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... Achievement levels Descriptions of student or adult competency in a particular subject area, usually defined as ordered categories on a con' tinuum, often labeled from "basic" to "advanced," that constitute broad ranges for classifying performance. The National Assessment of Educa' tional Progress (NAEP)
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... Bias usually favors one group of test takers over another. Calibration ~ ~ ~ With respect to scales, the process of setting a test score scale, including the Heart, starboard ~eviatiorr, and possibly the shape of the score ~istributiorr, so that scores on the scale have the same relative meaning as scores on a related score scale.
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... Field test A test administration used to check the adequacy of testing procedures, generally including test administration, test responding, test scoring, and test reporting. Form In testing, a particular test in a set of tests, all of which have the same test specifications and are mutually equated.
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... Matrix sampling A measurement format in which a large set of test items is organized into a number of relatively short item sets, each of which is randomly assigned to a subsample of test takers, thereby avoiding the need to administer all items to all examiners. Measurement error The amount of variation in a measured value, such as a score, clue to unknown, random factors.
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... Reliability is usually expressed by a unit~free index that either is, or resembles, a procluct~moment correlation. In classical test theory, the term represents the ratio of true score variance to observed score variance for a particular examinee population.
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... Standardization In test administration, maintaining a constant testing environment anc3 conducting the test according to cletailec3 rules anc3 specifications so that testing conditions are the same for all test takers. In statistical analysis, transforming a variable so that its starrdard Aviation is l.0 for some specified population or sample.
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