1. Evaluating MAT 7- Metropolitan Achievement Test
Mini-Project 1: Evaluation of a Standardized Test Cindy Butzke, Sheri Paden, Jane Strawhecker
Evaluating MAT 7-
Metropolitan Achievement Test

2. General Information Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT 7)
Publishing Company: The Psychological Corporation, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Incorporated, 1993
Cost: $62.50 for complete battery at each grade level; $50 per 100 for machine scored sheets.
Administration times: Averages 4 hours.

3. Purpose and Nature of Test
Purpose: The primary purpose of any testing program is the improvement of instruction . This test is designed to measure the achievement of students in the major skills and content areas of the school curriculum.
Population: Kindergarten through twelfth grades.
Content: Reading, Math, Language, Science, and Social Studies

4. Technical Evaluation
Norms/Standards
-Types: Percentile ranks, stanines, grade equivalent, normal curve equivalents (NCE’s)
-Standardization sample- Representative of the school population in terms of geographic region, SES, urbanicity, ethnicity, as well as handicapping conditions.

5. Reliability
-Two types were represented – the internal consistency and alternate forms.
-The Kuder-Richardson procedures provide estimates in reliability in appendix format.
Validity
-All types of evidence are included: content-related,criterion-related,and construct-related.

6. Procedures to Eliminate Bias
- An advisory panel reviewed items for tryout; especially in the areas of Reading comprehension, Social Studies and Language.
-Made recommendations to The Psychological Corporation.

7. Summary of M.M.Y. Reviewer
Extensive updating and review of items from MAT 6.
Followed procedure s for developing tests-consulting educational associations (I.R.A., NCTM, NCSS, and NCTE)
Aligned with changes in curriculum and current assessment trends.
Balance of cognitive skills.
Content validity is thoroughly demonstrated.

8. Critique of MAT7
Covers content areas.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Recommendation

9. Standardized Testing Translating Targets into Assessment
*Clarifying Targets
Test
Development
Evaluate
Attention to
Sound Sampling
Setting Standards Of
Acceptable
Performance
Control Of
Bias
Test
Norming