OAE Technical Reports

Development and Validation Technical Report

The Development and Validation Technical Report describes the activities undertaken to provide validity evidence that supports the use of the assessments included in the Ohio Assessments for Educators (OAE) program and provides information to support the validity of score interpretations. The report is intended for policy makers, state educators, and other interested stakeholders who would like to learn more about

the purpose, structure, and composition of the OAE testing program;
the assessment frameworks (i.e., test competencies) and test item validation processes;
the content and bias review processes; and
the establishment of Ohio passing standards.

PDF Development and Validation Technical Report (2012–2014)
PDF Development and Validation Technical Report Addendum (2014–2016)
PDF Development and Validation Technical Report Addendum (2016–2018)
PDF Development and Validation Technical Report Addendum (2018–2020)

As new assessments are added to the program, their corresponding validation evidence will be added to the report as addenda.

Test Administration Technical Reports

The Test Administration Technical Reports provide information on the technical characteristics of the assessments and score reporting for the Ohio Assessments for Educators (OAE) program.

These reports are intended for policy makers, state educators, and other interested stakeholders who would like to learn more about

the scoring and reporting of multiple-choice and constructed-response assessments;
the construction of test forms based on item analyses;
test equating; and
test reliability.

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