Aligning the NWEA RIT Scale with the Maine Educational Assessments (MEA)

Autor/in	Cronin, John
Institution	Northwest Evaluation Association, OR.
Titel	Aligning the NWEA RIT Scale with the Maine Educational Assessments (MEA)
Quelle	(2004), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Grade 8; Grade 4; Achievement Tests; Standardized Tests; Reading Achievement; Mathematics Achievement; Regression (Statistics); State Standards; Educational Assessment; Student Evaluation; Cutting Scores; Prediction; Test Validity; Evaluation Methods; Maine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Leseleistung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Vorhersage; Testvalidität
Abstract	Recently Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) completed a project to connect the scale of the MEA with NWEA's RIT scale. Six Maine school systems participated in the study, using test information from a group of over 800 students enrolled in fourth and eighth grade who took both the MEA and NWEA reading and mathematics tests in the spring of 2004. Information from these tests was used in a comprehensive study to identify the capacity of the RIT scale to predict success on the MEA and to identify performance level scores on the RIT scale that would indicate a good chance of success on this test. Three methodologies, linear regression, second order regression, and Rasch status on standards (called Rasch SOS) were used to derive estimates of cut scores. In each case the most accurate of the three estimates was used to arrive at the recommended cut score seen in this report. Cut scores were estimated for each of the performance levels at grades four and eight for reading and mathematics. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Northwest Evaluation Association. 121 NW Everett Street, Portland, OR 97209. Tel: 503-624-1951; Fax: 503-639-7873; Web site: http://nwea.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10