Dr. McCloskey has amassed 35 years of
experience in test development, teaching, research and assessment and intervention work with a wide range of clients.
The key is an item - tryout study is not designed to generate interpretable or meaningful results for students, no total scores by kid, no scores converted to anything like basic, proficient, advanced (the test development studies to generate cut scores come
later in the test development process, after the bank of items to be used is determined, items are put into collections to match test blueprints, and total scores can be calculated).
Given the extensive expertise of the Smarter Balanced state leadership and staff, the difficulties we have
encountered in test development have not been unforeseen or unmanageable.
We are now in the process of updating the practice test, which was released last May, to reflect our latest
work in test development.
She consults with parents and educators, plans and interprets assessment to guide educational planning, participates in research using our data on over 6000 gifted children, provides teacher training (e.g., a 3 - day retreat for teachers from Edmonton, Alberta), and promotes effective gifted assessment (she has worked with Pearson, Riverside, and Pro Ed to respond to gifted
needs in test development).
«ACER has extensive international and national
experience in test development and delivery and I have every confidence that they will fairly and effectively administer the National Literacy and Numeracy Test for teaching students.»
The department invalidated more than 83,000 8th grade writing scores as a result, costing the state «hundreds of thousands of dollars»
in testing development, Bruce says.
* Experienced
in test development, scheduling and execution, test strategy, test project management, SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).