College of Education / University of Maryland
Research archive and current work
Completed research
These summaries describe projects completed across the center's history. They are new editorial descriptions, not reproductions of the original reports.
Record scope
Selected studies from 2006 through 2012The center's completed work covers assessment design, growth modeling, standard setting, validity, accommodations, and the consequences of testing. The list below is a curated view of that record.
A literature review examined how learner attributes, including computer familiarity, learning style, and test anxiety, related to performance on computer based tests compared with paper tests.
The project compared approaches to estimating teacher and school effects from student growth, with attention to model assumptions and the policy uses of the results.
A study of how the Maryland School Assessment and the Maryland High School Assessment affected students, teachers, and central administration.
The work explored how process control methods could help assessment programs monitor analysis and reporting systems over time.
An introduction for educators to growth models and their use in accountability and program evaluation, prepared for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
A comparison of item formats and what each contributes to evidence about student achievement.
A study of assessment design choices intended to broaden access without changing the construct being measured.
The study compared decisions based on the Maryland High School Assessment and the Maryland School Assessment, with attention to identifying students for remediation.
A four county study of variables associated with performance on the high school English assessment, using descriptive analysis and multilevel modeling.
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