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VDOE convenes standard-setting panel; committee endorses higher cut scores closer to NAEP, department proposes small policy adjustments
Summary
A technical panel reviewed Virginia SOL items and performance-level descriptors and recommended raising cut scores to levels closer to NAEP proficiency. VDOE staff presented the panel’s recommendations, options for the board and next steps focused on phased rollout and support for divisions.
Virginia Department of Education staff and a technical advisory panel completed a standard-setting workshop and recommended raising subject cut scores that define "proficient" and "advanced" on the state’s Standards of Learning (SOL) exams. VDOE staff and external test contractors presented the method and the department’s proposed implementation approach to the Board of Education.
Measurement specialist Mary Anne Perry (Measurement Practice) explained the process the panel used: an item-descriptor (ID) matching method applied to samples of computer-adaptive test (CAT) items.…
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