Secondary Social Studies End of Course Testing Becky Griffith United States History Civics and Economics

Design of United States History End Of Course Exam  4 Operational Sections With 20 Items Each  1 Experimental Section With 20 Field Test Items  80 Total Operational Items  20 Total Field Test Items  100 Total Items Per Form

Design of United States History End Of Course Exam  Each section samples 3 USH SCOS goals.  Sections and items within each section are chronologically ordered.  Experimental section is located before / after the operational section that it mimics.

Design of Civics & Economics End Of Course Exam  4 Operational Sections With 20 Items Each  1 Experimental Section With 20 Field Test Items  80 Total Operational Items  20 Field Test Items  100 Total Items Per Form

Design of Civics & Economics End Of Course Exam  Each section samples the entire C&E SCOS.  Experimental section is located at random.

Cognitive Demand / Thinking Skills SCOS Lower v. Higher Order Thinking Skills Test Specs Lower v. Higher Order Thinking Skills United States History 13%87%40%60% Civics & Economics 28%72%40%60%

Lower Order Thinking Skills  40% of the total  Knowing  Organizing  Applying  25% Easy  50% Medium  25% Hard

Higher Order Thinking Skills  60% of the total  Analyzing  Generating  Integrating  Evaluating  25% Easy  50% Medium  25% Hard

Sample Questions  Civics and Economics esting/eoc/cnesampleitems.pdf esting/eoc/cnesampleitems.pdf  United States History  esting/eoc/ushistorysampleitems.pdf esting/eoc/ushistorysampleitems.pdf

Released Forms  Released Forms Released Forms  Assessment Brief Assessment Brief  Civics and Economics Form F Civics and Economics Form F  US History Form F US History Form F

General Information  Information about the End-of-Course test including the purpose of the test, what is measured, how the test was developed, and how scores are reported  Civics and Economics  ability/testing/2007civicseconomicstis.pdf ability/testing/2007civicseconomicstis.pdf  United States History  ability/testing/2007ushistorytis..pdf ability/testing/2007ushistorytis..pdf

Achievement Levels  Civics and Economics  ntability/testing/shared/achievele vel/cne ntability/testing/shared/achievele vel/cne  US History  ntability/testing/shared/achievele vel/ushis ntability/testing/shared/achievele vel/ushis

Test Development Process  ity/latestflowchart.pdf ity/latestflowchart.pdf

The Green Book  ty/testing/reports/green/greenbook0809.pdf ty/testing/reports/green/greenbook0809.pdf The Green Book Archives

Testing Results  publicschools/AutoForwar d.do?forward=eoc.pagedef publicschools/AutoForwar d.do?forward=eoc.pagedef

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