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... Although NAEP includes some of these types of items, their numbers are insufficient to justify the costs of implementing automatic item generation. In addition, it is difficult to use automatic item generation for the scenario-based and other complex item types that predominate in main NAEP.
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From page 97...
... RECOMMENDATION 4-2: The National Assessment Governing Board and the National Center for Education Statistics should move toward using more structured processes for item development to both decrease costs and improve quality. This work should include drawing from the detailed achievement-level descriptions to specify intended inferences and claims, better integrating the work of framework devel opment and item creation, and carrying out critical aspects of review and quality control at the level of task models rather than at the level of individual items.
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... MODERNIZING NAEP ADMINISTRATION The current NAEP administration model relies on professionally trained NAEP staff and contractors who travel to schools to administer the assessment. When NAEP transitioned to digitally based assessment, NCES provided the technology needed for students to test.
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... The National Center for Education Statistics should explore the use of random effects and other statistical techniques to produce estimates that reflect generalization across devices. NCES plans to begin a transition to local administration of the reading and mathematics assessments in 2026.
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