1st Edition
Fundamentals and Flaws of Standards-Based Testing Lessons Learned Across Three Decades in Educational Assessment
1. Introduction to Three Decades of Standards-Based Testing and a Career in Educational Assessment 2. Standard Setting, Achievement Levels, and Cutscores 3. Designing Test Forms and Assessment Programs 4. Developing Test Items and Test Forms 5. Field Testing New Test Items 6. Administering State Tests 7. Scoring Student Responses to Test Items 8. Creating Test Scores and Reporting Scales 9. Equating Tests Forms Within and Across Years 10. Reporting Test Scores 11. Reporting Test Results 12. Interpretation and Use of State Test Results 13. Validating Test Scores, Tests, and Testing Programs Epilogue
Biography
Charlie DePascale is President of Psychometric Confections, LLC, and was Senior Associate at the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment. He has acquired expertise in state assessment from testing company and public-sector perspectives.
