CASAS Presentation
CASAS Presentation
CASAS Presentation
Description:
Test Purpose
Standardized - Criterion-Referenced - Discrete-Point Formative & Summative - Objective - Indirect Can be used as: Placement - Progress - Achievement Test Test-Takers Include:
English as a Second Language English Language Learners Vocational ESL Adult Basic Education Adult Secondary Education General Education Development
Assesses:
Reading & Listening Skills
Uses:
For teachers/administrators to identify the literacy needs preand post-instruction of learners. Monitoring the student progress throughout literacy levels. Can be used for course placement into a specific level or baseline for benchmarking
Description:
Test Content
CASAS assessments consist of a pre-test, course instruction and post-test No strict timing, but about an hour for each assessment Test can be paper/pencil or computer based Selected response items are multiple choice On Reading tests, test takers read short passages, graphs, maps, charts, signs, pictures etc. and answer multiple choice questions On Listening tests, test takers listen to a short dialogue or discussion and might see multiple pictures that corresdpond to multiple choice answers
Reporting/Interpreting results:
Teachers/administrators have the option to use TOPSpro assessment software that tracks student progress over the course and throughout their level progression. Item tasks assess certain competency abilities and there is a scoring rubric that shows strengths and weaknesses of these competencies of the learner. With eTests, immediate feedback to learner and teacher/administrator is given pertaining to level and/or placement. Manual scoring immediate for T/A, & they report results to student.
Evaluation:
Reliability Evidence
Descriptive statistics for each series are presented Reading Life Skills
Form # 27 28 31 32 32X 33 34 34 X 35 36 37 38
N 18,369 12,264 28,996 17,259 2,447 29,500 27,673 27,721 27,605 21,101 7,363 4,876
# of Items 30 30 24 24 27 32 32 35 38 38 40 40
Mean Raw Score 23.38 24.51 16.96 15.23 15.84 18.68 19.78 22.22 20.93 21.05 17.22 18.52
Standard Deviation 6.93 6.28 6.20 6.49 6.86 8.04 7.70 7.05 8.11 7.74 9.06 9.19
Mean P-Value .779 .817 .706 .635 .587 .584 .618 .635 .551 .554 .431 .463
Mean Point Biserial .850 .875 .598 .594 .534 .535 .519 .614 .458 .441 .466 .474
KR-20 .931 .925 .919 .918 .902 .918 .911 .885 .897 .886 .908 .912
Note: These numbers were run based on data from 1996 through 2000. The initial item analyses were run for all items with sample sizes larger than 300
Form # 51 52 53 54 55 56
Note: The 51L and 52L tests appear in both the ECS and Life Skills series * Note: These numbers were run based on data from 1996 through 2000. Initial item analyses were run for all items with sample sizes larger than 300
Evaluation:
Validity Evidence
Criterion-related validity
Construct validity
Content-related validity
Critique
All discuss our critiques