act" (NCLB), and to inform schools and school districts of their performance. The Pennsylvania Department of Education has developed scales that are used to assign students to one of four performance levels on the state's assessments. These are, from the lowest cut score to the highest: "below basic," "basic," "proficient," and "advanced." For purposes of NCLB, the "proficient" level is considered the level that represents satisfactory performance. Many students who attend school in Pennsylvania also take tests developed in cooperation with the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA). These tests report student performance on a single, cross-grade scale, which NWEA calls the RIT scale. This study investigated the relationship between the scales used for the PSSA assessments and the RIT scales used to report performance on Northwest Evaluation Association tests. The study determined RIT score equivalents for the PSSA performance levels in reading and mathematics. Test records for more than 2,400 students were included in this study. Three methods generated an estimate of RIT cut scores that could be used to project PSSA performance levels. Second-order regression methods generally produced the most accurate cut score estimates. Accuracy of predicting PSSA passing performance was above 84% for all grades when using the best methodology. Type I errors ranged from about 4% to 8% when the best methodology was employed. (Contains 14 tables and 3 figures.).
Download or read book Relationship Between Calculator Instruction in Grades Four and Five and Student Performance on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment and the Terranova written by Peggy Ann Montgomery and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grading Teachers Grading Schools written by Jason Millman and published by Corwin. This book was released on 1997-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an extensive review of teacher and school evaluation, one is not likely to find an issue more divisive than the question of how best, in high-stakes contexts, to evaluate how well teachers and schools accomplish their task of educating students. This book explores four contemporary approaches to evaluating the effectiveness of teachers and schools.
Download or read book Pennsylvania System of School Assessment written by Pennsylvania. Department of Education and published by . This book was released on 2001* with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Predicting Performance on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment Using the Developmental Reading Assessment and the 4Sight Predictive Benchmark Assessment written by Todd B. Stoltz and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Grading Student Achievement in Higher Education written by Mantz Yorke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-09-12 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lot hangs on the summative grades that students are given. A good degree opens doors which otherwise might remain closed. Yet, as higher education is now a mass rather than an elite system, what is expected of its graduates is different from the expectations of previous generations. Students are expected not only to be able to demonstrate high standards of academic achievement, but also a variety of capabilities that have at different times been given labels such as ‘generic skills’ and ‘transferable skills’. These abilities are difficult to grade for a variety of reasons and some graduates may be losing out because their particular strengths are given insufficient acknowledgement in current summative assessment practices. Using the UK honours degree classifications as a case study, this book appraises the way in which summative assessment in higher education is approached and shows that the foundations of current practices (in the UK and elsewhere) are of questionable robustness. It argues that there is a need to widen the assessment frame if the breadth of valued student achievements is to be recognised adequately.
Download or read book A Correlation Analysis of Pennsylvania System of School Assessment Cognitive Abilities Tests and Report Card Grades for Students in Grades 3 5 8 and 11 written by Kathy C. Burson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gender and Fair Assessment written by Warren W. Willingham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have been many important changes in the participation of women and men in American society over the past quarter-century. Tests play a role in those changes by providing evidence of the diverse achievement and proficiency of women and men. They aid the learning process and reflect inequalities in opportunity to learn and participate. In addition, they provide useful information in considering what alternatives in education and work make most sense for individuals and influence views about groups of students, educational programs, and a wide range of issues. For all of these reasons, it is important that tests assess fairly and reflect accurately the ways young people are and are not achieving as well as desired. The test performance of women and men is a research topic of historical interest and has received much attention in recent years. Because of this increased interest, there is a great deal of new research and data available. The purpose of the study presented in this volume was to review this new information with two objectives in mind: *to clarify patterns of gender difference and similarity in test performance and related achievements, and *to see what implications those findings might have for fair assessment and, as a corollary, examine the assessment process as a possible source of gender differences. This study is interested in tests used in education to assess developed knowledge and skill. In order to gain a broader view of gender similarity and difference, the contributors looked at other types of measures and other characteristics of young women and men. Their hope is to contribute to a firmer basis for insuring fairness in tests--an objective which is particularly important as the field moves increasingly to new forms of assessment in which there is less experience.
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