Statistical Standards Program Table of Contents 1. Development
of Concepts and Methods 2. Planning and Design of Surveys 2-1
Design of Surveys 2-2 Survey Response Rate Parameters 2-3
Developing RFPs for Surveys 2-4 Pretesting Survey Systems 2-5
Maintaining Data Series Over Time 2-6 Educational Testing 3.
Collection of Data 4. Processing and Editing of Data 5. Analysis
of Data / Production of Estimates or Projections 6.
Establishment of Review Procedures 7. Dissemination of Data For
help viewing PDF files, please click here |PLANNING AND DESIGN
OF SURVEYS| SUBJECT: EDUCATIONAL TESTING NCES STANDARD: 2-6
PURPOSE: To ensure that educational tests used in NCES surveys
for measuring and making inferences about education-related
domains are valid, technically sound, and fair. To ensure that
the administration and scoring of educational tests are
standardized, that scales used over time are stable, and that
the results are reported in a clear unbiased manner. KEY TERMS:
accommodation, assessment, classical test theo