Statewide Assessment
STARS Archived Reports
Statewide Writing Alignment Studies
Conducting an Alignment Study for the Nebraska Statewide Writing Assessment (March 2009)
2007 Statewide Writing Assessment Standard Setting Study for Grades 4, 8 and 11 Final Report
2006 Statewide Writing Assessment Standard Setting Study for Grades 4, 8 and 11 Final Report
2005 Statewide Writing Assessment Standard Setting Study for Grades 4, 8 and 11 Final Report
2004 Statewide Writing Assessment Standard Setting Report for Grades 4, 8 and 11 Final Report
Statewide Writing Assessment Reports:
2010 Statewide Writing Assessment for Grades 4, 8 and 11 Scoring Report
2007-2008 Summary of Procedures for Statewide Writing Assessment for Grades 4, 8, and 11
2008 Scoring Report Statewide Writing Assessment for Grades 4, 8 and 11
2007 Scoring Report for Statewide Writing Assessment for Grades 4, 8 and 11
2006 Scoring Report for Statewide Writing Assessment for Grades 4, 8 and 11
2003 Technical Report Scoring of the Nebraska Statewide Eighth Grade Writing Assessment
2002 Scoring Report for Statewide Writing Assessment, Grade 4
Local Assessment Evaluation and Technical Reports
Report on the Nebraska Peer Review Process (Schraw, 2007)
The Quality of Local District Assessment (Brookhart, 2006)
Evaluation of Six Quality Criteria (Lane, 2006)
Analysis of the District Assessment Portfolio (Forte Fast, 2004)
Final Report on the Analysis of STARS Data (Schraw, 2004)
Exploring Nebraska's Decision Rules for Adequate Yearly Progress (Beaudoin, 2004)
Evaluating Nebraska's District Assessment Portfolios and Recommending Model Assessment
2003 Evaluating Nebraska's District Assessment Portfolios and Recommending Model Assessments for Reading, Speaking and Listening: 2002-2003 (Buckendahl, Impara, Plake, Ferdous, Haack)
2002 Evaluating Nebraska's District Assessment Portfolios and Recommending Model Assessments for Mathematics: 2001-2002 (Buckendahl, Impara, Plake)
2002 Cutscores for District Performance Classifications for the State of the Schools Report Based on the Percentage of Students Meeting the Mathematics Standards (Impara, Buckendahl, Plake)
2001 Cutscores for District Performance Classifications for the State of the Schools Report Based on the Percentage of Students Meeting the Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Standards (Plake, Impara, Buckendahl)
2001 Report of Model Assessments for Reading (Impara, Buchendahl, & Plake)
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