Validity General Supervision Enhancement Grant Consortium Expert Panel

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• Agenda (PDF : 48 Kb)
• Presentations
  • Validity Arguments for Alternate Assessments: Introduction to the NAAC-GSEG (PDF : 2315 Kb)
  • Creating a Validity Evaluation Plan: Some Hints for States (PDF : 1090 Kb)
• Project Summary (PDF : 23 Kb)
• Developing a Validity Argument for a State Alternate Assessment (AA-AAS) System: A Guide for States (PDF : 90 Kb)
• Validity Evaluation Note-Taking Guide (PDF : 19 Kb)
• Sample Validity Argument (PDF : ?? Kb)
• State Specific Documents for Review
  • Connecticut
  • CT Validity Plans (PDF : 29 Kb)
  • CT Validity Presentation (PDF : 254 Kb)
  • CT Validity Argument (CURRENT) (PDF : 129 Kb)
  • Georgia
  • GA Validity Plans (PDF : 66 Kb)
  • GA Validity Presentation (PDF : 180 Kb)
  • Relationship of Proposed Validity Studies (PDF : 78 Kb)
  • GA Validity Argument (CURRENT) (PDF : 140 Kb)
  • Kentucky
  • KY Validity Plans (PDF : 31 Kb)
  • KY Validity Presentation (PDF : 299 Kb)
  • KY Validity Argument (CURRENT) (PDF : 171 Kb)
  • Puerto Rico
  • PR Validity Plans (PDF : 86 Kb)
  • PR Validity Presentation (PDF : 640 Kb)
  • Washington, DC Public Schools
  • DC Validity Plans (PDF : 117 Kb)
  • DC Validity Presentation (PDF : 106 Kb)
  • DC Validity Argument (CURRENT) (PDF : 508 Kb)
  • Cross-State "Share Out" Questions (PDF : 8 Kb)
  • Contact information and bios of consortium members and expert panelists (PDF : 113 Kb)
  • Other materials for background review
    • Haertel, E. (1999). Validity arguments for high-stakes testing: In search of the evidence. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 18(4), 5-9. Can be downloaded from the World Wide Web at: http://www.naacpartners.org/projects/valdityGSEG/expertPanel/materials/2008/articleHaertel99.pdf (PDF : 691 Kb)
    • Kleinert, H., Browder, D., & Towles-Reeves, E. (in press). Models of cognition for students with significant cognitive disabilities: Implications for assessment. Review of Educational Research. Can be downloaded from the World Wide Web at: http://www.naacpartners.org/projects/valdityGSEG/expertPanel/materials/2008/articleKleinert08.pdf (PDF : 113 Kb)
    • Lane, S. (1999). Validity evidence for assessments. Can be downloaded from the World Wide Web at: http://www.naacpartners.org/projects/valdityGSEG/expertPanel/materials/2008/articleLane99.pdf (PDF : 219 Kb)
    • Marion, S., & Pellegrino, J. (2006). A validity framework for evaluating the technical quality of alternate assessments. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 25(4), 47-57. Can be downloaded from the World Wide Web at: http://www.naacpartners.org/projects/valdityGSEG/expertPanel/materials/2008/articleMarion06.pdf (PDF : 127 Kb)
    • Ryan, K. (2002). Assessment validation in the context of high stakes assessment. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 21(1), 7-15.Can be downloaded from the World Wide Web at: http://www.naacpartners.org/projects/valdityGSEG/expertPanel/materials/2008/articleRyan02.pdf (PDF : 1282 Kb)
  • Instruments
    • Learner Characteristics Inventory (PDF : 51 Kb)
    • Alternate Assessment Impact Survey for Teachers (PDF : 48 Kb)
    • Alternate Assessment Impact Survey for Principals (PDF : 51 Kb)