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2010 MSA Reading Technical Report
Maryland School Assessment
Reading
Grades 3 through 8
Technical Report: 2010 Administration
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
INTRODUCTION
1.
Overview of the 2010 Maryland School Assessment-Reading
1.1
Purposes/Uses of the 2010 MSA-Reading
1.2
The Voluntary State Curriculum
1.3
Development and Review of the 2010 MSA-Reading Items and Test
1.4
Test Form Design, Specifications, and Item Types
1.5
Operational Test Form Construction Using the Rasch Model
1.6
Test Administration of the 2010 MSA-Reading
1.7
Scoring Procedures of the 2010 MSA-Reading
1.8
The 2010 MSA-Reading Operational Item Analyses
1.9
Linking, Equating, and Scaling Procedures
1.10
Score Interpretation
1.11
Test Validity of the 2010 MSA-Reading
1.12
Unidimensionality Analyses of the MSA-Reading
1.13
Field Test Analyses and Item Bank Construction
1.14
Quality Control Procedures
2.
Current Results of the 2010 MSA-Reading
3.
Overview of Statistical Summaries
3.1
Classical Descriptive Statistics
3.2
Scale Score Descriptive Statistics
3.3
Classical and Rasch (1-Parameter Logistic 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 2010 MSA-Reading Statistical Summary
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
A.
The 2010 MSA-Reading Stratified Random Sampling
B.
Scale Score Histograms and Tukey Charts
C.
The 2010 MSA-Reading Classical and Rasch Item Parameters
D.
The 2010 MSA-Reading Blueprints
A complete copy of the 2010 MSA Reading Technical Report is also available.
Contact Information
Leslie Wilson
, Assistant State Superintendent
Division of Accountability, Assessment, and Data Systems
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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