Grades 3-8 Technical Information and Reports

The purpose of the technical report for the Grades 3-8 tests is to provide information on test development, scaling and equating, scoring, reliability, and validity. It is updated every year to reflect the technical details of the above procedures and to provide information about student performance using current year's operational data. Finally, any changes to the assessments will be documented in the report.

The standard setting report is an explanation of the process of what occurs during the standard setting meeting. Standard settings occur immediately after the first administration of an examination where there are changes in the New York State Learning Standards. These reports will be updated every time new standards are adopted.

The standards review report is an explanation of the process of what occurs during a standards review meeting. A standards review is necessary when there are no changes to the New York State Learning Standards but there is a change to the test (i.e., shortened test length). Therefore, there is a need to ensure that the standards are being assessed as expected (i.e., whether a minimum score associated with each performance level needs to be adjusted).

External Benchmark Study

Past technical reports are available by request. For any questions, please email the Office of State Assessment at emscassessinfo@nysed.gov

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