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Resources: Writing, Presentations, and Organizations

This page offers links to books, articles, and presentations by members of the EdMetric team on various topics within assessment. This page also offers links to organizations dedicated to establishing and maintaining best-practice guidelines within assessment.

Authored and Co-Authored Works by KArla Egan

Toward Coherence in Assessment Systems through Achievement Level Descriptors using the NAEP Example – Article begins on page 62

Evaluation of the Achievement Levels for Mathematics and Reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress

Setting Performance Standards: Foundations, Methods, and Innovations. Chapter 5 – Performance Level Descriptors: History, Practice, and a Proposed Framework

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

Relationships among Item Cognitive Complexity, Contextual Demands, and Item Difficulty: Implications for Achievement-Level Descriptors

The 6D Framework: A Validity Framework for Defining Proficient Performance and Setting Cut Scores for Accessible Tests

Effect of Item Bundling on the Assessment of Test Dimensionality. Laboratory of Psychometric and Evaluative Research Report No. 328

Conference Presentations and Public Testimony by Karla Egan

CCSSO – NCSA 2015, Symposium: Validating Claims of College and Career Readiness

ISTEP+ Panel Explores Options For New High School Standardized Test

Authored and Co-Authored Works by Anne Davidson

Test Development with Performance Standards and Achievement Growth in Mind

Toward More Inclusive Tests for Students who Need Oral Accommodation: Investigating Item Design on a Standardized Mathematics Assessment for Grades 3−8

Organizations Dedicated to Assessment Best Practice

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)

Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)