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Michael Feldman is a distant second

Michael Feldman is a distant second. Achievement Tests. Linn and Gronlund Chap. 16. Let’s look at TN’s Terra Nova…. What makes a standardized test standardized???. Test items that have been field tested. Specific directions. Norms. Equivalent and Comparable Forms

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Michael Feldman is a distant second

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  1. Michael Feldman is a distant second Achievement Tests Linn and Gronlund Chap. 16

  2. Let’s look at TN’s Terra Nova…

  3. What makes a standardized test standardized??? • Test items that have been field tested. • Specific directions. • Norms. • Equivalent and Comparable Forms • Equivalent forms – you know • Comparable forms – measures the same behavior at different levels • Test manual with guides

  4. Standardized Tests verses the Classroom Test… • What are the strengths of each? • You need both to have a good assessment program. • Why do we emphasize standardized tests?

  5. Achievement Battery verses Separate Achievement Test… • What is a battery? • SAT-9, MAT-8, ITBS, CAT, CTBS, Terra Nova… • A separate achievement test has • A singular focus • More questions • Easier to adapt • Easier to administer

  6. Achievement tests in specific areas… • End-of-course tests • Chapel Hill counts 40% • Readiness tests • Eng106 or Eng110, Mat111?

  7. The skinny of it all… • Grade Level and SE of M • PHS or 13.6 example • The best we got • It needs to be looked at holistically • TVAAS • …

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