Test Accessibility: Item Reviews and Lessons Learned from Four State Assessments
Table 4
Accessibility ratings for science items by state.
Grade
Number of items
Item analysis rubric ratings
Overall analysis rubric ratings
Passage
Item stimulus
Item stem
Visuals
Answer choices
Page/Item layout
M (SD)
M (SD)
M (SD)
M (SD)
M (SD)
M (SD)
M (SD)
State A
21
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2.9 (0.8)
3.0 (0.8)
3.7 (0.5)
3.1 (0.8)
3.6 (0.7)
2.8 (0.6)
State B
60
3.4 (0.5)
3.0 (0.7)
3.2 (0.7)
3.0 (0.9)
2.8 (0.8)
3.5 (0.6)
2.7 (0.7)
State C
101
3.4 (0.6)
3.0 (0.6)
3.1 (0.7)
3.0 (1.1)
3.0 (0.7)
3.3 (0.6)
2.7 (0.5)
State D
100
2.5 (0.6)
3.6 (0.6)
3.0 (0.7)
2.8 (1.0)
2.7 (0.7)
3.0 (0.7)
2.5 (0.5)
Accessibility ratings should be interpreted as follows: 4 = maximally accessible for nearly all test takers; 3 = maximally accessible for most test takers; 2 = maximally accessible for some test takers; 1 = inaccessible for many test takers.
