Technical Report of the NAEP 1996 State Assessment Program in Mathematics / Nancy L. Allen, Frank Jenkins and Edward Kulick.

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The purpose of this report is to provide technical information about the 1996 State Assessment in Mathematics. It provides a description of the design for the State Assessment and gives an overview of the steps involved in the implementation of the program from the planning stages through to the ana...

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Main Authors: Allen, Nancy L.
Jenkins, Frank (Author)
Kulick, Edward (Author)
Zelenak, Christine A. (Author)
Corporate Authors: National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project)
Educational Testing Service
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1997.
Subjects:
Educational Assessment.
Elementary Secondary Education.
Evaluation Criteria.
Evaluation Methods.
Mathematics Achievement.
Mathematics Curriculum.
Mathematics Education.
National Competency Tests.
National Programs.
National Surveys.
Standardized Tests.
Student Evaluation.
Tables (Data)
National Assessment of Educational Progress > State Mathematics Assessments
Reports, Evaluative.
Genre:
Reports, Evaluative.
Physical Description:647 pages
Format: Microfilm Book
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The purpose of this report is to provide technical information about the 1996 State Assessment in Mathematics. It provides a description of the design for the State Assessment and gives an overview of the steps involved in the implementation of the program from the planning stages through to the analysis and reporting of the data. The report describes in detail the development of the cognitive and background questions, the field procedures, the creation of the database and data products for analysis, and the methods and procedures used for sampling, analysis, and reporting. It does not provide the results of the assessment--rather, it provides information on how those results were derived. Chapters include: (1) "Overview: The Design, Implementation, and Analysis of the 1996 State Assessment Program in Mathematics"; (2) "Developing the Mathematics Objectives, Cognitive Items, Background Questions, and Assessment Instruments"; (3) "Sample Design and Selection"; (4) "State and School Cooperation and Field Administration"; (5) "Processing and Scoring Assessment Materials"; (6) "Creation of the Database, Quality Control of Data Entry, and Creation of the Database Products"; (7) "Weighting Procedures and Variance Estimation"; (8) "Theoretical Background and Philosophy of National Assessment Educational Progress (NAEP) Scaling Procedures"; (9) "Data Analysis and Scaling for the 1996 State Assessment Program in Mathematics"; and (10) "Conventions Used in Reporting the Results of the 1996 State Assessment Program in Mathematics." Appendices include: "Participants in the Objectives and Item Development Process"; "Summary of Participation Rates"; "Conditioning Variables and Contrast Codings"; "IRT (Item Response Theory) Parameters for Mathematics Items"; "State Assessment Program Reporting Subgroups; Composite and Derived Common Background Variables; and Composite and Derived Reporting Variables"; "Setting the NAEP Achievement Levels for the 1996 State Assessment in Mathematics"; "Correction of the NAEP Program Documentation Error in the 1992 State Mathematics Results"; "The Information Weighting Error"; and "Sample Design and Selection Tables." (Contains 78 references.) (ASK)
Note:Availability: U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-9328.
Sponsoring Agency: National Center for Education Statistics (edition), Washington, DC.
ERIC Note: Written "in collaboration with" 38 other individuals whose names appear on the title page.
Microform.
Call Number:ED414186 Microfiche
ISBN:9780160492259
0160492254
Reproduction Note:
Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.