Technical Conferences Publications
Determining the Scoring for the Grade 4 and the Grade 8 English Language Arts and Mathematics Examinations, by Carla Collins, William Lorie, Kyoko Ito
Part
1 - Test Structure, History, Types of Scores, Performance
Indices 
(298KB)
Part
2 - Frequently Asked Questions
(1,894KB)
Raw
Score to Scaled Score Conversions (290KB)
- by Jon S. Twing
Description
of the NYSESLAT Assessments (104KB)
Setting
Standards in the Context of ELL (3,202KB)
- By Michael Yoes
Grade
8 ESL Standard # 1 Rating Summary Info (280KB)
- By Michael Yoes
Scaling
and Equating (228KB)
- by Wendy Yen October 2002
Item
Response Theory (791KB)
- by Wendy Yen
Individual
Item Analysis for Math A Multiple Choice (614KB)
- Bill Heppeler and Kim Welch October, 2002
Scanning
Regents Exams (2,363KB)
- Bill Heppeler and Kim Welch
How
the New York State Regents Tests are Constructed (405KB)
- By Susan Thomas
Test
Your Testwiseness (51KB)
- By Susan Thomas
ELA
8 2001 Building to Region Reference Report (86KB)
- by Ted Smith and Michael Nyhan
ELA
and Math Assessments Building to Region Reference Reports
Student Roster Reports (105KB)
- by Ted Smith and Michael Nyhan
Guidelines
for Item Writers (1,580KB)
- by Educational Testing Service