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A reader sent me a series of questions about the state's Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests, which I asked the state Department of Education to answer. I am running this today because the state just released district scores.
The AJC also now has a searchable database of scores from all districts in Georgia.
I appreciate the time that DOE took to draft this detailed response as I requested that it be as jargon-free as possible for the non educators on the blog. As DOE spokesman Matt Cardoza said, "While there is a lot of technical information in this answer, they asked a very technical question. It's as jargon-free as we can get it."
From the reader:
How does the DOE oversee the CRCT test validity and scoring year to year in order to do the charts and comparisons the DOE released this week? As a former principal and test coordinator before that, I was never told the cut scores on the first test or the retest. I felt that there was wiggle room at the state level in deciding how many questions a child could miss and still pass and that it was decided each year after the tests were all in and scored. I also felt the retest had a different and less demanding cut score. Who makes sure that the level of difficulty of the questions remains constant across years so that there is valid comparison? If the questions and cut scores are manipulated year to year, how can valid comparisons be made?
If I were state superintendent, I would want to show steady progress and improvement, and the fact that there is not transparency in the cut scores and the test is created in-house and updated year to year, there is room to manipulate the results without changing a single child's answer. I have no proof; I am just asking the question. Has anyone looked at this?
From DOE:
The process Georgia uses to build state assessments, such as the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT), is an established, time-tested practice that all reputable test developers use. This process follows the professional standards jointly developed by several organizations, including the American Psychological Association (APA), the National Council of Measurement in Education (NCME), and the American Educational Research Association (AERA). While the state contracts for the development, administration, scoring, and reporting of the assessment programs (for example, CTB McGraw-Hill is the current contractor for the CRCT), the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) assessment staff provides direct oversight of this work.
Georgia educators make significant contributions to the state's testing programs by reviewing test items both before and after they are field tested with Georgia students. Field testing involves trying out newly written items with a representative sample of students and is a crucial step towards ensuring the items are appropriate and not confusing for students before holding students and schools accountable for performance on the items. As such, field test items do not contribute to student results.
Multiple steps are taken to ensure the technical quality of each assessment program. For example, Georgia convenes a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), comprised of six nationally-recognized experts in the field of educational measurement. The purpose of the TAC is to provide the state with impartial, expert advice on the technical qualities of the state's assessments. TAC meets quarterly and reviews every step of the test development, scoring, and reporting process for each testing program.
Additionally, testing programs such as the CRCT must undergo a comprehensive review process conducted by the U.S. Department of Education (US ED) known as Peer Review. During this review, each state must submit detailed documentation providing evidence of the technical qualities of the program(s). These include, but are not limited to, qualities such as alignment, development and maintenance procedures, and technical reports. A committee of peers (measurement, curriculum, and education policy experts) selected from other states reviews the evidence and evaluates the overall quality and soundness of the instruments.
So, how does the GaDOE know that year to year comparisons of test scores on a test are valid? When test forms are built, careful consideration is given to both the content and statistical features of the items selected to comprise the form. A test blueprint, with both content and statistical targets, guides the form development. Throughout the test form building process, the goal is to develop a form that is as parallel as possible to the blueprint and previous forms. And while the test forms are created to be as parallel as possible in terms of content coverage and difficulty, the fact remains that differences in unique collections of items can result in subtle changes in difficulty. A statistical procedure called equating serves to equalize those differences.
Equating is not unique to Georgia; equating is a process used by virtually all large-scale assessment programs (including the SAT, ACT, other state assessments, etc.). Behind and undergirding each test program and each administration is a large variety of statistical work that takes place to ensure the assessments are technically sound and equated appropriately. The process of equating a test ensures that students taking a test are always held to the same level of achievement, regardless of any differences in the collection of items that comprise the test form taken. Thus whenever multiple test forms are used in the same administration or when a different form is given in a subsequent administration (e.g., grade 7 science in 2011 and grade 7 science in 2012), they must be equated.
The technical work for the CRCT involves expressing each test form on a common metric called the theta scale, such that performance on each form can be compared. Working with a common metric means that difference in test performance can be interpreted as a result of changes in student achievement as opposed to changes in test difficulty. It is particularly important to understand that the cut scores determined within large scale assessment programs like the CRCT are set in this common metric and are held constant for the lifetime of the testing program.
For example, the cut scores for the grade 7 Mathematics were determined via an extensive standard setting procedure in the first year of the testing program. However, the cut score for the CRCT is set using the theta scale and not the raw score. The particular raw score required to achieve the cut score of 800 in any subsequent test administration is based on the difficulty of the collection of test items that comprise the form.
Working within a common metric such as the theta scale and implementing statistical procedures such as equating allows us to attribute, with confidence, any changes in student performance to student achievement and not as a by-product of the test form that was administered. The passing score always has the same meaning from administration to administration.
Finally, the technical work underlying the development and administration of the CRCT is well documented and has been extensively and independently reviewed by the TAC as well as the US ED. For many years the raw score (or number correct) achieved by students has been reported on class rosters and individual student reports.
Given this transparency it would be exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, for the state to "manipulate" the cut score to achieve some "desired" result.
Given the stakes associated with the test results and recent events in our state, it is natural to have questions about how tests are developed and validated. Individuals interested in learning more can Google the words "psychometrics" (the advanced study of measurement) and "test equating."
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
June 28th, 2012
6:45 am
Might I suggest that a competent, disinterested, out-of-state entity be retained to evaluate CRCT test-development, -administration, -scoring and -score-reporting processes and to render an unredacted evaluation report on these processes written in voter-comprehensible English.
June 28th, 2012
7:42 am
Wow, I've had the same questions as your reader about the EOCTs and GHSGT. We all (teachers and students) think the summer version of GHSGT is easier than the "regular" version, BTW!
June 28th, 2012
7:44 am
Speaking of which, I wonder when the state will make the high school results for last semester public? They ought to have them by now, right?
June 28th, 2012
7:50 am
So how do you compare a high school in Dunwoody, Georgia to one in Saint Louis, Missouri?
June 28th, 2012
8:02 am
The countries with the best education systems in the world test way less than us. If we tested less and focused more on educational alternatives like on line education, different tracks based on aptitude…..you would see results with the money focused on teachers over administrators.
June 28th, 2012
8:11 am
"oversee the CRCT test"
Maureen, you have a dark sense of humor.
June 28th, 2012
8:23 am
The. CRCT's are horribly stressful for students, not to mention educators. They impede education and are a huge waste of money. Why people don't stand up against this folly is beyond me. Another reason we homeschool through a co-op
June 28th, 2012
8:33 am
Know matter how stringent the procedures for development of the state tests, they are only representative of a small portion of what kids learn. They focus on aspects of the curriculum which are easily converted into multiple choice items, and can only measure a small slice of the curriculum. Tests can be informative to teachers and schools. Unfortunately, the overemphasis on test results is killing our kids opportunities to learn more relevant ideas. Often attributed to Albert Einstein, "Not everything that counts can be measured. Not everything that can be measured counts."
June 28th, 2012
8:45 am
To Mountain Man: You cannot compare a high school in Dunwoody, Georgia to on in Saint Louis, Missouri unless students took the same assessment, such as the ITBS. These assessments are "norm-referenced", which makes them comparible. The CRCT and EOCT are "Criterion-referenced" and based solely on the curriculum for Georgia. That's how the DOE is able to compare results from students and schools within our state, but not between states.
However, some of this will change in the future when assessments will be based upon the Common Core State Standards. As most states have adopted this curriculum, more comparisons will be able to be made between students, schools and states from across the U.S.
June 28th, 2012
8:54 am
Blah, blah, blah. You are too dumb to understand. Blah, Blah, Blah.
What does Jerry Eads think of this answer?
It has been my observation that the CRCT is poorly worded at times, varies in difficulty markedly from spring to summer in terms of passing, and doesn't really tell us much. And yes, I have read the test. I am frequently chose to do a reading accomodation.
June 28th, 2012
9:50 am
Who cares about CRCT anymore? We need to start freaking out about PARCC Assessments (the NEW and IMPROVED CRCT…). We start taking it next year, and from the released test questions, it's going to be a lot more difficult.
June 28th, 2012
9:55 am
Interesting and informative article that took me back forty years to my days as graduate assistant to two statistics professors at UWG. During my 31 years in the classroom, I took considerable care in test construction, producing tests that were challenging and comprehensive as well as valid and reliable. Yes, I understand the need for standardized tests. However, I often wondered if we use them properly to facilitate learning. Following administration of my teacher-produced unit tests, we always took time to "debrief" the tests, going over each item. Students were required to determine WHY they missed a particular item. This process often produced heated discussion. LOL I was able to refine my tests from year-to-year based on this feedback. The students became better test-takers and developed more efficient study habits. Lots of learning took place. I was just wondering if anything like this takes place with standardized tests? It seems to me that students simply take standardized tests and then forget about them. In terms of student learning, this seems like less than best use of a very expensive test. I could be wrong.
June 28th, 2012
10:23 am
It doesn't matter what the questions are.
The state just skews the results to get what they want. 800 is "meets standards" and 850 is "exceeds standards." There is no set maximum score, nor do they release the maximum scores. They state outright that scores cannot be compared from subject to subject or from year to year. What this means to me is that the State of Georgia can MANIPULATE the scores however they need to in order to say that x% of students met the standards. If you take a basic bell curve and STRRRETCH it wider, then the average will move up and a higher percentage of students will fall above the magic 800. Nothing has changed, except Georgia now looks like it did much better.
Why am I cynical? My children generally score perfect or miss only one or two questions. The Math & Science maximums are generally very high, while Reading and English/Language Arts (ELA) are lower. Math & Science are "harder" so they need to fix up the scores to make the the overall population look better.
Here are my son's 4th grade results from this year:
Math 990 (perfect out of 60)
Science 927 (2 wrong out of 60)
Reading 891 (1 wrong out of 40)
ELA 898 (1 wrong of 50)
Social Studies 891 (3 wrong out of 60)
And I wonder why Georgia is afraid to compare itself against other students on a nationally normed test?!
June 28th, 2012
10:53 am
It appears the Technical Advisory Committee owes
Georgia a refund. This panel of experts failed to do
their job prior to 2010. In addition, the methodology
involving the "theta scale" and "equating" must have
skewed the "common metic" . Not one of the six
members that comprised the TAC concluded that the
APS results were atypical.
June 28th, 2012
11:25 am
Congratulations! President Obama for your hard won fight for the American People.
God knows you have endured the wrath and traps of so many who have hated and despised you, so vehemently for no "GOOD" reason and without a cause.
We can only pray that he continues his many blessings for you and this GREAT NATION.
June 28th, 2012
11:59 am
To Fed Up: I have always wondered why in the world each test has a different perfect score, not just by content-area, but also each grade level.. As a teacher, we are under pressure of course to improve our students' test scores (hello, value-added!) If each year the perfect score goes up or down, a 950 in 5th grade and then a 920 in 6th looks to be a decline when actually both are perfect scores. Wouldn't it be easier to understand the test scores if they were all worth 1000 points or 900? Why all the different top scores??? It is hard to compare scores even for the same child in the same year, or year to year!
When some concerned colleagues and I called the state to discuss this, as well as to get enlightened on how one question is worth 20-30 points (such as you see in your son's Reading and ELA scores, we were told that the 1st question missed on the CRCT is weighted heavily but each successive question missed afteward is worth less and less points. This is so that the DOE can get "data-rich information" around the "meets" vs. "does not meet" scores, they say. Some principals are not inclined to concern themselves with this, however. They only see a decline in points, and even though missing 1 question does not seem statistically valid to show a decline in growth, it sure is not showing "value-added" improvement in their eyes. This is a cause for alarm with the idea of pay being tied into showing student growth. Statistically, with 7 versions of the same CRCT test out there, a student could very well get all the questions right on one version and miss one on another version, (or 2). Puts "perfection" in a new light, doesn't it?
So, I am also wondering how in the world this is all going to be factored into the teacher accountability pay-piece of the RTTT initiative. Don't get me wrong: I am a Georgia Master Teacher who sees decent growth each year for her students. I am not afraid of accountability; I just want to be fairly assessed. If principals, teachers and parents find CRCT scores murky, so can politicians.
And so… I wonder.
June 28th, 2012
12:15 pm
I absolutely agree with the DOE tech folk. The current technical mechanics of multiple-choice test development have been in place for decades, and I am absolutely sure that the contractor and DOE staff do their level best to maintain the integrity of the tests, including equating one form of each subject at each grade test with the next form, whether it's an alternate form for a retest or a subsequent form for the following year. The integrity of the DOE technical staff will be beyond reproach. And any test-development contractor would void their contract before manipulating test difficulty. A scandal of that nature would put them out of business.
That said, it is virtually impossible to make one form of a test EXACTLY the same difficulty as another form. There is ALWAYS some error. Sometimes the process simply misses – as happened with a social studies test some years ago. That's a truth that some folks have a hard time living with, but it's simply inescapable fact. We do the best we can at test equating, it's awfully good, but we're not working with electronic scales accurate to the microgram by any stretch of the imagination. We're workin with human performance, not weight, and equating depends on human performance. It varies. A lot. From moment to moment and from day to day.
And THAT said, I remain absolutely firm that the tests measure little more than minimal recognition and simple computation skills that challenge only a small minority of our students – and hence are virtually useless in supporting instruction at average or higher levels (Yeah, I know, there's "pass+" and "pass++". And does that help teaching and learning?). My dear hope is that the machinations around the so-called Common Core and associated test development efforts will provide us tools that are useful not only for our low performing students but for every child. And teacher.
June 28th, 2012
12:16 pm
And we continue to wonder why there is a dearth of education funds. I know why. Georgia spends literally millions for testing, and the results of these tests are far less indicative of what a student knows and can do than what most classroom teachers are able to assess on their own. My high school has less that 400 students enrolled. We are a small, rural community. We consistently year after year have students (approximately 65%) who attend UGA, Georgia Tech, and prestigious out-of-state colleges (Duke, Harvard, UCLA) and these students earn degrees from these colleges. The other 35% attend technical colleges or join the military and some just go to work, not because their choices are limited, but rather because these options are the options they have chosen. Yes, we have some students who have dropped out of school, much our dismay. However, the teachers in this small school can tell you, with some degree of accuracy, which students will most likely excel in college and which will struggle. We do all we can to prepare all students for what lies ahead of them, but we could do a heck of a lot better if we could focus more on teaching content and how to think critically than and how to be a good productive citizen than wasting hours on test preparation, test-taking skills, etc. If we used all the hours we spend on test preparation on more life-enriching experiences, on creating more and better learning situations, and on allowing kids to enjoy their high school experience without the pressures of standardized tests, I believe we could increase student success in more areas than what we are currently assessing. Oh, we have great test scores, but few students get to attend theater productions in Atlanta, trips to museums, or, heck, even cattle shows, because most funds are diverted to test preparation, administration, and remediation. Georgia is producing some great test-takers who know little of the world.
June 28th, 2012
12:22 pm
Oh, Hi Cat – I didn't address item development – THAT's another issue. Do remember that ALL state minimum competency testing programs have one thing in common with the space program – - – -
Low bid. Some may consider that a cheap shot. While I was trying to be cute, it's a fact of life for these folks. Again, I absolutely DO NOT question the integrity of the DOE tech staff or the contractors. The reality is, however, that the development process is always a race against time with limited resources. I cannot even begin to tell you how ecstatic I am to never have to be near it again.
June 28th, 2012
12:26 pm
Ah, looks like the software pulled my first post for some reason, having to do with equating. We'll see if M puts it back in.
June 28th, 2012
1:06 pm
Gonna be a busy day. Wondering: There was never any intention or budget to develop the tests for the content or the difficulty to be scaled from one grade to the next, just like there was never (to the best of my understanding) actual curriculum development that would attempt to sequence the expectations from one grade to the next in the so-called "standards." Whether conscious or not, I'm pretty sure one of the reasons states started calling their requirements "standards" instead of CURRICULUM (with proper scope and sequence) is that then those in charge didn't have to WORRY about proper curriculum development, assuming they even knew enough to ask the question. My personal experience in Virginia was that no one even asked questions such as "given what we want children to know in 6th grade, what is it we should want them to learn in 5th (and so forth). Curriculum development is an extremely complex expertise in which few people who come out of the P-12 schools (where almost all state education employees come from) have training.
Given there's possibly inadequate scope and sequence to the de facto curriculum (upon which the tests are supposed to be based), there's little reason (and it may be impossible) to scale the tests from one level to the next like the full-range nationally norm-referenced tests we used to use. (There are other issues too, but I won't start on them.) Hence, there's no possible way to compare the "scores" from one test to the next.
June 28th, 2012
1:58 pm
I've gone through k through 5 with the commercial K12.com CURRICULUM… It is sequential, intense, but also adaptable. Imagine learning about societies from ancient Mesopotamia through 20 th century American history in ORDER by the fifth grade. None of this Indians-and-MLK broken record. Every. Single. Year. But since we are also a public charter school, I have to break pout my ouiji board to figure pout what in the world
June 28th, 2012
1:59 pm
Figure out what in the world Georgia wants us to study from their scanty descriptions of "standards"
June 28th, 2012
2:09 pm
[...] Speaking of how CRCT is scaled, the Georgia Department of Education released system-wide data today on the 2012 scores. [...]
June 28th, 2012
3:56 pm
Jerry, I thought when you compared the development of the CRCT to the space program, you were referring to the old Werner Von Braun joke, "We have to be careful when we send astronauts to the moon. You don't want it to be a half mood–we'd miss it!"
I threw up my hands years ago when the question about the state bird was on one form for 3rd grade three times.
Many of us wonder how kids scoring 750 in the spring administration can, with 2-3 weeks of summer school (now cut drastically back) magically make an 800 on the second administration. I mean, these are kids two years behind in reading–how did they "gain" that much but don't seem to gain in 9 months of school? The late jim d used to write about this extensively on this blog.
June 28th, 2012
4:44 pm
You can get the cut scores annually from GADOE. What they tell you is how many questions there are on each test, and how many a student must answer correctly on each test each to be proficient, advanced, etc.
For the last three years, the 8th grade CRCT in reading, for example, requires students to answer 48% of the questions correctly to score "proficient," which is scored as 800. Since I work at the high school level, it concerns me that these tests suggest that 8th grade students answering fewer than half of the questions correctly on a reading test are considered adequate preparation for high school curriculum.
CRCT cut scores hover right around 52% for the other subject areas each year. GHSGT cut scores are similar.
Our data shows that in our relatively high-performing North Fulton school, an 8th grader scoring 820 or lower on math, English and/or reading CRCTs is *not* prepared for high school.
June 28th, 2012
4:45 pm
Forgive my poor wording above. Didn't proofread. :-\
June 28th, 2012
5:00 pm
Cat, honest, don't even try to compare the state's mincomp test "scale scores" to anything else in this world. The ONLY place on the scale that will stay the same is whatever they decide the "cut score" will be. The tests are adjusted so THAT score remains the same (even though the raw score – the number of questions required to pass – will change. Sometimes only a question or two, but it'll change.). NO OTHER SCORE is comparable from one test to the next or even one form to the next. OH – sorry – the scale will be stretched and shuffled so that whatever the "pass+" level is will end up the same. We all want to assume that there's SOMETHING else that has meaning beyond the pass-fail points, but there's not. We expect the difference between 250 and 300 is the same amount of "achievement" as between 300 and 350, but it's NOT. We spend what – $20 million a year on those things? That's what I saw quite a few years ago – who knows what the bill is today. Adding extra "features" would add (significantly) to the development time and cost.
As someone pointed out above, there are NO data whatsoever suggesting that these tests have ANYTHING to do with anything else – no studies suggesting they have any relationship with elementary, middle, or high school success (other than the arbitrary (it's called "Modified Angoff") dart-throwing that sets the pass-fail score. Neither is there any work that relates these tests to any OTHER outcomes like job or college success.
June 28th, 2012
5:13 pm
Kate, as you probably know, the number of questions a group of kids gets right is a function of two things: (1) what they know and (2) how hard the questions are. The artifact of "70% is passing" and so forth are there because you folks in the classroom are expert enough to set the difficulty of the questions to what you need and expect of the kids.
The optimal difficulty level for the multiple-choice norm-referenced tests of days of yore was about 55%. That enabled the most accurate estimate of students' position (percentile) compared to everyone else.
If you built your own tests so that the average was about 55% of the questions answered correctly, you'd have better (more reliable) tests. One of the biggest problems with the convention of 70, 80 and 90% for B, C and A, for example, is your ability to differentiate accurately among the A and B students is very significantly diminished, because your tests are substantially less reliable than if you built them with greater difficulty.
June 28th, 2012
5:14 pm
When I was a kid, summer school was six or eight weeks. I took plenty of classes to get ahead. That is not allowed in Cobb county, probably others too . Everyone must plod along no matter what.
June 28th, 2012
6:03 pm
The last three sentences of the first paragraph and the entire last paragraph of your 5:00 PM posting contain information which is thought-provoking and troublesome.
$20M/ year over the course of a decade for a testing program without efficacy documentation: GA educrats boggle the mind.
June 28th, 2012
6:55 pm
Dr. Spinks, Jerry has said elegantly what I have been saying for a long time: So 800 is "passing." Does that mean the student can do the work required at the next level? Has there been a predictive model devised that says the kids need to know x and y before they can accomplish the goals in grade z? If not, in what ways is the test helpful to the student? 'Cause we KNOW they aren't being retained.
June 28th, 2012
8:48 pm
Craig, Cat, and others, We're a very small crowd that chooses to deal with the details about minimum competency (not to mention the rest of) testing. Sadly, the reality – railed at for decades by Monty and others at Fairtest, dear Bracey and a number of the most respected testing experts in the world – is that such testing is far worse than that which tells us nothing – it misleads us into believing it actually does tell us something. I am and will be forever awed at how simply and completely the egregiously expensive exercise of minimum competency testing – to paraphrase P.T. – fools almost everyone all the time. Including superintendents, school boards and, worst, legislators. My sense is that Mr. Barge is NOT fooled (unlike his predecessors), but he must choose his battles.
Again, we can hope that the stuff being put together by PAARC for the "common core" will be more useful. Given my experience with the wonderfully well-intentioned New Standards Project of the 90's and its, um, difficulties, I'll be (very) cautiously optimistic. Thankfully the ENORMOUS expense will be shared across states.
June 28th, 2012
9:42 pm
One of my favorite comics is Kevin and Kell, penned by Bill Holbrook. Yesterday's was another shot at testing (he tosses 'em in every now and then; his other half's in our business . Enjoy. Don't stop with this one: I think it's one of the best social commentary strips, yet gentler than Doonesbury or Prickly City.
June 28th, 2012
10:06 pm
A test measures retained knowledge and understanding from what has been taught. The CURRICULUM drives a test. An assessment measures property value. A State Assessment measures the value of a student to the State. STATE MANDATED OUTCOMES (OBE, Standards) drive the curriculum. Teachers have become facilitators for aligning student's attitudes, values and beliefs with the desire of the STATE. We now have a closed loop. The teacher (facilitator) MUST teach to the ASSESSMENT (CRCT) and the student MUST pass the assessment. This is why RTTT aligns teacher pay with CRCT results. Think about what kind of citizen a globalist politician would want, to keep them in power…..
Please note that sometime around 2008 (I think) the Item Specifications began to be changed from levels based on Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Cognitive and Affective Domain levels to:
"Each of Georgia's test programs contains a range of test items in terms of both difficulty (rigor) and complexity. To gauge the complexity or cognitive demand of the test items, Georgia uses a model called "Depth of Knowledge" (DOK), which was developed by Norman Webb at the University of Wisconsin."
Here's a good summary of DOK:
In my opinion, after extensively studying Bloom's Taxonomy and its use as a basis for the original CRCT's, the "DOK" isn't much different in ideology, but is less specific in its domain descriptions. Here is what you ask for: Using the FOIA, get the the RFP (try 2007-2010) for the CRCT ITEM SPECIFICATIONS to rewrite them to conform with the new DOK level numbers. Get a copy of all the bids, and the winning bids. In the past, there was a document with ETS on it. This information will tell VOLUMES. Also, take the time to read BLOOM'S TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES, AFFECTIVE DOMAIN, and ask yourself, who will determine what the correct answers are? Find the CRCT item specifications that measure the "affective domain" and find out what the State answer is. Don't let the "psychometrics" gobbledygook distract you. It isn't hard. It is all about power and control. Teachers are hired, supposedly, because they are experts in their subjects and understand the art of teaching. They should be able to make their own tests to measure what they have taught. The classroom grade should carry the most weight in testing what the student has learned. Curriculum is a LOCAL issue. If the local school wants to spend money on a national test such as the ITBS, they should do so as a guide for the GENERAL effectiveness of their teachers and curriculum. The deciding factor should be, are the parents pleased with the results? Parent's have the most at stake for their child's success. The CRCT's were forced on the states by the Feds (through the UN), originally with Goals 2000. The states implemented them to get the money. In my opinion, each state was manipulated to create a CRCT type test, where core Item Specifications are the SAME in each state. Someone has access to ALL data. Read this book by Bev Eakman to fully understand:
June 29th, 2012
2:48 am
How might I join GAERA? The membership link on its website seems to be broken.
June 29th, 2012
12:17 pm
Hi Craig – Hm. go to http://www.gaera.org, go to contacts, and send an email to the Sec'y-Treasurer. That'll get it done, but also let her know the link on the GA Sounthern conference registration site (apparently what you tried?) is busted.
June 29th, 2012
2:52 pm
[...] She also points out how complicated scoring the CRCT is here. [...]
July 3rd, 2012
11:02 am
It is very normal for CRCT analysis process to be very complicated because parents do not like the whole process and the best way to avoid critism is to add technical terms avoid examples.
Theta score is used in the conversion process of student raw scores (value of right and wrong responses) into the way officials want to see tht looks nicer. If the question was answered by few students the score calculation changes.
This way students are not penalized poor stardardized education or poorly prepared test item.


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Dear Kerry, In Friday night's game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and New Jersey Devils, a hooking penalty was called on Marek Zidlicky at 8:12 of the second period as Phil Kessel scored. The penalty was still assessed! I thought when you scored, it negated the penalty? What did I miss?
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What you missed was 1:05 on the penalty clock that was being served by Andy Greene of the Devils for hooking Mason Raymond. Greene's remaining penalty time terminated by virtue of Phil Kessel's power-play goal scored on a nifty coast-to-coast rush at 8:12 of the third period. A team that has been scored upon is entitled to relief of one minor penalty only so the delayed hooking penalty being signaled against Zidlicky was assessed and served with the termination of Greene's penalty. Rule 16.2 tells us that when a team is playing 'short-handed' (below the numerical strength of its opponent) at the time a goal is scored, the minor or bench minor penalty which terminates automatically is the one with the least amount of time on the clock. (Coincidental minor penalties to both teams do not cause a team to be shorthanded.)
The minor penalty expiration criteria are as follows: (Questions for the ref to consider) Is the team scored against shorthanded? Is the team scored against serving a minor on the clock?
If both criteria are satisfied, the minor penalty with the least amount of time on the clock shall terminate, except when coincidental minor penalties are being served. No penalty shall expire when a goal is scored against a team on a penalty shot.
If the teams had been playing at even strength (or even if the Leafs were shorthanded) at the time of Kessel's goal, the delayed penalty being signaled to Zidlicky would have been negated under Rule 15.2: If the penalty to be imposed is a minor penalty and a goal is scored on the play by the non-offending side, the minor penalty shall not be imposed. If two or more minor penalties were to be imposed, the captain would designate to the referee which minor penalty will be washed out as a result of the goal. In the case of a double minor penalty being imposed, one of the minor penalties would automatically terminate.
Gloria, when I first joined the NHL in the mid 1970's, the situation you presented would have been treated differently under the rules. Back then, the team scored upon was not only entitled to relief of the minor penalty being served (by Andy Greene) but additionally any delayed penalty that was being signaled (to Marek Zidlicky) was also negated through the scoring of a power play goal (by Phil Kessel).
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FARGO, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota State University plans to seek compensation from the owner of two dogs that attacked a flock of sheep inside a research barn.
The attack Tuesday left a dozen sheep dead. Seven were killed by the two huskies and five others were injured and had to be euthanized. Another six were injured but remain alive and are being treated.
NDSU Animal Sciences head Greg Lardy says the loss likely will be in the thousands of dollars. He says the loss also is tough on staff and students who "care very passionately about the animals."
The owner of the dogs was not immediately identified. Authorities planned to cite the owner for having a dog running at large, an infraction punishable by up to a $500 fine.
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Authorities say seven sheep are dead after two dogs entered a North Dakota State University research barn and attacked the animals.
Campus police Lt. Greg Stone says employees discovered the dogs when they showed up for work about 8:00 Tuesday morning at the barn northwest of the main NDSU campus.
Stone says some of the sheep had been killed and others had to be euthanized because of injuries. At least two others were being treated for injuries.
An animal control officer from the Fargo Police Department captured the dogs, who were still there when the students arrived. The dogs were impounded and returned to their owners.
The loss of the sheep will cost the university thousands of dollars, but instructors say they were worth more than that.
"Our student workers, our employees there care deeply about the sheep," Dead of the NDSU Animal Sciences Department Greg Lardy said. "They work hard to care for the sheep and so they are affected by it they are hurt by it."
The dogs were tagged, but animal control is not sharing where they came from or what actions will be taken against owners. Earlier, officers said they would be looking into laws and ordinances the owners could be charged with.


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Such terrible defending. How can you let him have that much time?
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Or something.
RIP Fardin Qayyumi (AKA "cricket player"; "Bob"), 1/11/1990 - 15/4/2006
Haha Mario Frick WAG, didn't realise he was still around.
2-0; Johnson's a kwality act, isn't he? Kept his head and trusted his technique.
How the blue feck Capello thought SW-P was a better bet, etc, etc
EDIT: Adam Johnson, obv
2nd EDIT: 2-1. Some strike from Shaqiri, but a challenge might've been nice too
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Top goal from Johnson, now England shut up shop, I've got money on him last goalscorer.
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Very well then I contradict myself,
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oh ffs
England trying to do a Scotland and **** up a 2-0 lead against a ****house team with a man advantage.
We are no longer losing to Liechtenstein.
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When the sun goes down, Fort Worth really comes alive. Downtown Sundance Square provides sidewalks filled with people on the town, enjoying the many Fort Worth nightclubs, restaurants, movies and live theaters.
In the Stockyards District, there's always plenty of fun brewing in the Western-style saloons and Billy Bob's Texas.
You'll find Fort Worth nightlife offers a proud musical tradition. Across the city, you'll find national and local acts performing in a wide variety of venues - from roadhouses to refined concert halls.
Eddie V's Prime Seafood
- 3100 W. 7th Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76107
- Phone: (817) 336-8000
- Region: West 7th
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Eddie V's Prime Seafood is inspired by the culinary styles of the great seafood restaurants of New Orleans, San Francisco and Boston, yet with a dapper decor that nods to early-Vegas cool. Flown-in-daily seafood and USDA prime, center-cut aged steaks are paired with bold sauces and stunning sides, MORE >>
The Bottom
- 3468 Blue Bonnet Circle
- Fort Worth, TX 76109
- Phone: (817) 923-7625
- Region: TCU/Zoo
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This lively University-area sports bar and grill has a large selection of draft beer and craft brews. We have a fantastic grilled salmon, crawfish (in season, of course), baked & raw oysters, premium Nolan Ryan beef burgers, house made gumbo, pasta, brisket tacos, I could go on! Over 80 items. MORE >>
Four Day Weekend Comedy
- 312 Houston Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76102-7425
- Phone: (817) 226-4DAY
- Region: Downtown
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Four Day Weekend is a comedy troupe who performs a live public show consisting of sketches, scenes, and songs created from audience suggestions and participation. Completely improvised each Friday and Saturday night, the performance is an interactive experience that encourages the audience to play a MORE >>
Frankie's Sports Bar and Grill
- 425 West Third Street
- Sundance Square
- Fort Worth, TX 76102
- Phone: (817) 870-9090
- Region: Downtown
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Frankie's has it all! Recognized by USA Today as one of the "Top 10 places to drink", Frankie's truly has something for everyone. Hearty American cuisine includes over 60 house-made items from Texas-Edition sandwiches (guaranteed to satisfy the heartiest of appetites) to jumbo wings in a dozen MORE >>
Sheraton Fort Worth Restaurant
- 1701 Commerce Street
- Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel and Spa
- Fort Worth, TX 76102
- Phone: (817) 870-2700
- Region: Downtown
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The Sheraton's restaurant serves American cuisine in a casual yet energetic room that features a high-impact bar and stunning video system. MORE >>
The Aardvark
- 2905 West Berry Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76109
- Phone: (817) 926-7814
- Region: TCU/Zoo
A small-time feel, with big-time shows, The Aardvark showcases some of the biggest acts in pop-rock and punk all while maintaining a certain "hole-in-the-wall" charm. MORE >>
Abbey Pub
- 2710 W. 7th Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76107
- Phone: (817) 810-9930
- Region: West 7th
Located in the heart of the vibrant West 7th district of Ft. Worth, The Abbey Pub is the oldest Irish Pub in the area. They offer a perfect setting for people to relax, hang out with friends, play games, and have a friendly conversation. Abbey Pub has an extensive craft beer menu as well as a wide MORE >>
Baker St. Pub and Grill
- 6333 Camp Bowie Boulevard
- Village at Camp Bowie
- Fort Worth, TX 76116-5448
- Phone: (817) 377-9772
- Region: West/Camp Bowie
Baker St. Pub & Grill serves up traditional British favorites such as fish and chips, bangers and mash, and shepherd's pie. This authentic British pub is complete with a large selection of draught beers and ales. MORE >>
Bar 9
- 900 Houston Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76102
- Phone: (817) 348-9991
- Region: Downtown
This trendy hot spot has three levels: the energetic Street Level bar area with live DJs, the underground-club experience of the Basement, and the chill Second Floor lounge where the music levels are perfect for conversation. Add a connected cigar bar and a great drink menu, and there is something MORE >>
Bar Louie
- 2973 W. 7th Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76107
- Phone: (817) 566-9933
- Region: West 7th
Bar Louie is a casual neighborhood place that features warm, upbeat surroundings with modern food and handcrafted signature cocktails. It offers an extensive selection of appetizers, sandwiches and entrees, plus a wide assortment of martinis, microbrews and wines by the glass or bottle. MORE >>
Barcadia Bar and Grill
- 816 Matisse Drive
- Fort Worth, TX 76107
- Phone: (817) 348-8606
- Region: West 7th
Feel like a kid again as you play vintage arcade games with your friends. This bar and grill offers a great food and drink menu, so grab your friends for some fun! MORE >>
- 5151 Houston Street - Basement
- Fort Worth, TX 76102
- Phone: (682) 231-1515
- Region: Downtown
Dance the night away at one of Fort Worth's upscale Latin bars. Barcelona is located in downtown Fort Worth. (21 and up only) MORE >>
Best Friends Club
- 2620 E Lancaster Avenue
- Fort Worth, TX 76103
- Phone: (817) 534-2280
- Region: East
Best Friends Club features entertaining drag charity shows. It has a mix of male and female customers, pool tables, a patio, and a big screen TV. The club also features after-hours dancing and live bands on some nights. MORE >>
Billy Bob's Texas
- 2520 Rodeo Plaza
- Fort Worth, TX 76164
- Phone: 817-624-7117
- Region: Fossil Creek/North
Billy Bob's Texas is simply larger than life. The club has almost three acres under one roof, has been voted country music's club of the year a whopping 11 times, hosts the biggest names in the business every weekend, and has live bull-riding shows on Friday and Saturday night. Merle Haggard set a MORE >>
Booger Red's
- 109 E Exchange Avenue
- Fort Worth, TX 761164
- Phone: (817) 624-1246
- Region: Stockyards/Northside
Booger Red's is the perfect place to hang up your hat, settle into a saddle barstool and enjoy appetizers, ribs, cool beverages and more in a delightful western setting. Make sure to try the Buffalo Butt beer from Rahr Brewery, a local brewery. MORE >>
BoomerJack's Grill and Bar
- 2600 W 7th Street
- Montgomery Plaza
- Fort Worth, TX 76107
- Phone: (817) 810-2666
- Region: West 7th
Whether it's the big flavor of signature burgers, some kickin' wings or just a frosty beverage, you are sure to find something that will make your taste buds happy at BoomerJack's. Located along 7th Street in Montgomery Plaza, BoomerJack's also features a wonderful outdoor patio. MORE >>
Bottlecap Alley Icehouse Grill
- 843 Foch Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76107
- Phone: (817) 887-9394
- Region: West 7th
Bottlecap Alley offers a family-friendly relaxed restaurant where adults and kids alike can have a good time. Ice-cold beer, Orange Crush soda and ice cream co-exist when you walk down the service aisle. Try the burgers, made with the best Angus beef and buns that are prepared at local artisan MORE >>
- 2837 Crockett Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76107
- Phone: (817) 887-9233
- Region: West 7th
Brewsters is a unique draft house with a full bar specializing in amazing burgers, fresh cut chips and fries complete with state of the art sound and lots of HD TV's. MORE >>
Buffalo Bros.
- 3015 S University Drive
- Fort Worth, TX 76109
- Phone: (817) 386-9601
- Region: TCU/Zoo
Buffalo Bros. serves New York-style wings, pizza, and subs on the TCU drag. Chicken wings and tenders come in six flavors and quantities from three to one hundred. The pizzas are small, large, and in between, with a wealth of toppings. Looking for a sandwich? Their toasted subs come half or whole in MORE >>
Buttons Food and Music
- 4701 W. Freeway
- Chapel Hill Shopping Center
- Fort Worth, TX 76107
- Phone: (817) 735-4900
- Region: Hulen/South
Chef Keith Hicks has won acclaim from local and national food critics for his swanky bar, live jazz music, and especially his inspired menu of contemporary soul food. MORE >>
Cantina Cadillac
- 124 W Exchange Avenue
- Fort Worth, TX 76164
- Phone: (817) 625-6622
- Region: Stockyards/Northside
"Home of the pro rodeo cowboy", the Cantina Cadillac offers dancing, pool and the best drink specials in Ft. Worth. MORE >>
Capital Bar
- 3017 Morton Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76107
- Phone: (817) 820-0049
- Region: West 7th
With the additions of the Backyard and the Back House, Capital Bar is becoming one of the top music venues in the city in addition to having an incredible rooftop bar that offers a spectacular view of the downtown skyline. MORE >>
- 2637 E Lancaster Avenue
- Fort Worth, TX 76103
- Phone: (817) 413-2332
- Region: East
Gay & Lesbian nightclub with two areas. Dancing area has large floor Features live DJ spinning Music and Videos. In service area drinks, jukebox, pool table, Male Dancers on Thursday to Saturday. MORE >>
Chimy's Cerveceria
- 1053 Foch Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76107
- Phone: (817) 348-8888
- Region: West 7th
It's not fast food. It's what fast food should be - quick, inexpensive and tasty, and with a full bar. Chimy's has great margaritas, cold beer and a spicy menu that includes fajita nachos, green chile cheeseburgers and signature "Chimy"-changas, deep-fried burritos served with queso. MORE >>
Clearfork Ranch
- 5000 Clearfork Main Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76107
- Phone: (817) 509-0032
- Region: Hulen/South
The Heart of the Ranch at Clearfork is a homegrown outdoor event space in Fort Worth. MORE >>
Club Chrome
- 2408 East Belknap Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76111
Experience the world famous Club Chrome, the hottest Hip-Hop nightclub in Fort Worth! Doors open every Friday and Saturday Night at 10PM. We feature the hottest crunk and radio Hip Hop DJ's in the Dallas – Fort Worth metroplex. Chrome presents live video mixing on giant TV screens with the MORE >>
Copa Cabana
- 1002 S Main Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76104
- Phone: (817) 882-9504
- Region: Downtown
Latin dance, drag and go-go club with daily happy hour daily 9pm - 11pm. Nightly events include DJ's spinning the latest, drag shows and male dancers. MORE >>
Coyote Drive-in Theater
- 223 NE 4th Street
- Fort Worth, TX TX
- Phone: 817-668-5665
- Region: Downtown
Coyote Drive-In was founded in 2011 by four guys who were longing for a great way to leave the rat race and constant connectivity behind. They envisioned a simple place to escape the chaos and hang out with friends and family. Enjoy a cold one together. Admire the stars shining bright up above. MORE >>
Dublin Square
- 6651 Fossil Bluff Drive
- Fort Worth, TX 76137
- Phone: (817) 306-7312
- Region: Fossil Creek/North
Dublin Square is an Irish pub with a dash of Texas Tradition serving up food, spirits, and entertainment. Enjoy your favorite sports games, live music, great food, and specially selected seasonal draughts in a relaxed, comfortable atmosphere. With everything from weekly karaoke to daily happy hour MORE >>
Dutch's Hamburgers
- 3009 South University Drive
- Fort Worth, TX 76109
- Phone: (817) 927-5522
- Region: TCU/Zoo
Named after legendary TCU coach Leo "Dutch" Meyer, Dutch's is a lively University-area hangout known for its fresh-ground, all-natural, juicy-not-greasy burgers. Chicken, mushroom, and veggie-patty sandwiches are also available. All are piled high with your choice of toppings and add-ons — try the MORE >>
Electric Cowboy
- 8740 Camp Bowie Highway West
- Fort Worth, TX 76116
- Phone: (817) 560-2813
- Region: West/Camp Bowie
- 210 E 8th Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76102
- Phone: (817) 870-9750
- Region: Downtown
Voted Best Bar Decor and Best Club DJ, this Havana-inspired dance club gets the crowd moving. Just a beginner? Don't worry, Embargo offers group dance lessons each Thursday night. The Latin-influenced menu of tapas, tacos, and pressed sandwiches includes a great Cuban, served with plantain chips MORE >>
Fiesta Mexican Restaurant
- 3233 Hemphill Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76110-4015
- Phone: (817) 923-6941
- Region: Hulen/South
For over 35 years, three generations of the Barriga family have proudly been serving Mexican fare at Fiesta Restaurant. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner and have happy hour specials Monday through Thursday. Enjoy their fresh handmade corn and flour tortillas. MORE >>
Finn MacCool's Pub
- 1700 8th Avenue
- Fort Worth, TX 76110
- Phone: (817) 923-2121
- Region: Near Southside
Inspired by the charming local pubs of Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia, a family of Fort Worth natives fashioned a historic but world-weary 1929 space on the corner of Eighth Avenue and Allen Street into Finn MacCool's Pub, a living embodiment of the old-world public house traditions. Named for the MORE >>
Firestone and Robertson Distilling Co.
- 901 W. Vickery
- Fort Worth, TX 76104
- Phone: (817) 840-9140
- Region: Downtown
This distillery, located just south of downtown, recently opened its doors with the mission to produce handcrafted, small-batch, premium bourbon and blended whiskey. Take a tour, visit with the proprietors and sample F&R's one of a kind whiskies - all made and bottled by hand with no automation. MORE >>
Flips Patio Grill
- 6613 Fossil Bluff Drive
- Fort Worth, TX 76137
- Phone: (817) 847-4424
- Region: Fossil Creek/North
Flips Patio Grill is a neighborhood restaurant with an extensive menu and a Texas-sized patio. All Flips food is prepared fresh in-house daily with top quality ingredients including hand-cut fries, fresh-baked bread, and fresh ground chuck in all of their burgers. With a complete bar and plenty of MORE >>
Flying Saucer
- 111 E. Third Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76102
- Phone: (817) 336-7470
- Region: Downtown
The Flying Saucer has the perfect gourmet sandwich or sausage and cheese platter to accompany their more than 100 beers on tap. When the weather is great, enjoy the outdoor upper and lower beer gardens. Entertainment every Thursday-Sunday night and live bands every Monday night. MORE >>
Fort Worth Food Park
- 2509 Weisenberger Street
- Fort Worth, TX TX
- Phone: 817-682-7289
- Region: West 7th
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At Fort Worth's first food truck park, families and friends can enjoy a variety of gourmet dishes served up by some of the area's top local chefs. The serene park-like setting in Fort Worth's Cultural District features picnic benches, dog runs and outdoor games. All trucks accept credit cards. MORE >>
Fox and Hound Bar & Grill
- 6051 SW Loop 820
- # 322
- Fort Worth, TX 76132
- Phone: (817) 423-3600
- Region: Hulen/South
Looking for a sports bar with great food, lots of televisions, and a friendly atmosphere? Don't miss Fox & Hound, with one location downtown and the other off Bryant Irvin Road. MORE >>
Fred's Texas Cafe
- 915 Currie Street
- Fort Worth, TX 76107
- Phone: (817) 332-0083
- Region: West 7th
Nationally acclaimed burgers, fabulous chicken-fried steak, the coldest beer in town -- that's Fred's Texas Cafe, a beloved local dive that's serious about food and casual about everything else. Indoors, booths and bar stools are held together with duct tape; outdoors, the expansive patio, featuring MORE >>
The Ginger Man
- 3716 Camp Bowie Boulevard
- Fort Worth, TX 76107
- Phone: (817) 886-2327
- Region: TCU/Zoo
The Fort Worth Ginger Man features 50 beers on draught and more than 100 in bottles, from brewers just down the street and all around the world. Made-in-house salads, soups and sandwiches are very tasty. Regular events include live music, Meet the Brewer night, and beer tastings. MORE >>
Grand Cru Wine Bar and Boutique
- 1257 W. Magnolia Avenue
- Fort Worth, TX 76104
- Phone: (817) 923-1717
- Region: Near Southside
Grand Cru is a wine bar, wine shop, and gift boutique that offers wines from regions all over the world. They focus on the best of the best in terms of quality and value from boutique and small- to medium-production wineries and also seek out gems from lesser-known regions. A wide variety of MORE >>
- 9365 Rain Lily Trail
- Fort Worth, TX 76177
- Phone: (817) 750-2190
- Region: Fossil Creek/North
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