Sentences with phrase «interpretation of student test scores»

Carolyn also does general consulting with schools on topics from curriculum development to teaching study skills to interpretation of student test scores.

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The results will guide measurement professionals, educators, families, students, and elected officials in (1) decisions on introducing computer - adaptive and computer - based testing, (2) interpretation of scores, and (3) establishing when and under what conditions to avoid marrying testing with computer technology.

But, it raises profound challenges to the interpretation of score trends on high - stakes tests, to the meaning of achievement trend and gap reports in terms of percent proficient, to the interpretation of crossnational achievement comparisons, and to popular assumptions about testing of students in special populations (including some assumptions written into law).

Therefore, a key issue in determining alignment is the degree to which assessment results lead to correct classification of test scores and, by extension, correct interpretations of student performance relative to learning objectives and standards.

The 56 % meeting or exceeding standard for CA's grade 11 E / LA result was an outlier with blinking red lights that defies meaningful interpretation other than a grossly discrepant cut score (to the low side) or some other test development flaw (such as an inadequate item bank for a computer - adaptive test) or an error in the test administration or scoring process, or some weird effect due to the increased number of grade 11 students with scores since EAP moved from voluntary to mandatory in 2015 [which usually would involve a decrease in scores, a reasonable interpretation for the decrease in Math EAP scores this year, rather than an increase in scores].

Despite the fact that test scores, letter grades, and percentiles provide only narrow interpretations of student achievement, parents generally express greater comfort with these types of indicators than with more complex, alternative measures.

On isolating teacher effects: «Inferring teacher competence from test scores requires the isolation of teaching effects from other major influences on student test performance,» while «the task is to support an interpretation of student test performance as reflecting teacher competence by providing evidence against plausible rival hypotheses or interpretation.»

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His recent research includes the study of how student mobility rates affect the rate of learning growth, the use of surveys of student perceptions in evaluation classroom environments, the effects of homogenous ability grouping and tracking, and the interpretation of value - added test scores.