Appendix F Common Item and Anchor Item Check

F-2

Figures List Figure F1 ’A’ and ‘B’ Parameters for Grade 3 Form 1 and Form 2 Common Items ..................................F-3 Figure F2 ’A’ and ‘B’ Parameters for Grade 4 Form 1 and Form 2 Common Items ..................................F-4 Figure F3 ’A’ and ‘B’ Parameters for Grade 5 Form 1 and Form 2 Common Items ..................................F-5 Figure F4 ’A’ and ‘B’ Parameters for Grade 6 Form 1 and Form 2 Common Items ..................................F-6 Figure F5 ’A’ and ‘B’ Parameters for Grade 7 Form 1 and Form 2 Common Items ..................................F-7 Figure F6 ’A’ and ‘B’ Parameters for Grade 8 Form 1 and Form 2 Common Items ..................................F-8 Figure F7 ’A’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 3 .............................................F-9 Figure F8 ‘B’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 3 ...........................................F-10 Figure F9 P-Values of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 3.............................................................F-11 Figure F10 ’A’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 4 .........................................F-12 Figure F11 ‘B’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 4 .........................................F-13 Figure F12 P-Values of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 4...........................................................F-14 Figure F13 ’A’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 5 .........................................F-15 Figure F14 ‘B’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 5 .........................................F-16 Figure F15 P-Values of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 5...........................................................F-17 Figure F16 ’A’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 6 .........................................F-18 Figure F17 ‘B’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 6 .........................................F-19 Figure F18 P-Values of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 6...........................................................F-20 Figure F19 ’A’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 7 .........................................F-21 Figure F20 ’B’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 7 .........................................F-22 Figure F21 P-Values of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 7...........................................................F-23 Figure F22 ’A’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 8 .........................................F-24 Figure F23 ’B’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 8 .........................................F-25 Figure F24 P-Values of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 8...........................................................F-26 Figure F25 Final TCC and SEM Curves for Grade 3 ................................................................................F-27 Figure F26 Final TCC and SEM Curves for Grade 4 ................................................................................F-28 Figure F27 Final TCC and SEM Curves for Grade 5 ................................................................................F-29 Figure F28 Final TCC and SEM Curves for Grade 6 ................................................................................F-30 Figure F29 Final TCC and SEM Curves for Grade 7 ................................................................................F-31 Figure F30 Final TCC and SEM Curves for Grade 8 ................................................................................F-32

F-3

Figure F1 ’A’ and ‘B’ Parameters for Grade 3 Form 1 and Form 2 Common Items

"A" Parameters for MA 3 Forms 1 and 2

-0.5

-0.4

-0.3

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

-0.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3

Form 1

Form

2

"B" Parameters for MA 3 Forms 1 and 2

-5

-4

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2

Form 1

Form

2

F-4

Figure F2 ’A’ and ‘B’ Parameters for Grade 4 Form 1 and Form 2 Common Items

"A" Parameters for MA 4 Forms 1 and 2

-0.5

-0.4

-0.3

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

-0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2

Form 1

Form

2

"B" Parameters for MA 4 Forms 1 and 2

-5

-4

-3

-2

-1

0

1

-3 -2.5 -2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1

Form 1

Form

2

F-5

Figure F3 ’A’ and ‘B’ Parameters for Grade 5 Form 1 and Form 2 Common Items

"A" Parameters for MA 5 Forms 1 and 2

-0.6-0.5-0.4-0.3-0.2-0.1

00.10.20.30.40.5

-0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4

Form 1

Form

2

"B" Parameters for MA 5 Forms 1 and 2

-4

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

Form 1

Form

2

F-6

Figure F4 ’A’ and ‘B’ Parameters for Grade 6 Form 1 and Form 2 Common Items

"A" Parameters for MA 6 Forms 1 and 2

-0.4

-0.3

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

-0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3

Form 1

Form

2

"B" Parameters for MA 6 Forms 1 and 2

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

-2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2

Form 1

Form

2

F-7

Figure F5 ’A’ and ‘B’ Parameters for Grade 7 Form 1 and Form 2 Common Items

"A" Parameters for MA 7 Forms 1 and 2

-0.3

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

-0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5

Form 1

Form

2

"B" Parameters for MA 7 Forms 1 and 2

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

Form 1

Form

2

F-8

Figure F6 ’A’ and ‘B’ Parameters for Grade 8 Form 1 and Form 2 Common Items

"A" Parameters for MA 8 Forms 1 and 2

-0.4

-0.3

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

-0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5

Form 1

Form

2

"B" Parameters for MA 8 Forms 1 and 2

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

Form 1

Form

2

F-9

Figure F7 ’A’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 3

F-10

Figure F8 ‘B’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 3

F-11

Figure F9 P-Values of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 3

F-12

Figure F10 ’A’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 4

F-13

Figure F11 ‘B’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 4

F-14

Figure F12 P-Values of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 4

F-15

Figure F13 ’A’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 5

F-16

Figure F14 ‘B’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 5

F-17

Figure F15 P-Values of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 5

F-18

Figure F16 ’A’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 6

F-19

Figure F17 ‘B’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 6

F-20

Figure F18 P-Values of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 6

F-21

Figure F19 ’A’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 7

F-22

Figure F20 ’B’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 7

F-23

Figure F21 P-Values of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 7

F-24

Figure F22 ’A’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 8

F-25

Figure F23 ’B’ Item Parameters of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 8

F-26

Figure F24 P-Values of 2004 and 2005 Anchor Items for Grade 8

F-27

Figure F25 Final TCC and SEM Curves for Grade 3

Form 1Form 2

Form 1

Form 2

F-28

Figure F26 Final TCC and SEM Curves for Grade 4

Form 1Form 2

Form 1

Form 2

F-29

Figure F27 Final TCC and SEM Curves for Grade 5

Form 1Form 2

Form 1

Form 2

F-30

Figure F28 Final TCC and SEM Curves for Grade 6

Form 1Form 2

Form 1

Form 2

F-31

Figure F29 Final TCC and SEM Curves for Grade 7

Form 1Form 2

Form 1

Form 2

F-32

Figure F30 Final TCC and SEM Curves for Grade 8

Form 1

Form 2

Form 1

Form 2