Appendix D Source Documents
The following documents were provided by the American Institutes for Research:
Background Paper Reviewing Laws and Regulations, Current Practice, and Research Relevant to Inclusion and Accommodations for Students with Disabilities. July, 23, 1998.
Cognitive Lab Report. July 29, 1998.
Designs and Equating Plan for the 2000 Field Test. April 9, 1998.
Designs and Item Calibration Plan for the 1999 Pilot Test. April 24, 1998.
Designs and Item Calibration Plan for the 1999 Pilot Test. July 24, 1998.
Linking the Voluntary National Tests with NAEP and TIMSS: Design and Analysis Plans. February 20, 1998.
Proposed Plan for Calculator Use. July 23, 1998.
Proposed Plan for Determining Equivalency of Readability of NAEP and VNT Passages. July 23, 1998.
Proposed Year 2 Research Plan. July 23, 1998.
Report on Scoring Rubric Development. July 23, 1998.
Revised Inclusion and Accommodations Work Plan. May 8, 1998.
Revised Test Result Reporting Work Plan. April 23, 1998.
Revised Test Utilization Guidelines Work Plan. April 24, 1998.
Sample Design Plan for the 1999 Pilot Test. April 28, 1998.
Validity Research Agenda Work Plan. April 24, 1998.
The following additional documents were provided to us:
Harcourt-Brace Educational Measurement, Training Materials for the Voluntary National Test in Mathematics. Undated.
National Assessment Governing Board, Voluntary National Test: Inclusions and Accommodations for Test Development, Policy Statement, Draft. July 7, 1998.
Riverside Publishers, Directions to Item Writers for the Voluntary National Test in Reading. Undated.