Return-Path: <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id iBDDwqU02587; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:58:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:58:53 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <000001c4e11c$e8a9c2f0$0502a8c0@frodo> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Marie Cora" <marie.cora@hotspurpartners.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:813] Test Administration/Construction Discussion begins today X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1616 Lines: 48 Good morning, afternoon, and evening to you all, Our conversation on test admin and development runs from today, Dec. 13, through Friday, Dec. 17. I'm jumping right in here: IF YOUR STATE IS DEVELOPING ASSESSMENTS (or you already did that or you want to start doing it), WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU! Also, if your state/program/system is challenged by training test administrators, please let us know what successes you are experiencing, as well as the difficulties that you are faced with. Here is the information on this week's guest topic: Test Development and Administration Guest: April Zenisky, Director of Computer-Based Testing Initiatives, and ABE Test Developer Center for Educational Assessment, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Suggested preparations for this week's discussion: 1. A Basic Primer for Understanding Standardized Tests and Using Test Scores April Zenisky, Lisa Keller, Stephen G. Sireci UMass Amherst http://sabes.org/resources/adventures/vol16/16zenisky.htm (an overview of validity, reliability, interpreting scale scores, standard error of measurement) 2. ACLS, SABES, UMass: Perfect Together! Stephen Sireci UMASS Amherst http://sabes.org/resources/adventures/vol16/16sireci.htm (an overview of the collaboration and products developed by these agencies, including new statewide assessments) Thanks and looking forward to the discussion. marie cora Moderator, NIFL Assessment Discussion List, and Coordinator/Developer LINCS Assessment Special Collection at http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment/ marie.cora@hotspurpartners.com
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