May a sampling design be used to collect information for measuring school and district progress?
If a school receives Title I funds, assessment data about student performance in at least reading/language arts and mathematics must be used in determining whether the school is making adequate yearly progress. Therefore, any sampling design used must provide results that can be reported at the school level in at least these two content areas. 53. May State assessments employ matrix sampling in Title I schools? Matrix sampling is a technique in which the total set of assessment items is divided among several test forms, usually of comparable difficulty. Within a school (or other unit of interest),results are available based on the whole set of items; however, each student responds to only a portion of the items. For example, three different versions of a test in a content area may be developed, with each form containing a different set of items and tasks. Because each student receives only one of the test forms, each student responds to only one-third of the items covered by the entire
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