This is the thirteenth volume of the published symposia, papers and surveys of the National Association of Test Directors (NATD). This publication serves an essential mission of NATD - to promote discussion and debate on testing matters from both a theoretical and practical perspective. In the spirit of that mission, the views expressed in this volume are those of the authors and not NATD. The paper and discussant comments presented in this volume were presented at the April, 1997 meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) in Chicago.
 
 

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Using IRT Techniques in the Mesa Schools Elementary Testing Program
Joe O’Reilly........................................................................................................1

Using Data From a Level Testing System To Change A School District
Gage Kingsbury & Ron Houser……………….……………………………10

Applied Assessment in the Glendale Union High School District: An Application of the Many-Faceted Rasch Model
Bob Hess & Marc Becker… ...........................................................................25

Discussant Comments
Joe Ryan…………….……………....................................................…...........46
H.D. Hoover ……….…………………………………………………..……..56