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Date:	Dec 24, 2014
Document:	Click Here
Status:	Release
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Abstract:	In 2014 McGraw-Hill Education CTB conducted a set of Research Studies regarding the use of automated scoring for short-text and essay items on the Smarter Balanced assessments. This is a report of the results of those studies. In addition to the primary document, the report includes the following appendices: Appendix 3.A ELA Literacy Appendix 3.B Mathematics and MReasoning Appendix 3.C Essay Appendix 3.D Appendix 4.A Appendix 4.B Adjudication Details Appendix 5.A Principle Comp and Clusters Appendix 5.B Discrepancy ELAMA Essay Appendix 5.C Polyserial Correlations Appendix 5.D Performance Tables ELA Literature Appendix 5.E Performance Tables Mathematics Appendix 5.F Performance Tables Essay

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