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Download full textNorthwest Evaluation Association, 2011
In the Fall of 2010, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) approached Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) to commission a report of system-wide performance for their first full school year of testing as part of the BIE-NWEA Project. Even with only a single year of testing data, some patterns were identified and they are listed in this report.…
Descriptors: Testing, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, American Indian Education
Direct linkCronin, John; Bowe, Branin – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2005
Each spring, Arizona students participate in testing as part of the state's assessment program. Elementary and middle school students in grades 3 through 8 take the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards--Dual Purpose Assessment (AIMS DPA) in reading, writing, and mathematics. These tests serve as an important measure of student achievement for…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, State Programs, Achievement Tests, State Standards
Cronin, John; Bowe, Branin – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2005
This study investigated the relationship between the scales used for the NDSA assessments and the RIT scales used to report performance on Northwest Evaluation Association tests. The study estimated the changes in reading and mathematics RIT score equivalents for the NDSA performance levels in those subjects. Test records for more than 9,000…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Achievement Tests, Accountability, Reading Achievement
Cronin, John; Kingsbury, G. Gage; McCall, Martha S.; Bowe, Branin – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2005
This report represents the first in a yearly series of studies investigating the impact of the No Child Left Behind act on the achievement of students in the United States. This series will use achievement information from a broad sample of students and schools to provide evidence about the changes that have occurred since the law passed. This…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Ethnic Groups, Academic Achievement, Scores
Cronin, John – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2004
Many students who attend school in California also take paper or computerized-adaptive tests developed in cooperation with the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA). These tests report student performance on a single, cross-grade scale, which NWEA calls the RIT scale. This scale was developed using Rasch scaling methodologies. RIT-based tests…
Descriptors: School Districts, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, State Standards
Cronin, John – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2004
This study investigated the relationship between the scales used for the WASL assessments and the RIT scales used to report performance on Northwest Evaluation Association tests. The study estimated the changes in reading and mathematics RIT score equivalents for the WASL performance levels in those subjects. Test records for more than 12,000…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Accountability, Student Evaluation, State Standards
Kingsbury, G. Gage; Hauser, Carl – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2004
Among the changes in education called for under the No Child Left Behind act is the need for states to test students in a number of grades and subject areas. Scores from these tests are to be used for a variety of purposes, from identifying whether individual students are proficient, to helping determine whether schools are causing adequate growth…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Educational Assessment
