2007 MSA Mathematics Technical Report


TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1.	Overview of the 2007 Maryland School Assessment-Mathematics
	1.1	General Overview of the 2007 MSA-Math
	1.2	Purposes/Uses of the 2007 MSA-Math
	1.3	The Voluntary State Curriculum
	1.4	Development and Review of the 2007 MSA-Math
	1.5	Test Structure of the 2007 MSA-Math
	1.6	Test Administration
	1.7	MSA-Math Scoring Procedures
	1.8	Operational Test Analyses
	1.9	Field Test Analyses
	1.10	Linking, Equating, and Scaling Procedures
	1.11	Score Interpretation
	1.12	Test Validity
	1.13	Unidimensionality Analyses
	1.14	Item Bank Construction
	1.15	Quality Control Procedures
2.	Current Results of the 2007 MSA-Math
3.	Overview of Statistical Summaries
	3.1	Classical Descriptive Statistics
	3.2	Scale Score Descriptive Statistics
	3.3	Classical and IRT Item Parameters
	3.4	Inter-Rater Reliability
	3.5	Correlations Among Mathematics Processes
	3.6	Decision Accuracy and Consistency at the Cut Scores
	3.7	Differential Item Functioning
	3.8	Equating and Scaling
4.	The 2007 MSA-Math Statistical Summary
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
A.	The 2007 MSA-Math Stratified Random Sampling
B.	Scale Score Histograms and Tukey Charts
C.	The 2006 MSA-Math Recalibration Results from 3PL IRT to the Rasch Model Using Equipercentile Method
D.	The 2007 MSA-Math Classical and IRT Item Parameters

A complete copy of the 2007 MSA Mathematics Technical Report is also available.

Contact Information

Leslie Wilson, Assistant State Superintendent

Division of Accountability and Assessment
Maryland State Department of Education

200 West Baltimore Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

Maryland State Department of Education

200 West Baltimore Street

Baltimore, MD 21201