ERIC ED452147: The National Council for Geographic Education Standards-Based Geography Test. Intermediate Level. Directions for Administering.

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Standards-Based Geography Test. Intermediate Level.
Directions for Administering.
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ABSTRACT
This document contains a test designed by the National
Council for Geographic Education for middle school students to determine what
knowledge, skills, and understandings students have developed in geography.
The document also contains directions for administering the test, test
performance data from a sample of 468 middle school students in 18 states, an
answer sheet, and a scoring mask.
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THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION
STANDARDS-BASED GEOGRAPHY TEST
Intermediate Level
Directions for Administering
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The examiner/teacher should become thoroughly familiar with the test materials and
directions before attempting to administer this test. Deviation from the prescribed
procedure may invalidate the results.
Time and Space Requirements
A period of 40 to 45 minutes usually is required for administering each part of the test.
However, time is not a major concern; students should be allowed whatever time they
need, within reason, for completing each part. Hopefully, the parts can be administered
on two consecutive days at approximately the same time of day. Preliminary activities,
distribution of materials, and reading specific instructions, especially on the first day,
should require no more than 5 to 10 minutes.
The place for testing should be the students' regular classroom. Physical conditions such
as spacing of student desks well apart, lighting, ventilation, and freedom from
interruption should be satisfactory for optimum test results. Students should be asked to
bring a book to the testing session or have some other quiet activity planned in the event
they finish ahead of others.
Testing Materials Required
The test booklets have been designed to require students to mark their answers on the
separate answer sheet provided with these directions. Students should not write on the
test booklets.
For each test, each student will need:
a test booklet
1.
an answer sheet
2.
a No. 2 lead pencil and an eraser
3.
The examiner/teacher will need:
additional answer sheets for students who may ruin their first one
1.
a supply of spare pencils for students who may need a replacement
2.
a complete set of directions for administering the test
3.
Instructions for Marking the Answer Sheets
Say to students:
You are about to take a geography test. All answers to questions on this test must
be marked on the separate answer sheet I am going to pass out. You are not to
make any stray marks on your answer sheet. Write only where I instruct you to
write. Now clear your desks of all materials. Separate your desks so that they
are well apart.
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THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION
STANDARDS-BASED GEOGRAPHY TEST
Intermediate Level
Parts I and II
To the Student:
This test is designed to find out what knowledge, skills, and understandings you have developed in geography.
Each of the questions in this test relates to one of the standards in Geography for Life: National Geography
Standards 1994. You will use maps, graphs, drawings, and pictures to answer many of the questions. In addition,
you will be asked to demonstrate how well you can use certain geographic skills.
You will have to refer to the maps, graphs, drawings, and pictures above certain test items to answer many of the
questions. Some of the questions will require you to study the maps, graphs, drawings, and pictures and to use
previously acquired knowledge before selecting an answer. All questions have four possible answers. In each case,
you should select the correct answer, then mark your answer on a separate answer sheet. Do not write on the test
booklet. Mark only in the spaces provided on the answer sheet. Do not spend too much time on a difficult
question. Now, listen carefully while your teacher explains how to take this test.
DO NOT OPEN THE TEST BOOKLET UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO
©Copyright 2000 by the National Council for Geographic Education. Do not quote, excerpt, or reproduce without written
permission from The National Council for Geographic Education.
This test was revised by the Test Development Task Force of the National Council for Geographic
Education. Appreciation is expressed to the members of the Task Force for their diligent effort over the
past several yearsformulating and compiling test items, gathering and analyzing data, and carrying out
many other tasks associated with the test's revision. A special indebtedness in owed to Ms. Chris
Wissmiller for the layout and design of the test. Also thanks are due to the teachers who wrote new test
items, and to those teachers and students in the eighteen states who participated in the pilot testing and
final data collection.
Norman C. Bettis, Chair
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Illinois State University
Campus Box 5330
Normal, IL 61790-5330
Mary Ann Han lin
Elmwood Elementary School
Elmwood, IL 61529
Fred Walk
Normal Community High School
Normal, IL 61761
Layout and design by:
Chris VVissmiller
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Illinois State University
Campus Box 5330
Normal, IL 61790-5330
Copyright © 2000 National Council for Geographic Education
To obtain copies of this test, contact the National Council for Geographic Education, 16A Leonard Hall,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705 www.ncge.orq
NCGE INTERMEDIATE STANDARDS-BASED GEOGRAPHY TEST
TEST DATA
April, 2000
This test was administered to a sample of 468 middle school students from
eighteen states during the late winter-early spring of 2000. Approximately
equal numbers of students were drawn from each state. States participating
in the testing included Hawaii, Oregon, Utah, New Mexico, South Dakota,
Kansas, Iowa, Arkansas, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, New
York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South
Carolina. Socioeconomic status of students, as judged by the teachers who
volunteered to administer the test, ranged from lower to upper middle class.
Teachers gave consideration to such factors as numbers of students on free
lunch programs and the educational level of their student's parents.
Item analysis of the 468 useable answer sheets yielded the performance data
provided here as well as the separate item difficulty and discrimination data
that is provided on a separate sheet.
Number of Test Items
90
Number of Students (Middle School)
468
Test Mean
51.93
Range
86
17
Standard Deviation
13.64
Standard Error of Measurement
4.22
KR20 Reliability Coefficient
.90
6
NCGE SUBTEST DATA BY ESSENTIAL ELEMENT
April, 2000
The World in Spatial Terms
Environment and Society
Number of Items
Number of Test Items
20
14
Number of Students
Number of Students
468
468
Test Mean
Test Mean
7.24
12.11
1 -14
Range
2 - 20
Range
Standard Deviation
Standard Deviation
2.58 3.88
Std. Error
Std. Error
1.97
1.67
KR20 Reliability Coefficient
KR20 Reliability Coefficient .74
.58
Places and Regions
Uses of Geography
Number of Test Items
Number of Test Items
16
8
Number of Students
Number of Students
468
468
4.47
Test Mean
Test Mean.
9.85
2 -16
Range
Range
0 - 8
Standard Deviation
Standard Deviation
2.88
1.63
Standard Error
Standard Error
1.74 1.23
KR20 Reliability Coefficient .43
KR20 Reliability Coefficient
.64
Physical Systems
Number of Test Items
9
Number of Students
468
Test Mean
5.12
Range
0
9
Standard Deviation
1.83
Standard Error
1.36
KR20 Reliability Coefficient .44
Human Systems
Number of Test Items
23
Number of Students
468
Test Mean
13.14
22
Range
1
4.17
Standard Deviation
2.14
Standard Error
KR20 Reliability Coefficient .74
NCGE INTERMEDIATE STANDARDS-BASED GEOGRAPHY TEST
TEST DATA
April 2000
Key Difficulty Discrimination
Difficulty Discrimination
Item
Key
Item
4
57 .72
.63 .37
.56
3
1
.20
2
58 .65
.83
4
2
.41
.90 .47
59 .62
4
.15
3
1
.22
.89 60 .50
4
.27
2
1
.84
.52
.28
.68
61
5 3
1
.48
62
.73 .63
.50
6
3 3
.42 .39
.17
63 4
7 2
.51
.49
.14
.38
64
.65
2
8
1
.59
.28
.52
9 4
.55
65
1
.48
.75
4
66 .08
.35
10
3
.79
.68 67
4 4
.38
.43
11
.67
4
.18
68
.33
.33
12
3
.37 .47
69
.35
.51
13
1
1
.49 .40
.75 70
4
2
.41
14
.70 .59
.52
.55
4
71
15
3
.59
.42 .16
.35
72 2
16 4
.66 .49
.60
73
17 .41
3
1
.44
74 .78
.47
.59
4
18
1
.68 .39 .27 .05
75
19 2
3
20
.72
.70 .50
.36 76
3
1
.60
.36 77 .66
21 2 .71 2
.54
22
.52 .56 78 .48
2
1
79 .37
.46
23 4
.53
.71
1
24
.34 80 .48
.35
.38
2
1
.37
.35
.22
25
.21
81
3
1
26
.34
82 .78
.19
.43
3 3
27 .44
4 4
83
.61 .41 .51
28 .57
.47 84
.38
.63
4
4
29
.52
.22
.43
2
.53
85
1
30 .60
.37 86
.31
2 .51
3
4 .47
.04
.50
.18 87
31
1
.43
32 .29 .19
.56
88 4
3
.26
.62 .39 89 .57
33 4
3
34 .76
.48
.38
90 .28
4
1
.60
.48
35
1
.34
36
.53
3
37
.26
.43
2
38
.68
.41
2
39
.45
.65
3
40
.36
.25
2
.79
.36
41
1
42
.25
.36
3
.50
.40
43
1
44
.27 .40
1
45 .47 .34
2
46 4
.68 .52
47 .76
.39
2
48
.44
.83
3
49 .74
.39
4
50 .90
.25
1
.37
.46
51
3
.77
52
.39
1
.47
53
.37
3
54 .49
.30
3
.45
55 2
.11
56
.57
4
.63
ITEM CLASSIFICATION
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION
STANDARDS-BASED GEOGRAPHY TEST
Intermediate Level
The NCGE Test Development Committee classified the test items on this test to the
Geography for Life National Geography Standards 1994.
Test Items
Standard
Essential Element
1, 5, 6, 37, 38, 39,
40
1
18, 19, 20, 27, 28,
World in
29,
32,
33
2
11, 12, 13, 34, 71
Spatial Terms
3
10, 15, 16, 17, 35,
43
4
21, 25, 45, 72
Places and
5
47, 48, 49, 50, 88,
89
Regions
6
7, 8, 9, 67,
Physical
7
46, 51, 52, 65, 66
Systems
8
30, 70, 73, 82
9
23, 57, 58, 59, 64,
68
10
24, 60, 80, 83
Human
11
4, 26, 54, 55, 56
Systems
12
61, 62, 63, 76
13
14,31,41, 53, 85
14
42, 69, 74, 75
Environment
15
77, 84, 86, 87, 90
And Society
16
44, 78, 79, 81
Uses of
17
2, 3, 22, 36
Geography
18
ANSWER SHEET
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION
STANDARDS-BASED GEOGRAPHY TEST
Intermediate Level
Teachers who wish to hand score the NCGE Standards-Based Geography Test may want
to use this answer sheet.
Student Information
Date
Name
State
City
School
Teacher
Class
Grade
PART I
(4)
(2)
(3)
(4) (2)
(1) (2)
61. (1)
32. (3) (4)
(1)
(3)
1.
(4)
(2)
(4)
(4)
(3)
(2) (3)
(1) (2)
62. (1)
(3) 33.
(1)
2.
(4)
(2)
(3)
(2)
(1)
34. (3)
63.
(4)
(1) (4)
(1) (2)
(3)
3.
(4)
(2)
(3)
(2)
(1)
(3)
(1) (2)
64.
(4)
(4)
35. (1)
(3)
4.
(4)
(2)
(3)
(2)
(1)
(3)
65.
(4)
(4)
36. (1)
(1) (2)
(3)
5.
(4)
(2)
(3)
(2)
(1)
(3)
(4)
66.
(4)
37. (1)
(1) (2)
(3)
6.
(4)
(2)
(3)
(4) (2)
(4) (1)
(3)
(1) (2)
67.
(3) 38. (1)
7.
(4)
(2)
(3)
(2)
(4) 68. (1)
(1) (3)
(1) (2)
(4)
39.
(3)
8.
(4)
(2)
(3)
(2)
(4) (1)
(1) (3)
69.
(4) 40.
(1) (2)
(3)
9.
(4)
(2)
(3)
41. (2)
(1)
(1) (3)
70.
(4)
10. (1) (2)
(3) (4)
(4)
(2)
(3)
(1)
71.
42. (2)
(1) (4)
(4)
(3)
11. (1) (2)
(3)
(4)
(2)
(3)
(4) (1)
(1) (2)
72.
43.
(3)
(4)
12. (1) (2)
(3)
(4)
(3)
(2)
(1)
73.
(4)
13. (1) (2)
(3)
PART II
(4)
(2)
(3)
74. (1)
(4)
14. (1) (2)
(3)
(4)
(2)
(3)
44.
75. (1)
(2)
(4)
(1) (3) (4)
15. (1) (2)
(3)
(4)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2) (3)
76.
(4) 45.
(4)
(1)
16. (1) (2)
(3)
(4)
(2)
(3)
(4) 77. (1)
(1) (2) (3)
(4)
17. (1) (2)
46.
(3)
(2) (4)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(4) 78.
(1) (3)
(4) 47.
18. (1) (2)
(3)
(4)
(2)
(3)
(1)
48.
79.
(1) (2) (3)
(4)
19. (1) (2)
(4)
(3)
(4)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(4)
80.
20. (1) (2)
(1) (2)
49.
(3)
(3) (4)
(4)
(1)
(1) (3)
(4)
(4)
81.
21. (1) (2)
(1) (2)
(3)
(3)
50.
(4)
(2)
(1) (3)
(3)
(4) (1)
(4)
22. (1) (2)
82.
(2)
51.
(3)
(4)
(2)
(3)
(1)
83.
(4) (2)
23. (1) (2)
(3) (4)
52. (1)
(3)
(4)
(2)
(1) (3)
84.
24. (1) (2)
(2) (4)
(4)
(3)
(1)
53.
(3)
(4)
(2)
(1) (3)
(1)
25. (1) (2)
85.
(2) (4)
(4)
54. (3)
(3)
(4)
(2)
(1) (3)
86.
(1) (2) (3)
26. (1) (2)
(4)
55. (4)
(3)
(2) (4)
(1) (3)
27. (1) (2)
87.
(4)
(1) (2) (4)
56. (3)
(3)
(4)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2) (4)
28. (1) (2)
(3)
88.
(1)
(4)
57.
(3)
(4)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(3)
(1)
(4)
29. (1) (2)
89.
(2)
(3) (4)
58.
(4)
(2)
(3)
(1)
90.
(2)
30. (1) (2)
(4)
(1) (3)
(4)
59.
(3)
(4)
31. (1) (2)
(2) (3)
(4)
60. (1)
(3)
10