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2005 MSA Reading Technical Report

Maryland School Assessment
Reading
Grades 3 Through 8

Technical Report: 2005 Administration



TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. Overview of the 2005 Maryland School Assessment-Reading


1.1
General Overview of the 2005 MSA-Reading

1.2
Purposes/Uses of the 2005 MSA-Reading

1.3
The Voluntary State Curriculum

1.4
Development and Review of the 2005 MSA-Reading

1.5
Test Structure of the 2005 MSA-Reading

1.6
Test Administration

1.7
Scoring Procedures

1.8

Operational Test Analyses


1.9

Field Test Analyses


1.10
Linking, Equating, and Scaling Procedures

1.11
Score Interpretation

1.12
Test Validity

1.13
Item Bank Construction
1.14
Quality Control Procedures 

2. Current Results of the 2005 MSA-Reading

3. Overview of Statistical Summaries


3.1
Classical Descriptive Statistics

3.2
Scale Score Descriptive Statistics

3.3
Classical and IRT Item Parameters

3.4
Inter-Rater Reliability

3.5
Correlations Among Reading Processes

3.6
Decision Accuracy and Consistency at the Cut Scores

3.7
Differential Item Functioning

3.8
Equating and Scaling

4. The 2005 MSA-Reading Statistical Summary

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

A. The 2005 MSA-Reading Scale Score Histograms
B. The 2005 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters
C. The 2005 MSA-Reading Blueprints

Contact Information
Leslie Wilson, Assistant State Superintendent

Division of Accountability and Assessment
Maryland State Department of Education

200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
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