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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
INTRODUCTION
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| 1. |
Overview of the 2003 Maryland School Assessment-Reading
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1.1 |
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Overview of the 2003 MSA-Reading |
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Figure 1.1 |
Schematic of the 2003 MSA-Reading |
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Table 1.1 |
The 2003 MSA-Reading Field Test Design: Grades 3, 5, and 8 |
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Purposes/Uses of the 2003 MSA-Reading |
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The Voluntary State Curriculum |
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Development and Review of the 2003 MSA-Reading |
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Table 1.2 |
The 2003 MSA-Reading Responsibility for the Test Development |
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Structure of the 2003 MSA-Reading |
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Test Administration |
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Table 1.3 |
The 2003 MSA-Reading Timing Sessions: Grades 3, 5, and 8 |
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Scoring Procedures |
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Item Selection for Scoring Purposes |
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Table 1.4 |
The 2003 MSA-Reading Descriptive Statistics for Each Field Test Form (Common Items) |
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Linking, Equating, and Scaling Procedures |
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Figure 1.2 |
Example of Parameters Used to Link Items |
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Figure 1.3 |
True Score Equating |
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Standard Setting |
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Score Interpretation |
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Test Validity |
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Table 1.5
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Eigenvalues between the First and the Second Components |
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1.13 |
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Item Bank Construction
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| 2. |
Current Results of the 2003 MSA-Reading
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Table 2.1
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Cut Scores: Grades 3, 5, and 8 |
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Table 2.2
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Pass Rates: Grades 3, 5, and 8
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| 3.
| Overview of Statistical Summaries
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Classical Descriptive Statistics |
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Scale Score Descriptive Statistics |
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Classical and IRT Item Parameters |
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Table 3.1
| Criteria to Evaluate Mean-Square Fit Statistics |
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Inter-Rater Reliability |
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Correlations Among Reading Processes |
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Decision Accuracy and Consistency at the Cut Scores |
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Differential item Functioning |
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Table 3.2
| 2 x T Contigency Table at the kth Level |
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Table 3.3
| DIF Classification for BCR Items |
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Table 3.4
| DIF Classification for SR Items |
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Equating and Scaling |
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Figure 3.1
| Item Characteristic Curve |
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Figure 3.2
| Category Response Curves for a One-Step Item |
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Figure 3.3
| Category Response Curves for a Two-Step Item
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| 4. |
The 2003 MSA-Reading Statistical Summary
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Table 4.1
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical Descriptive Statistics: Grades 3, 5, and 8
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Table 4.2
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Scale Score Discriptive Statistics: Grades 3, 5, and 8 |
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Table 4.3
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Strand Correlations: Grade 3 |
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Table 4.4
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Strand Correlations: Grade 5 |
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Table 4.5
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Strand Correlations: Grade 8 |
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Table 4.6
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Decision Accuracy and Consistency Indices: Grade 3 |
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Table 4.7
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Decision Accuracy and Consistency Indices: Grade 5 |
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Table 4.8
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Decision Accuracy and Consistency Indices: Grade 8 |
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Table 4.9
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 3 Form 1 |
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Table 4.10
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 3 Form 2 |
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Table 4.11
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 3 Form 3 |
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Table 4.12
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 3 Form 4 |
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Table 4.13
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 3 Form 5 |
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Table 4.14
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 3 Form 6 |
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Table 4.15
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 3 Form 7 |
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Table 4.16
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 5 Form 1 |
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Table 4.17
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 5 Form 2 |
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Table 4.18
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 5 Form 3 |
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Table 4.19
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 5 Form 4 |
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Table 4.20
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 5 Form 5 |
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Table 4.21
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 5 Form 6 |
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Table 4.22
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 5 Form 7 |
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Table 4.23
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 8 Form 1 |
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Table 4.24
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 8 Form 2 |
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Table 4.25
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 8 Form 3 |
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Table 4.26
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 8 Form 4 |
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Table 4.27
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 8 Form 5 |
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Table 4.28
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 8 Form 6 |
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Table 4.29
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Raw Score to Scale Score Conversion Table: Grade 8 Form 7 |
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Table 4.30
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Score Difference between Rater 1 and Rater 2: Grade 3 |
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Table 4.31
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Score Difference between Rater 1 and Rater 2: Grade 5 |
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Table 4.32
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Score Difference between Rater 1 and Rater 2: Grade 8
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REFERENCES
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APPENDICES
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| A.
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Scale Score Histograms |
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| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters |
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Table B.1
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 3 Form 1 |
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Table B.2
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 3 Form 2 |
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Table B.3
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 3 Form 3 |
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Table B.4
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 3 Form 4 |
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Table B.5
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 3 Form 5 |
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Table B.6
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 3 Form 6 |
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Table B.7
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 3 Form 7 |
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Table B.8
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 5 Form 1 |
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Table B.9
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 5 Form 2 |
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Table B.10
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 5 Form 3 |
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Table B.11
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 5 Form 4 |
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Table B.12
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 5 Form 5 |
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Table B.13
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 5 Form 6 |
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Table B.14
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 5 Form 7 |
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Table B.15
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 8 Form 1 |
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Table B.16
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 8 Form 2 |
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Table B.17
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 8 Form 3 |
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Table B.18
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 8 Form 4 |
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Table B.19
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 8 Form 5 |
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Table B.20
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 8 Form 6 |
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Table B.21
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Classical and IRT Item Parameters: Grade 8 Form 7 |
| C.
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Blueprints |
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Table C.1
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Blueprint: Grade 3 |
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Table C.2
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Blueprint: Grade 5 |
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Table C.3
| The 2003 MSA-Reading Blueprint: Grade 8
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