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2006 MSA Reading Technical Report
Maryland School Assessment
Reading
Grades 3 through 8
Technical Report: 2006 Administration
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1.
Overview of the 2006 Maryland School Assessment-Reading
1.1
General Overview of the 2006 MSA-Reading
1.2
Purposes/Uses of the 2006 MSA-Reading
1.3
The Voluntary State Curriculum
1.4
Development and Review of the 2006 MSA-Reading
1.5
Test Structure of the 2006 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 2006 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 2006 MSA-Reading Statistical Summary
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
A.
The 2006 MSA-Reading Stratified Random Sampling
B.
Scale Score Histograms and Tukey Charts
C.
The 2006 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters
D.
The 2006 MSA-Reading Blueprints
A complete copy of the
2006 MSA Reading Technical Report
is also available.
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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