Publications by Steve Hoffman
DAM 2 Assignment
Purpose of the Data-Analytic Memo On September 1, 2022, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released scores produced following “a special administration of the NAEP long-term trend (LTT) reading and mathematics assessments for age 9 students to examine student achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic.” https://www.nationsrepor...
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Slides Oct 6 (better than Oct 4)
October 6 Hoffman October 6, 2022 Read for today: Mathematics Framework for the 2026 NAEP: Chapter 2, pages 14 - 48 Reading Framework for the 2019 NAEP, Chapter 2, pages 17 - 46 NOTE: There might be a short-essay queston or two about this on this week’s quiz. Best to read these before opening the quiz. Bullets When you click the Render butt...
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Slides Oct 20
Class Slides Oct 20 Hoffman Schedule: More reliability readings Tuesday DAM 3 due Wednesday Quiz opening up on Thursday about reliability and anything previous No Class Thursday, but readings and a Panopto about Validity Error (Credit to Professor Dan Koretz of Harvard University for many of these explanations.) One of the most important concep...
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DAM 3 Assignment
Purpose of the Data-Analytic memo Here you will conduct another set of analyses on behalf of the trio of 3rd-grade teachers at Lindquist Elementary School in Hometown, USA that was so impressed with your work last month. Ms. Atwell, Ms. Barnes, and Mr. Campbell still have the 18 students assigned to their classrooms, and they continue plan the...
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Slides Nov 1
November 1 slides Hoffman Schedule until T-brake November 1: Score Inflation (Alexa, Josephine, Patrick) November 3: Adverse impact and bias November 8: Testing special populations (Julia, Molly, Zoeie) November 10: College Admissions (Iman, Mary, Rachel) November 15: Cheating (Gray, James, Nico) November 17: More cheating (Alex, EMack, and Etha...
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November 3 slides
November 3 slides Hoffman Schedule until T-break November 8: Testing special populations (Julia, Molly, Zoeie) November 10: College Admissions (Iman, Mary, Rachel) November 15: Cheating (Gray, James, Nico) November 17: More cheating (Alex, EMack, and Ethan) Discussion post closes tomorrow night! DAM4 assigned soonish (depends on today) due ...
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DAM 4
Purpose of the Data-Analytic Memo On October 24, 2022, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released scores on the “main” National Assessment of Educational Progress for 4th and 8th grade students in Math and Reading. https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ Like after the previous release of the long-term trend scores in September, ...
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November 8 Slides
November 8 slides Hoffman Schedule until T-break November 10: College Admissions (Iman, Mary, Rachel) November 15: Cheating (Gray, James, Nico) November 17: More cheating (Alex, EMack, and Ethan) DAM4 due on Sunday, November 13 (flexible, though) Where we stopped on Nov 4 Effects of selectivity: Unless everyone is selected, high-scoring groups ...
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DAM5 Assignment
Purpose of the Data-Analytic memo Here you will conduct yet another set of analyses on behalf of the trio of 3rd-grade teachers at Lindquist Elementary School in Hometown, USA that have been so impressed with your work. Ms. Atwell, Ms. Barnes, and Mr. Campbell still have the 18 students assigned to each of their classrooms, and they continue p...
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