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Publication Auditing for Score Inflation Using Self-Monitoring Assessments: Findings from Three Pilot Studies(Taylor and Francis, 2016) Koretz, Daniel; Jennings, Jennifer L.; Hui, Leng Ng; Yu, Carol; Braslow, David; Langi, MeredithResearch has shown that test-based accountability programs often produce score inflation. Most studies have evaluated inflation by comparing trends on a high-stakes test and a lower-stakes audit test. However, Koretz and Benguin (2010) noted the weaknesses of using external audit tests and suggested instead using self-monitoring assessments (SMAs), which incorporate into high-stakes tests audit items that are not susceptible to test preparation aimed at more predictable items. This paper reports the results of the first three trials of the SMA approach, evaluating whether SMAs can detect inflation in a context in which it has been demonstrated to exist. The studies were conducted with the New York State mathematics tests in grades 4, 7, and 8 in 2011 and 2012. Despite a severe conservative bias created by numerous aspects of the study designs, we found that the audit component functioned as expected in many of the trials. The difference in performance between nonaudit and audit items was associated with factors that earlier research showed to be related to test preparation and score inflation, such as "bubble-student" status (scoring just below the Proficient cut in the previous year) and school poverty. However, a number of trials yielded null findings. These findings underscore the need for additional research investigating the optimal characteristics of audit items.Publication Predicting Freshman Grade Point Average From College Admissions Test Scores and State High School Test Scores(SAGE Publications, 2016) Koretz, Daniel; Yu, C; Mbekeani, Preeya; Langi, M.; Dhaliwal, Tasminda; Braslow, DavidThe current focus on assessing “college and career readiness” raises an empirical question: How do high school tests compare with college admissions tests in predicting performance in college? We explored this using data from the City University of New York and public colleges in Kentucky. These two systems differ in the choice of college admissions test, the stakes for students on the high school test, and demographics. We predicted freshman grade point average (FGPA) from high school GPA and both college admissions and high school tests in mathematics and English. In both systems, the choice of tests had only trivial effects on the aggregate prediction of FGPA. Adding either test to an equation that included the other had only trivial effects on prediction. Although the findings suggest that the choice of test might advantage or disadvantage different students, it had no substantial effect on the over- and underprediction of FGPA for students classified by race-ethnicity or poverty.Publication Teachers’ Perspectives on Evaluation: Exploring the Effects of New Evaluation Policies on Teaching(2016-07-11) Braslow, David; Hill, Heather C.; Bridwell-Mitchell, Ebony N.; Cohen, David K.