The earlier question, close at hand.

Assessment program / 2011

Consequences of testing in Maryland

A study of how two statewide tests affected students, teachers, and central administration.

Method / 2012

Growth and value added models

A comparison of models used to estimate teacher and school effects from student growth.

Method / 2010

Monitoring assessment with control charts

An exploration of process control methods for monitoring assessment analysis and reporting.

Method / 2006

Access by design

Assessment design choices intended to broaden access without changing the construct.

Method / 2008

Comparing item formats

A comparison of item formats and the evidence each provides about achievement.

Assessment program / 2006

Comparing decisions from two state tests

A comparison of decisions from two Maryland assessments and the identification of students for remediation.

Assessment program / 2006

Predicting high school assessment performance

A four county study of variables associated with performance on the high school English assessment.

Policy / 2001

Reviewing MSPAP

An independent evaluation of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program, including a synthesis of prior reviews.

Policy / 2001

Reviewing service learning

An evaluation of Maryland's service learning graduation requirement and the quality of its implementation.

Policy / 2001

Test based methods for evaluating teachers

A comparison of approaches to using student test results in teacher evaluation.

Policy / 2001

Combining data for school performance indices

A review of options for adding a new measure to elementary school performance indices.

Method / 2001

Weighting item formats

A literature based review of how constructed response and selected response items should be weighted in a high school assessment program.

Method / 2001

Adaptive testing prototype

A prototype diagnostic assessment designed to estimate the likelihood of passing a high school assessment and identify areas of weakness.

Method / 2001

Writing style and scoring

A planned study of whether writing style could be confounded with content when scoring constructed response items.

Method / 2001

Monitoring MSPAP analyses

An application of process control methods to the review of annual MSPAP analyses.

Assessment program / 2001

Accommodations and test structure

A study of whether the internal structure of MSPAP was comparable for students who received accommodations.

Archive / 2001

A living technical manual

A proposal for maintaining a technical manual as a living web document organized around professional testing standards.

Archive / 2001

Assessment literature database

The project that organized Maryland assessment literature into a searchable public database.

Method / 2009

Growth models for accountability

An introduction to growth models for educators, prepared for a state education agency.