| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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| Introduction |
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| Section 1 |
Test Construction and Administration |
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Test Development |
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Table 1.1 |
Number of Items by Item Type for Each MDHSA Content Area
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Test Specifications |
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Table 1.2 |
Algebra Blueprint |
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Table 1.3 |
Biology Blueprint |
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Table 1.4 |
English Blueprint |
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Table 1.5 |
Government Blueprint
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Item Selection and Form Design |
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Table 1.6 |
Form Construction Specifications for the January 2006 Administration |
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Table 1.7 |
Form Construction Specifications for the May 2006 Administration |
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Table 1.8 |
Form Construction Specifications for the 2006 Summer Administration |
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| Section 2 |
Validity |
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| Section 3 |
Scoring Procedures and Score Types |
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Scale Scores
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Conditional Standard Errors of Measurement
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Lowest and Highest Obtainable Test Scores
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Cut-Scores |
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Table 3.1 |
MDHSA 2006 Cut-Scores by Content Area |
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Year-to-Year Scale Maintenance
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| Section 4 |
Test-Level Analyses |
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Demographic Distributions |
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Table 4.1 |
Demographic Information for Algebra |
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Table 4.2 |
Demographic Information for Biology |
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Table 4.3 |
Demographic Information for Government
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Reliability |
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Summary Statistics |
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Table 4.4 |
Mean Scores by Administration |
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Table 4.5 |
Comparison of Mean Scores |
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Table 4.6 |
Comparison of Percentage Passing Rates |
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Table 4.7 |
Classification Rates for Algebra |
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Table 4.8 |
Summary Statistics for Algebra Primary Forms |
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Table 4.9 |
Summary Statistics for Algebra Make-Up Forms |
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Table 4.10 |
Summary Statistics for Biology Primary Forms |
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Table 4.11 |
Summary Statistics for Biology Make-Up Forms |
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Table 4.12 |
Summary Statistics for Government Primary Forms |
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Table 4.13 |
Summary Statistics for Government Make-Up Forms |
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Decision Accuracy and Consistency |
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Table 4.14 |
Decision Accuracy and Consistency for the Algebra Tests |
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Table 4.15 |
Decision Accuracy and Consistency for the Biology Tests |
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Table 4.16 |
Decision Accuracy and Consistency for the Government Tests |
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| Section 5 |
Field Test Analyses |
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Classical Item Analyses
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Differential Item Functioning
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IRT Calibration and Scaling
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Statistical Summary Tables |
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Table 5.1 |
Distribution of P-Values for the January Field Test SR Items |
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Table 5.2 |
Distribution of P-Values for the January Field Test CR Items |
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Table 5.3 |
Distribution of Item-Total Correlations for the January Field Test SR Items |
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Table 5.4 |
Distribution of Item-Total Correlations for January Field Test CR Items |
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Table 5.5 |
Distribution of P-Values for the May Field Test SR Items |
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Table 5.6 |
Distribution of P-Values for the May Field Test CR Items |
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Table 5.7 |
Distribution of Item-Total Correlations for the May Field Test SR Items |
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Table 5.8 |
Distribution of Item-Total Correlations for May Field Test CR Items |
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Table 5.9 |
Field Test Items Excluded from Analyses by Administration and Content Area |
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Table 5.10 |
Field Test Items with Statistical Flags Retained in Analysis |
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| Section 6 |
English Test |
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Procedures for Selecting Operational Items |
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Table 6.1 |
Number of Items Flagged by Field Test Form |
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Table 6.2 |
Summary Statistics Describing the P-V Values for the Operational Selected Response and Constructed Response Items by Form |
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Table 6.3 |
Summary Statistics Describing the Item-Test Correlations for the Operational Selected Response and Constructed Response Items by Form |
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Table 6.4 |
Demographic Information for the May 2006 Population by Form
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Calibration and Linking Procedure |
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Table 6.5 |
Content Representation of the 2006 Anchor Set
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Summary Statistics of Student Achievement |
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Table 6.14 |
Demographic Information |
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Table 6.15 |
Summary Statistics for English Primary Forms |
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Table 6.16 |
Summary Statistics for English Make-Up Forms |
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Table 6.17 |
Percent of Students Performing in Each Performance Category
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Decision Accuracy and Consistency |
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Table 6.18 |
Decision Accuracy and Consistency for the 2006 English Exam
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IRT Analyses |
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Figure 6.1 |
Test Characteristic Curves for 2006 English Forms |
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Figure 6.2 |
Conditional Standard Error of Measurement for the 2006 English Forms
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Factor Analysis |
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Table 6.19 |
Factor Analysis Results by Form
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| Appendices |
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Appendix A |
Scree Plots of Factor Analysis Results for the May 2006 English Forms |
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Appendix B |
Classical Item Statistics
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