| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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| CHAPTER 1 |
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HISTORY AND OVERVIEW |
| 1.1 |
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A Report of High School Assessment Task Force to the Maryland State Board Department of Education |
| 1.2 |
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High School Assessment Design: A Report to the Maryland State Board of Education |
| 1.3 |
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Designing End-of-Course High School Assessments |
| 1.4 |
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Chronology of the Maryland High School Assessment |
| 1.5 |
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Planning, Transition, and Implementation Summary |
| 1.6 |
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Press Release: December 4, 2003 |
| 1.7 |
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Memo From Nancy S. Grasmick to Parents and Community Groups |
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CHAPTER 2 |
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TEST DEVELOPMENT |
| 2.1 |
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Prototype Item Packet |
| 2.2 |
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Item Distribution Across Indicators and Test Blueprints |
| 2.3 |
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Sample Pages From mdk12.org Website |
| 2.4 |
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Item Writing |
| 2.5 |
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Item Review and Revision |
| 2.6 |
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May 2001 Field Test Analysis Specifications |
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CHAPTER 3 |
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TEST ADMINISTRATION 2002 AND 2003 |
| 3.1 |
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Test Examiner's Manual |
| 3.2 |
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Test Administration Coordinator's Manual |
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CHAPTER 4 |
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SCORING |
| 4.1 |
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Overview of Scoring Process |
| 4.2 |
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May 2001 Administration Scoring Report |
| 4.3 |
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2002 Scoring Contractor's Report |
| 4.4 |
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2003 Scoring Contractor's Report |
| 4.5 |
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Raw CR Score Distribution |
| 4.6 |
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Inter-rater Summary Reports |
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CHAPTER 5 |
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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ITEMS |
| 5.1 |
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Summaries of January 2000 Field Test Results |
| 5.2 |
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Summaries of Field Test Results: May 2000, January 2001, May 2001, January 2002, May 2002 |
| 5.3 |
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Item Analysis: Classical Statistics |
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CHAPTER 6 |
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ITEM CALIBRATION, SCALING, AND EQUATING |
| 6.1 |
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Equating the 2002 Maryland High School Assessments |
| 6.2 |
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Summaries of Methods and Procedures for Calibrating, Equating, and Scoring the 2003 Maryland High School Assessments |
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CHAPTER 7 |
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SETTING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS |
| 7.1 |
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Purpose, Committee Structure, and Timeline |
| 7.2 |
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Context for Standard Setting |
| 7.3 |
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State Board of Education Action |
| 7.4 |
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Technical Report From the Standard Setting Vendor: CTB/McGraw-Hill |
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CHAPTER 8 |
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VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY |
| 8.1 |
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Shortening the High School Assessment |
| 8.2 |
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Technical Documentation for Achieve Alignment Study: Geometry |
| 8.3 |
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2003 Technical Report |
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CHAPTER 9 |
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SCORE REPORTING |
| 9.1 |
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Scale Scores |
| 9.2 |
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Sub-score Levels for Each Content |