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2 Test Specifications
2 Test Specifications
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Unlike the October specifications, the March specifications exist only in outline form, anc3 item developers have been referred to current NAEP frameworks for more complete information about item content, difficulty, anc3 structure (National Assessment Governing Board, no ciateLa] , no ciateLb]
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(See National Research Council, 1999b, for a discussion of public discourse anc3 its role in testing policy.) Completeness Third, while the VNT specifications provide a reasonable basis for item development, they lack information about statistical targets for items anc3 forms that characterize most test specifications anc3 that are needled for building test forms.
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Another benefit of the close resemblance of VNT specifications to NAEP is an increased likelihood of constructing valid linkages between levels of performance on the VNT anc3 the NAEP achievement levels. To be sure, this will require aciclitional work relating the VNT item pool to NAEP achievement levels, as noted in our interim report (National Research Council, 1998)
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