Writing Performance Level Descriptors and Setting Performance Standards for Assessments of Modified Achievement Standards: The Role of Innovation and Importance of Following Conventional Practice

Autor/inn/en	Egan, Karla L.; Ferrara, Steve; Schneider, M. Christina; Barton, Karen E.
Titel	Writing Performance Level Descriptors and Setting Performance Standards for Assessments of Modified Achievement Standards: The Role of Innovation and Importance of Following Conventional Practice
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 84 (2009) 4, S.552-577 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
Schlagwörter	Standard Setting (Scoring); Design Requirements; Academic Accommodations (Disabilities); Testing Accommodations; Program Validation; Educational Innovation; Educational Practices; Academic Achievement; Academic Standards; Test Construction; Performance Factors; Alternative Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bewertungsskala; Design preferences; Gestaltungsmittel; Testing process; Accessibility (for disabled); Accessibility; Disabled person; Testdurchführung; Testen; Barrierefreiheit; Zugänglichkeit; Behinderter; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Bildungspraxis; Schulleistung; Testaufbau; Leistungsindikator
Abstract	Alternate assessments of modified academic achievement standards (AA-MAS) must be designed, developed, implemented, and validated following the same rigorous principles and procedures used for other assessments. However, the uniqueness and unfamiliarity of the target population for these assessments requires innovative thinking, especially in regard to writing relevant performance level descriptors (PLDs) and setting appropriate achievement standards. In this article we discuss considerations for (a) likely designs of AA-MAS; (b) the writing of PLDs that are relevant to the target examinee population for these assessments; and (c) standard setting methods that would be appropriate for these assessment designs, as well as special considerations relevant to those standard setting methods. (Contains 1 table, 1 figure and 5 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10