id	sid	tid	token	lemma	pos
epaa-75	1	1	microsoft	microsoft	PROPN
epaa-75	1	2	word	word	NOUN
epaa-75	1	3	v14n4.doc	v14n4.doc	PROPN
epaa-75	1	4	readers	reader	NOUN
epaa-75	1	5	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	1	6	free	free	ADJ
epaa-75	1	7	to	to	PART
epaa-75	1	8	copy	copy	VERB
epaa-75	1	9	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	1	10	display	display	NOUN
epaa-75	1	11	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	1	12	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	1	13	distribute	distribute	VERB
epaa-75	1	14	this	this	DET
epaa-75	1	15	article	article	NOUN
epaa-75	1	16	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	1	17	as	as	ADV
epaa-75	1	18	long	long	ADV
epaa-75	1	19	as	as	SCONJ
epaa-75	1	20	the	the	DET
epaa-75	1	21	work	work	NOUN
epaa-75	1	22	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	1	23	attributed	attribute	VERB
epaa-75	1	24	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	1	25	the	the	DET
epaa-75	1	26	author(s	author(s	NOUN
epaa-75	1	27	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	1	28	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	1	29	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	1	30	policy	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	1	31	analysis	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	1	32	archives	archive	NOUN
epaa-75	1	33	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	1	34	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	1	35	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	1	36	distributed	distribute	VERB
epaa-75	1	37	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	1	38	noncommercial	noncommercial	ADJ
epaa-75	1	39	purposes	purpose	NOUN
epaa-75	1	40	only	only	ADV
epaa-75	1	41	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	1	42	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	1	43	no	no	DET
epaa-75	1	44	alteration	alteration	NOUN
epaa-75	1	45	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	1	46	transformation	transformation	NOUN
epaa-75	1	47	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	1	48	made	make	VERB
epaa-75	1	49	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	1	50	the	the	DET
epaa-75	1	51	work	work	NOUN
epaa-75	1	52	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	2	1	more	more	ADJ
epaa-75	2	2	details	detail	NOUN
epaa-75	2	3	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	2	4	this	this	DET
epaa-75	2	5	creative	creative	ADJ
epaa-75	2	6	commons	common	NOUN
epaa-75	2	7	license	license	NOUN
epaa-75	2	8	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	2	9	available	available	ADJ
epaa-75	2	10	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	2	11	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/.	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/.	PROPN
epaa-75	2	12	all	all	DET
epaa-75	2	13	other	other	ADJ
epaa-75	2	14	uses	use	NOUN
epaa-75	2	15	must	must	AUX
epaa-75	2	16	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	2	17	approved	approve	VERB
epaa-75	2	18	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	2	19	the	the	DET
epaa-75	2	20	author(s	author(s	NOUN
epaa-75	2	21	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	2	22	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	2	23	epaa	epaa	NOUN
epaa-75	2	24	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	3	1	epaa	epaa	PROPN
epaa-75	3	2	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	3	3	published	publish	VERB
epaa-75	3	4	jointly	jointly	ADV
epaa-75	3	5	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	3	6	the	the	DET
epaa-75	3	7	colleges	college	NOUN
epaa-75	3	8	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	3	9	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	3	10	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	3	11	arizona	arizona	PROPN
epaa-75	3	12	state	state	PROPN
epaa-75	3	13	university	university	PROPN
epaa-75	3	14	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	3	15	the	the	DET
epaa-75	3	16	university	university	NOUN
epaa-75	3	17	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	3	18	south	south	PROPN
epaa-75	3	19	florida	florida	PROPN
epaa-75	3	20	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	4	1	articles	article	NOUN
epaa-75	4	2	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	4	3	indexed	index	VERB
epaa-75	4	4	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	4	5	h.w	h.w	PROPN
epaa-75	4	6	.	.	PROPN
epaa-75	4	7	wilson	wilson	PROPN
epaa-75	4	8	&	&	CCONJ
epaa-75	4	9	co.	co.	PROPN
epaa-75	4	10	send	send	VERB
epaa-75	4	11	commentary	commentary	NOUN
epaa-75	4	12	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	4	13	casey	casey	PROPN
epaa-75	4	14	cobb	cobb	PROPN
epaa-75	4	15	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	4	16	casey.cobb@uconn.edu	casey.cobb@uconn.edu	X
epaa-75	4	17	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	4	18	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	4	19	errata	errata	VERB
epaa-75	4	20	notes	note	NOUN
epaa-75	4	21	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	4	22	sherman	sherman	PROPN
epaa-75	4	23	dorn	dorn	PROPN
epaa-75	4	24	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	4	25	epaa-editor@shermandorn.com	epaa-editor@shermandorn.com	PROPN
epaa-75	4	26	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	4	27	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	5	1	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	5	2	policy	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	5	3	analysis	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	5	4	archives	archive	NOUN
epaa-75	5	5	a	a	DET
epaa-75	5	6	peer	peer	NOUN
epaa-75	5	7	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	5	8	reviewed	review	VERB
epaa-75	5	9	scholarly	scholarly	ADJ
epaa-75	5	10	journal	journal	NOUN
epaa-75	5	11	editor	editor	NOUN
epaa-75	5	12	:	:	PUNCT
epaa-75	5	13	sherman	sherman	PROPN
epaa-75	5	14	dorn	dorn	PROPN
epaa-75	5	15	college	college	PROPN
epaa-75	5	16	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	5	17	education	education	PROPN
epaa-75	5	18	university	university	PROPN
epaa-75	5	19	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	5	20	south	south	PROPN
epaa-75	5	21	florida	florida	PROPN
epaa-75	5	22	volume	volume	NOUN
epaa-75	5	23	14	14	NUM
epaa-75	5	24	number	number	NOUN
epaa-75	5	25	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	5	26	february	february	NOUN
epaa-75	5	27	6	6	NUM
epaa-75	5	28	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	5	29	2006	2006	NUM
epaa-75	5	30	issn	issn	VERB
epaa-75	5	31	1068–2341	1068–2341	NUM
epaa-75	5	32	the	the	DET
epaa-75	5	33	legend	legend	NOUN
epaa-75	5	34	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	5	35	the	the	DET
epaa-75	5	36	large	large	ADJ
epaa-75	5	37	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	5	38	gains	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	5	39	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	5	40	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	5	41	gregory	gregory	PROPN
epaa-75	5	42	camilli	camilli	PROPN
epaa-75	5	43	sadako	sadako	PROPN
epaa-75	5	44	vargas	vargas	PROPN
epaa-75	5	45	rutgers	rutgers	PROPN
epaa-75	5	46	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	5	47	the	the	DET
epaa-75	5	48	state	state	PROPN
epaa-75	5	49	university	university	PROPN
epaa-75	5	50	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	5	51	new	new	PROPN
epaa-75	5	52	jersey	jersey	PROPN
epaa-75	5	53	citation	citation	NOUN
epaa-75	5	54	:	:	PUNCT
epaa-75	5	55	camilli	camilli	PROPN
epaa-75	5	56	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	5	57	g.	g.	PROPN
epaa-75	5	58	&	&	CCONJ
epaa-75	5	59	vargas	vargas	PROPN
epaa-75	5	60	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	5	61	s.	s.	PROPN
epaa-75	5	62	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	5	63	2006	2006	NUM
epaa-75	5	64	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	5	65	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	6	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	6	2	legend	legend	NOUN
epaa-75	6	3	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	6	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	6	5	large	large	ADJ
epaa-75	6	6	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	6	7	gains	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	6	8	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	6	9	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	6	10	–	–	PUNCT
epaa-75	6	11	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	6	12	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	7	1	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	7	2	policy	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	7	3	analysis	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	7	4	archives	archive	NOUN
epaa-75	7	5	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	7	6	14(4	14(4	NUM
epaa-75	7	7	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	7	8	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	8	1	retrieved	retrieve	VERB
epaa-75	8	2	[	[	PUNCT
epaa-75	8	3	date	date	NOUN
epaa-75	8	4	]	]	PUNCT
epaa-75	8	5	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	8	6	http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v14n4/.	http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v14n4/.	PROPN
epaa-75	8	7	abstract	abstract	ADJ
epaa-75	8	8	issues	issue	NOUN
epaa-75	8	9	related	relate	VERB
epaa-75	8	10	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	8	11	student	student	NOUN
epaa-75	8	12	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	8	13	teacher	teacher	NOUN
epaa-75	8	14	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	8	15	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	8	16	school	school	NOUN
epaa-75	8	17	accountability	accountability	NOUN
epaa-75	8	18	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	8	19	been	be	AUX
epaa-75	8	20	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	8	21	the	the	DET
epaa-75	8	22	forefront	forefront	NOUN
epaa-75	8	23	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	8	24	current	current	ADJ
epaa-75	8	25	educational	educational	ADJ
epaa-75	8	26	policy	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	8	27	initiatives	initiative	NOUN
epaa-75	8	28	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	9	1	recently	recently	ADV
epaa-75	9	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	9	3	the	the	DET
epaa-75	9	4	state	state	NOUN
epaa-75	9	5	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	9	6	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	9	7	has	have	AUX
epaa-75	9	8	become	become	VERB
epaa-75	9	9	a	a	DET
epaa-75	9	10	focal	focal	ADJ
epaa-75	9	11	point	point	NOUN
epaa-75	9	12	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	9	13	debate	debate	NOUN
epaa-75	9	14	regarding	regard	VERB
epaa-75	9	15	the	the	DET
epaa-75	9	16	efficacy	efficacy	NOUN
epaa-75	9	17	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	9	18	highstakes	highstake	NOUN
epaa-75	9	19	accountability	accountability	NOUN
epaa-75	9	20	models	model	NOUN
epaa-75	9	21	based	base	VERB
epaa-75	9	22	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	9	23	an	an	DET
epaa-75	9	24	ostensibly	ostensibly	ADV
epaa-75	9	25	large	large	ADJ
epaa-75	9	26	gain	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	9	27	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	9	28	10th	10th	ADJ
epaa-75	9	29	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	9	30	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	10	1	this	this	DET
epaa-75	10	2	paper	paper	NOUN
epaa-75	10	3	uses	use	VERB
epaa-75	10	4	an	an	DET
epaa-75	10	5	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	10	6	method	method	NOUN
epaa-75	10	7	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	10	8	evaluating	evaluate	VERB
epaa-75	10	9	the	the	DET
epaa-75	10	10	validity	validity	NOUN
epaa-75	10	11	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	10	12	10th	10th	ADJ
epaa-75	10	13	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	10	14	performance	performance	NOUN
epaa-75	10	15	gains	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	10	16	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	10	17	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	10	18	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	10	19	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	10	20	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	10	21	the	the	DET
epaa-75	10	22	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	10	23	comprehensive	comprehensive	PROPN
epaa-75	10	24	assessment	assessment	NOUN
epaa-75	10	25	system	system	NOUN
epaa-75	10	26	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	10	27	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	10	28	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	10	29	tests	test	NOUN
epaa-75	10	30	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	10	31	english	english	ADJ
epaa-75	10	32	language	language	NOUN
epaa-75	10	33	arts	art	NOUN
epaa-75	10	34	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	10	35	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	10	36	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	10	37	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	10	38	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	10	39	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	11	1	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	11	2	conclude	conclude	VERB
epaa-75	11	3	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	11	4	a	a	DET
epaa-75	11	5	moderate	moderate	ADJ
epaa-75	11	6	gain	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	11	7	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	11	8	obtained	obtain	VERB
epaa-75	11	9	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	11	10	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	11	11	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	11	12	a	a	DET
epaa-75	11	13	small	small	ADJ
epaa-75	11	14	gain	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	11	15	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	11	16	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	11	17	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	12	1	keywords	keyword	NOUN
epaa-75	12	2	:	:	PUNCT
epaa-75	12	3	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	12	4	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	12	5	performance	performance	NOUN
epaa-75	12	6	standards	standard	NOUN
epaa-75	12	7	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	12	8	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	12	9	response	response	NOUN
epaa-75	12	10	theory	theory	NOUN
epaa-75	12	11	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	12	12	validating	validate	VERB
epaa-75	12	13	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	12	14	gains	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	12	15	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	12	16	accountability	accountability	NOUN
epaa-75	12	17	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	13	1	introduction	introduction	NOUN
epaa-75	13	2	apparent	apparent	ADJ
epaa-75	13	3	achievement	achievement	NOUN
epaa-75	13	4	gains	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	13	5	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	13	6	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	13	7	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	13	8	stakes	stake	NOUN
epaa-75	13	9	tests	test	NOUN
epaa-75	13	10	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	13	11	been	be	AUX
epaa-75	13	12	received	receive	VERB
epaa-75	13	13	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	13	14	mixed	mixed	ADJ
epaa-75	13	15	reviews	review	NOUN
epaa-75	13	16	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	14	1	some	some	DET
epaa-75	14	2	researchers	researcher	NOUN
epaa-75	14	3	hold	hold	VERB
epaa-75	14	4	a	a	DET
epaa-75	14	5	positive	positive	ADJ
epaa-75	14	6	view	view	NOUN
epaa-75	14	7	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	14	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	14	9	potential	potential	NOUN
epaa-75	14	10	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	14	11	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	14	12	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	14	13	stakes	stake	NOUN
epaa-75	14	14	graduation	graduation	NOUN
epaa-75	14	15	tests	test	NOUN
epaa-75	14	16	while	while	SCONJ
epaa-75	14	17	others	other	NOUN
epaa-75	14	18	remain	remain	VERB
epaa-75	14	19	unconvinced	unconvinced	ADJ
epaa-75	14	20	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	14	21	the	the	DET
epaa-75	14	22	positive	positive	ADJ
epaa-75	14	23	impact	impact	NOUN
epaa-75	14	24	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	14	25	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	14	26	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	14	27	stakes	stake	NOUN
epaa-75	14	28	designations	designation	NOUN
epaa-75	14	29	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	15	1	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	15	2	example	example	NOUN
epaa-75	15	3	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	15	4	mehrens	mehren	NOUN
epaa-75	15	5	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	15	6	cizek	cizek	NOUN
epaa-75	15	7	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	15	8	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	15	9	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	15	10	argued	argue	VERB
epaa-75	15	11	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	15	12	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	15	13	increases	increase	VERB
epaa-75	15	14	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	15	15	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	15	16	most	most	ADV
epaa-75	15	17	often	often	ADV
epaa-75	15	18	represent	represent	VERB
epaa-75	15	19	real	real	ADJ
epaa-75	15	20	improvement	improvement	NOUN
epaa-75	15	21	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	15	22	respect	respect	NOUN
epaa-75	15	23	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	15	24	the	the	DET
epaa-75	15	25	domain	domain	NOUN
epaa-75	15	26	the	the	DET
epaa-75	15	27	tests	test	NOUN
epaa-75	15	28	sample	sample	NOUN
epaa-75	15	29	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	15	30	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	15	31	p.	p.	NOUN
epaa-75	15	32	481	481	NUM
epaa-75	15	33	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	15	34	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	16	1	koretz	koretz	PROPN
epaa-75	16	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	16	3	linn	linn	PROPN
epaa-75	16	4	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	16	5	dunbar	dunbar	PROPN
epaa-75	16	6	&	&	CCONJ
epaa-75	16	7	shepard	shepard	PROPN
epaa-75	16	8	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	16	9	1991	1991	NUM
epaa-75	16	10	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	16	11	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	16	12	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	16	13	the	the	DET
epaa-75	16	14	other	other	ADJ
epaa-75	16	15	hand	hand	NOUN
epaa-75	16	16	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	16	17	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	16	18	policy	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	16	19	analysis	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	16	20	archives	archive	NOUN
epaa-75	16	21	vol	vol	NOUN
epaa-75	16	22	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	17	1	14	14	NUM
epaa-75	17	2	no	no	NOUN
epaa-75	17	3	.	.	NOUN
epaa-75	17	4	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	17	5	2	2	NUM
epaa-75	17	6	compared	compare	VERB
epaa-75	17	7	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	17	8	results	result	NOUN
epaa-75	17	9	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	17	10	an	an	DET
epaa-75	17	11	existing	exist	VERB
epaa-75	17	12	third	third	ADJ
epaa-75	17	13	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	17	14	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	17	15	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	17	16	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	17	17	a	a	DET
epaa-75	17	18	newly	newly	ADV
epaa-75	17	19	introduced	introduce	VERB
epaa-75	17	20	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	17	21	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	17	22	stakes	stake	NOUN
epaa-75	17	23	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	17	24	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	18	1	they	they	PRON
epaa-75	18	2	found	find	VERB
epaa-75	18	3	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	18	4	average	average	ADJ
epaa-75	18	5	student	student	NOUN
epaa-75	18	6	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	18	7	rose	rise	VERB
epaa-75	18	8	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	18	9	the	the	DET
epaa-75	18	10	ensuing	ensue	VERB
epaa-75	18	11	four	four	NUM
epaa-75	18	12	years	year	NOUN
epaa-75	18	13	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	18	14	forms	form	NOUN
epaa-75	18	15	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	18	16	the	the	DET
epaa-75	18	17	new	new	ADJ
epaa-75	18	18	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	18	19	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	19	1	however	however	ADV
epaa-75	19	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	19	3	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	19	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	19	5	sixth	sixth	ADJ
epaa-75	19	6	year	year	NOUN
epaa-75	19	7	students	student	NOUN
epaa-75	19	8	showed	show	VERB
epaa-75	19	9	essentially	essentially	ADV
epaa-75	19	10	no	no	DET
epaa-75	19	11	growth	growth	NOUN
epaa-75	19	12	when	when	SCONJ
epaa-75	19	13	reassessed	reassess	VERB
epaa-75	19	14	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	19	15	the	the	DET
epaa-75	19	16	original	original	ADJ
epaa-75	19	17	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	19	18	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	20	1	more	more	ADV
epaa-75	20	2	recently	recently	ADV
epaa-75	20	3	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	20	4	a	a	DET
epaa-75	20	5	number	number	NOUN
epaa-75	20	6	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	20	7	reports	report	NOUN
epaa-75	20	8	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	20	9	provided	provide	VERB
epaa-75	20	10	widely	widely	ADV
epaa-75	20	11	different	different	ADJ
epaa-75	20	12	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	20	13	inconsistent	inconsistent	ADJ
epaa-75	20	14	conclusions	conclusion	NOUN
epaa-75	20	15	regarding	regard	VERB
epaa-75	20	16	student	student	NOUN
epaa-75	20	17	achievement	achievement	NOUN
epaa-75	20	18	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	20	19	regard	regard	NOUN
epaa-75	20	20	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	20	21	the	the	DET
epaa-75	20	22	no	no	DET
epaa-75	20	23	child	child	NOUN
epaa-75	20	24	left	leave	VERB
epaa-75	20	25	behind	behind	ADP
epaa-75	20	26	law	law	NOUN
epaa-75	20	27	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	20	28	braun	braun	NOUN
epaa-75	20	29	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	20	30	2004	2004	NUM
epaa-75	20	31	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	20	32	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	20	33	trust	trust	NOUN
epaa-75	20	34	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	20	35	2004	2004	NUM
epaa-75	20	36	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	20	37	fuller	full	ADJ
epaa-75	20	38	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	20	39	2004	2004	NUM
epaa-75	20	40	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	20	41	webb	webb	PROPN
epaa-75	20	42	&	&	CCONJ
epaa-75	20	43	kane	kane	PROPN
epaa-75	20	44	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	20	45	2004	2004	NUM
epaa-75	20	46	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	20	47	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	21	1	resolving	resolve	VERB
epaa-75	21	2	inconsistencies	inconsistency	NOUN
epaa-75	21	3	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	21	4	results	result	NOUN
epaa-75	21	5	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	21	6	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	21	7	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	21	8	stakes	stake	NOUN
epaa-75	21	9	accountability	accountability	NOUN
epaa-75	21	10	efforts	effort	NOUN
epaa-75	21	11	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	21	12	a	a	DET
epaa-75	21	13	key	key	ADJ
epaa-75	21	14	challenge	challenge	NOUN
epaa-75	21	15	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	21	16	educational	educational	ADJ
epaa-75	21	17	research	research	NOUN
epaa-75	21	18	because	because	SCONJ
epaa-75	21	19	tests	test	NOUN
epaa-75	21	20	have	have	VERB
epaa-75	21	21	substantial	substantial	ADJ
epaa-75	21	22	consequences	consequence	NOUN
epaa-75	21	23	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	21	24	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	21	25	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	21	26	takers	taker	NOUN
epaa-75	21	27	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	21	28	parents	parent	NOUN
epaa-75	21	29	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	21	30	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	21	31	educators	educator	NOUN
epaa-75	21	32	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	22	1	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	22	2	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	22	3	important	important	ADJ
epaa-75	22	4	to	to	PART
epaa-75	22	5	know	know	VERB
epaa-75	22	6	how	how	SCONJ
epaa-75	22	7	well	well	ADV
epaa-75	22	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	22	9	accountability	accountability	NOUN
epaa-75	22	10	models	model	NOUN
epaa-75	22	11	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	22	12	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	22	13	associated	associate	VERB
epaa-75	22	14	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	22	15	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	22	16	stakes	stake	NOUN
epaa-75	22	17	testing	testing	NOUN
epaa-75	22	18	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	22	19	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	22	20	working	work	VERB
epaa-75	22	21	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	22	22	order	order	NOUN
epaa-75	22	23	to	to	PART
epaa-75	22	24	support	support	VERB
epaa-75	22	25	the	the	DET
epaa-75	22	26	claim	claim	NOUN
epaa-75	22	27	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	22	28	they	they	PRON
epaa-75	22	29	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	22	30	legitimate	legitimate	ADJ
epaa-75	22	31	tools	tool	NOUN
epaa-75	22	32	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	22	33	driving	drive	VERB
epaa-75	22	34	educational	educational	ADJ
epaa-75	22	35	reform	reform	NOUN
epaa-75	22	36	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	23	1	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	23	2	this	this	DET
epaa-75	23	3	paper	paper	NOUN
epaa-75	23	4	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	23	5	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	23	6	argue	argue	VERB
epaa-75	23	7	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	23	8	measurement	measurement	NOUN
epaa-75	23	9	data	datum	NOUN
epaa-75	23	10	used	use	VERB
epaa-75	23	11	to	to	PART
epaa-75	23	12	analyze	analyze	VERB
epaa-75	23	13	trends	trend	NOUN
epaa-75	23	14	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	23	15	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	23	16	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	23	17	must	must	AUX
epaa-75	23	18	also	also	ADV
epaa-75	23	19	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	23	20	scrutinized	scrutinize	VERB
epaa-75	23	21	because	because	SCONJ
epaa-75	23	22	such	such	ADJ
epaa-75	23	23	data	datum	NOUN
epaa-75	23	24	lie	lie	VERB
epaa-75	23	25	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	23	26	the	the	DET
epaa-75	23	27	very	very	ADJ
epaa-75	23	28	core	core	NOUN
epaa-75	23	29	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	23	30	claims	claim	NOUN
epaa-75	23	31	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	23	32	efficacy	efficacy	NOUN
epaa-75	23	33	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	23	34	invalidity	invalidity	NOUN
epaa-75	23	35	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	24	1	increases	increase	NOUN
epaa-75	24	2	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	24	3	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	24	4	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	24	5	may	may	AUX
epaa-75	24	6	have	have	VERB
epaa-75	24	7	various	various	ADJ
epaa-75	24	8	causes	cause	NOUN
epaa-75	24	9	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	24	10	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	24	11	to	to	PART
epaa-75	24	12	facilitate	facilitate	VERB
epaa-75	24	13	analyses	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	24	14	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	24	15	sorting	sort	VERB
epaa-75	24	16	through	through	ADP
epaa-75	24	17	competing	compete	VERB
epaa-75	24	18	hypotheses	hypothesis	NOUN
epaa-75	24	19	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	24	20	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	24	21	must	must	AUX
epaa-75	24	22	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	24	23	sure	sure	ADJ
epaa-75	24	24	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	24	25	the	the	DET
epaa-75	24	26	methods	method	NOUN
epaa-75	24	27	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	24	28	which	which	PRON
epaa-75	24	29	tests	test	NOUN
epaa-75	24	30	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	24	31	created	create	VERB
epaa-75	24	32	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	24	33	scored	score	VERB
epaa-75	24	34	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	24	35	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	24	36	maintained	maintain	VERB
epaa-75	24	37	do	do	AUX
epaa-75	24	38	not	not	PART
epaa-75	24	39	lead	lead	VERB
epaa-75	24	40	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	24	41	false	false	ADJ
epaa-75	24	42	impressions	impression	NOUN
epaa-75	24	43	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	24	44	achievement	achievement	NOUN
epaa-75	24	45	trends	trend	NOUN
epaa-75	24	46	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	25	1	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	25	2	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	25	3	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	25	4	students	student	NOUN
epaa-75	25	5	taking	take	VERB
epaa-75	25	6	the	the	DET
epaa-75	25	7	10th	10th	ADJ
epaa-75	25	8	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	25	9	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	25	10	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	25	11	the	the	DET
epaa-75	25	12	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	25	13	comprehensive	comprehensive	PROPN
epaa-75	25	14	assessment	assessment	NOUN
epaa-75	25	15	system	system	NOUN
epaa-75	25	16	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	25	17	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	25	18	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	25	19	obtained	obtain	VERB
epaa-75	25	20	a	a	DET
epaa-75	25	21	large	large	ADJ
epaa-75	25	22	gain	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	25	23	over	over	ADP
epaa-75	25	24	students	student	NOUN
epaa-75	25	25	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	25	26	the	the	DET
epaa-75	25	27	previous	previous	ADJ
epaa-75	25	28	year	year	NOUN
epaa-75	25	29	’s	’s	PART
epaa-75	25	30	administration	administration	NOUN
epaa-75	25	31	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	26	1	this	this	DET
epaa-75	26	2	gain	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	26	3	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	26	4	consequently	consequently	ADV
epaa-75	26	5	taken	take	VERB
epaa-75	26	6	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	26	7	strong	strong	ADJ
epaa-75	26	8	evidence	evidence	NOUN
epaa-75	26	9	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	26	10	some	some	DET
epaa-75	26	11	observers	observer	NOUN
epaa-75	26	12	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	26	13	the	the	DET
epaa-75	26	14	efficacy	efficacy	NOUN
epaa-75	26	15	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	26	16	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	26	17	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	26	18	stakes	stake	NOUN
epaa-75	26	19	accountability	accountability	NOUN
epaa-75	26	20	based	base	VERB
epaa-75	26	21	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	26	22	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	26	23	results	result	NOUN
epaa-75	26	24	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	27	1	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	27	2	this	this	DET
epaa-75	27	3	paper	paper	NOUN
epaa-75	27	4	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	27	5	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	27	6	examine	examine	VERB
epaa-75	27	7	the	the	DET
epaa-75	27	8	validity	validity	NOUN
epaa-75	27	9	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	27	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	27	11	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	27	12	gain	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	27	13	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	28	1	as	as	SCONJ
epaa-75	28	2	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	28	3	show	show	VERB
epaa-75	28	4	below	below	ADV
epaa-75	28	5	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	28	6	rather	rather	ADV
epaa-75	28	7	than	than	ADP
epaa-75	28	8	large	large	ADJ
epaa-75	28	9	gains	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	28	10	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	28	11	there	there	PRON
epaa-75	28	12	was	be	VERB
epaa-75	28	13	a	a	DET
epaa-75	28	14	moderate	moderate	ADJ
epaa-75	28	15	gain	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	28	16	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	28	17	english	english	ADJ
epaa-75	28	18	language	language	NOUN
epaa-75	28	19	arts	art	NOUN
epaa-75	28	20	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	28	21	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	28	22	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	28	23	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	28	24	a	a	DET
epaa-75	28	25	small	small	ADJ
epaa-75	28	26	gain	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	28	27	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	28	28	10th	10th	ADJ
epaa-75	28	29	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	28	30	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	28	31	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	29	1	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	29	2	conclude	conclude	VERB
epaa-75	29	3	the	the	DET
epaa-75	29	4	paper	paper	NOUN
epaa-75	29	5	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	29	6	a	a	DET
epaa-75	29	7	discussion	discussion	NOUN
epaa-75	29	8	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	29	9	why	why	SCONJ
epaa-75	29	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	29	11	consequences	consequence	NOUN
epaa-75	29	12	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	29	13	the	the	DET
epaa-75	29	14	errors	error	NOUN
epaa-75	29	15	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	29	16	estimating	estimate	VERB
epaa-75	29	17	student	student	NOUN
epaa-75	29	18	gains	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	29	19	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	29	20	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	29	21	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	29	22	resulted	result	VERB
epaa-75	29	23	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	29	24	a	a	DET
epaa-75	29	25	mixed	mixed	ADJ
epaa-75	29	26	blessing	blessing	NOUN
epaa-75	29	27	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	30	1	policy	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	30	2	context	context	NOUN
epaa-75	30	3	the	the	DET
epaa-75	30	4	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	30	5	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	30	6	gain	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	30	7	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	30	8	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	30	9	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	30	10	particularly	particularly	ADV
epaa-75	30	11	important	important	ADJ
epaa-75	30	12	because	because	SCONJ
epaa-75	30	13	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	30	14	has	have	AUX
epaa-75	30	15	been	be	AUX
epaa-75	30	16	taken	take	VERB
epaa-75	30	17	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	30	18	prima	prima	NOUN
epaa-75	30	19	facie	facie	NOUN
epaa-75	30	20	evidence	evidence	NOUN
epaa-75	30	21	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	30	22	the	the	DET
epaa-75	30	23	efficacy	efficacy	NOUN
epaa-75	30	24	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	30	25	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	30	26	stakes	stake	NOUN
epaa-75	30	27	consequences	consequence	NOUN
epaa-75	30	28	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	31	1	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	31	2	the	the	DET
epaa-75	31	3	spring	spring	NOUN
epaa-75	31	4	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	31	5	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	31	6	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	31	7	81	81	NUM
epaa-75	31	8	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	31	9	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	31	10	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	31	11	school	school	NOUN
epaa-75	31	12	sophomores	sophomore	NOUN
epaa-75	31	13	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	31	14	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	31	15	passed	pass	VERB
epaa-75	31	16	the	the	DET
epaa-75	31	17	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	31	18	subject	subject	PROPN
epaa-75	31	19	area	area	NOUN
epaa-75	31	20	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	31	21	the	the	DET
epaa-75	31	22	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	31	23	examination	examination	NOUN
epaa-75	31	24	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	32	1	similarly	similarly	ADV
epaa-75	32	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	32	3	75	75	NUM
epaa-75	32	4	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	32	5	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	32	6	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	32	7	school	school	NOUN
epaa-75	32	8	sophomores	sophomore	NOUN
epaa-75	32	9	passed	pass	VERB
epaa-75	32	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	32	11	mathematics	mathematics	PROPN
epaa-75	32	12	subject	subject	NOUN
epaa-75	32	13	area	area	NOUN
epaa-75	32	14	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	32	15	the	the	DET
epaa-75	32	16	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	32	17	examination	examination	NOUN
epaa-75	32	18	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	33	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	33	2	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	33	3	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	33	4	mathematics	mathematics	PROPN
epaa-75	33	5	pass	pass	VERB
epaa-75	33	6	rates	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	33	7	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	33	8	10th	10th	ADJ
epaa-75	33	9	graders	grader	NOUN
epaa-75	33	10	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	33	11	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	33	12	suggest	suggest	VERB
epaa-75	33	13	sizable	sizable	ADJ
epaa-75	33	14	performance	performance	NOUN
epaa-75	33	15	improvements	improvement	NOUN
epaa-75	33	16	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	33	17	the	the	DET
epaa-75	33	18	previous	previous	ADJ
epaa-75	33	19	year	year	NOUN
epaa-75	33	20	’s	’s	PART
epaa-75	33	21	assessment	assessment	NOUN
epaa-75	33	22	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	33	23	which	which	PRON
epaa-75	33	24	pass	pass	NOUN
epaa-75	33	25	rates	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	33	26	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	33	27	66	66	NUM
epaa-75	33	28	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	33	29	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	33	30	55	55	NUM
epaa-75	33	31	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	33	32	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	33	33	respectively	respectively	ADV
epaa-75	33	34	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	34	1	here	here	ADV
epaa-75	34	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	34	3	the	the	DET
epaa-75	34	4	pass	pass	NOUN
epaa-75	34	5	rate	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	34	6	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	34	7	the	the	DET
epaa-75	34	8	percentage	percentage	NOUN
epaa-75	34	9	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	34	10	students	student	NOUN
epaa-75	34	11	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	34	12	the	the	DET
epaa-75	34	13	performance	performance	NOUN
epaa-75	34	14	categories	category	NOUN
epaa-75	34	15	advanced	advance	VERB
epaa-75	34	16	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	34	17	proficient	proficient	ADJ
epaa-75	34	18	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	34	19	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	34	20	needs	need	VERB
epaa-75	34	21	improvement	improvement	NOUN
epaa-75	34	22	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	34	23	that	that	ADV
epaa-75	34	24	is	is	ADV
epaa-75	34	25	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	34	26	the	the	DET
epaa-75	34	27	percentage	percentage	NOUN
epaa-75	34	28	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	34	29	students	student	NOUN
epaa-75	34	30	who	who	PRON
epaa-75	34	31	did	do	AUX
epaa-75	34	32	not	not	PART
epaa-75	34	33	fall	fall	VERB
epaa-75	34	34	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	34	35	the	the	DET
epaa-75	34	36	fourth	fourth	ADJ
epaa-75	34	37	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	34	38	final	final	ADJ
epaa-75	34	39	category	category	NOUN
epaa-75	34	40	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	34	41	which	which	PRON
epaa-75	34	42	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	34	43	labeled	label	VERB
epaa-75	34	44	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	34	45	failing	fail	VERB
epaa-75	34	46	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	34	47	warning	warning	NOUN
epaa-75	34	48	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	1	a	a	DET
epaa-75	35	2	more	more	ADV
epaa-75	35	3	complete	complete	ADJ
epaa-75	35	4	set	set	NOUN
epaa-75	35	5	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	35	6	these	these	DET
epaa-75	35	7	statistics	statistic	NOUN
epaa-75	35	8	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	35	9	given	give	VERB
epaa-75	35	10	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	35	11	table	table	NOUN
epaa-75	35	12	1	1	NUM
epaa-75	35	13	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	14	table	table	NOUN
epaa-75	35	15	1	1	NUM
epaa-75	35	16	percentage	percentage	NOUN
epaa-75	35	17	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	35	18	tenth	tenth	ADJ
epaa-75	35	19	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	35	20	students	student	NOUN
epaa-75	35	21	passing	pass	VERB
epaa-75	35	22	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	35	23	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	35	24	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	35	25	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	35	26	assessments	assessment	NOUN
epaa-75	35	27	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	28	1998	1998	NUM
epaa-75	35	29	–	–	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	30	2004	2004	NUM
epaa-75	35	31	subject	subject	NOUN
epaa-75	35	32	1998	1998	NUM
epaa-75	35	33	1999	1999	NUM
epaa-75	35	34	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	35	35	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	35	36	2002	2002	NUM
epaa-75	35	37	2003	2003	NUM
epaa-75	35	38	2004	2004	NUM
epaa-75	35	39	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	35	40	58	58	NUM
epaa-75	35	41	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	42	24	24	NUM
epaa-75	35	43	)	)	SYM
epaa-75	35	44	57	57	NUM
epaa-75	35	45	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	46	24	24	NUM
epaa-75	35	47	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	48	55	55	NUM
epaa-75	35	49	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	50	33	33	NUM
epaa-75	35	51	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	52	75	75	NUM
epaa-75	35	53	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	54	45	45	NUM
epaa-75	35	55	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	56	75	75	NUM
epaa-75	35	57	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	58	44	44	NUM
epaa-75	35	59	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	60	79	79	NUM
epaa-75	35	61	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	62	51	51	NUM
epaa-75	35	63	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	64	85	85	NUM
epaa-75	35	65	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	66	57	57	NUM
epaa-75	35	67	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	68	english	english	NOUN
epaa-75	35	69	72	72	NUM
epaa-75	35	70	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	71	38	38	NUM
epaa-75	35	72	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	73	68	68	NUM
epaa-75	35	74	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	75	34	34	NUM
epaa-75	35	76	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	77	66	66	NUM
epaa-75	35	78	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	79	36	36	NUM
epaa-75	35	80	)	)	SYM
epaa-75	35	81	81	81	NUM
epaa-75	35	82	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	83	50	50	NUM
epaa-75	35	84	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	85	86	86	NUM
epaa-75	35	86	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	87	59	59	NUM
epaa-75	35	88	)	)	SYM
epaa-75	35	89	89	89	NUM
epaa-75	35	90	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	91	61	61	NUM
epaa-75	35	92	)	)	SYM
epaa-75	35	93	90	90	NUM
epaa-75	35	94	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	95	62	62	NUM
epaa-75	35	96	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	35	97	passing	pass	VERB
epaa-75	35	98	means	mean	NOUN
epaa-75	35	99	above	above	ADP
epaa-75	35	100	the	the	DET
epaa-75	35	101	failing	fail	VERB
epaa-75	35	102	category	category	NOUN
epaa-75	35	103	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	36	1	combined	combine	VERB
epaa-75	36	2	percentage	percentage	NOUN
epaa-75	36	3	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	36	4	proficient	proficient	ADJ
epaa-75	36	5	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	36	6	advanced	advanced	ADJ
epaa-75	36	7	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	36	8	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	36	9	parentheses	parenthesis	NOUN
epaa-75	36	10	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	36	11	each	each	DET
epaa-75	36	12	year	year	NOUN
epaa-75	36	13	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	36	14	subject	subject	NOUN
epaa-75	36	15	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	37	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	37	2	legend	legend	NOUN
epaa-75	37	3	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	37	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	37	5	large	large	ADJ
epaa-75	37	6	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	37	7	gains	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	37	8	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	37	9	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	37	10	3	3	NUM
epaa-75	37	11	the	the	DET
epaa-75	37	12	corresponding	corresponding	ADJ
epaa-75	37	13	percentages	percentage	NOUN
epaa-75	37	14	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	37	15	students	student	NOUN
epaa-75	37	16	achieving	achieve	VERB
epaa-75	37	17	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	37	18	the	the	DET
epaa-75	37	19	advanced	advanced	ADJ
epaa-75	37	20	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	37	21	proficient	proficient	ADJ
epaa-75	37	22	levels	level	NOUN
epaa-75	37	23	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	37	24	shown	show	VERB
epaa-75	37	25	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	37	26	parentheses	parenthesis	NOUN
epaa-75	37	27	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	37	28	table	table	NOUN
epaa-75	37	29	1	1	NUM
epaa-75	37	30	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	38	1	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	38	2	can	can	AUX
epaa-75	38	3	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	38	4	noted	note	VERB
epaa-75	38	5	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	38	6	there	there	PRON
epaa-75	38	7	is	be	VERB
epaa-75	38	8	relatively	relatively	ADV
epaa-75	38	9	no	no	DET
epaa-75	38	10	trend	trend	NOUN
epaa-75	38	11	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	38	12	the	the	DET
epaa-75	38	13	years	year	NOUN
epaa-75	38	14	1998–2000	1998–2000	NUM
epaa-75	38	15	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	38	16	then	then	ADV
epaa-75	38	17	a	a	DET
epaa-75	38	18	sharp	sharp	ADJ
epaa-75	38	19	jump	jump	NOUN
epaa-75	38	20	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	38	21	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	38	22	when	when	SCONJ
epaa-75	38	23	passing	pass	VERB
epaa-75	38	24	these	these	DET
epaa-75	38	25	two	two	NUM
epaa-75	38	26	tests	test	NOUN
epaa-75	38	27	became	become	VERB
epaa-75	38	28	a	a	DET
epaa-75	38	29	requirement	requirement	NOUN
epaa-75	38	30	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	38	31	graduation	graduation	NOUN
epaa-75	38	32	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	39	1	increases	increase	NOUN
epaa-75	39	2	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	39	3	very	very	ADV
epaa-75	39	4	consistent	consistent	ADJ
epaa-75	39	5	across	across	ADP
epaa-75	39	6	racial	racial	ADJ
epaa-75	39	7	/	/	SYM
epaa-75	39	8	ethnic	ethnic	ADJ
epaa-75	39	9	groups	group	NOUN
epaa-75	39	10	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	39	11	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	39	12	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	39	13	fairly	fairly	ADV
epaa-75	39	14	consistent	consistent	ADJ
epaa-75	39	15	across	across	ADP
epaa-75	39	16	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	39	17	schools	school	NOUN
epaa-75	39	18	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	40	1	according	accord	VERB
epaa-75	40	2	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	40	3	michael	michael	PROPN
epaa-75	40	4	russell	russell	PROPN
epaa-75	40	5	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	40	6	laura	laura	PROPN
epaa-75	40	7	o’dwyer	o’dwyer	PROPN
epaa-75	40	8	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	40	9	boston	boston	PROPN
epaa-75	40	10	college	college	PROPN
epaa-75	40	11	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	40	12	personal	personal	ADJ
epaa-75	40	13	communication	communication	NOUN
epaa-75	40	14	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	40	15	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	40	16	the	the	DET
epaa-75	40	17	large	large	ADJ
epaa-75	40	18	increases	increase	NOUN
epaa-75	40	19	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	40	20	both	both	PRON
epaa-75	40	21	10th	10th	ADJ
epaa-75	40	22	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	40	23	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	40	24	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	40	25	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	40	26	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	40	27	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	40	28	been	be	AUX
epaa-75	40	29	attributed	attribute	VERB
epaa-75	40	30	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	40	31	the	the	DET
epaa-75	40	32	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	40	33	department	department	PROPN
epaa-75	40	34	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	40	35	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	40	36	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	40	37	an	an	DET
epaa-75	40	38	increase	increase	NOUN
epaa-75	40	39	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	40	40	student	student	NOUN
epaa-75	40	41	motivation	motivation	NOUN
epaa-75	40	42	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	40	43	preparation	preparation	NOUN
epaa-75	40	44	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	40	45	performance	performance	NOUN
epaa-75	40	46	as	as	ADV
epaa-75	40	47	well	well	ADV
epaa-75	40	48	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	40	49	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	40	50	improvements	improvement	NOUN
epaa-75	40	51	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	40	52	the	the	DET
epaa-75	40	53	quality	quality	NOUN
epaa-75	40	54	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	40	55	instruction	instruction	NOUN
epaa-75	40	56	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	41	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	41	2	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	41	3	increase	increase	NOUN
epaa-75	41	4	has	have	AUX
epaa-75	41	5	been	be	AUX
epaa-75	41	6	received	receive	VERB
epaa-75	41	7	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	41	8	warm	warm	ADJ
epaa-75	41	9	enthusiasm	enthusiasm	NOUN
epaa-75	41	10	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	41	11	policy	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	41	12	makers	maker	NOUN
epaa-75	41	13	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	42	1	finn	finn	PROPN
epaa-75	42	2	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	42	3	2002	2002	NUM
epaa-75	42	4	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	42	5	viewed	view	VERB
epaa-75	42	6	the	the	DET
epaa-75	42	7	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	42	8	gain	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	42	9	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	42	10	a	a	DET
epaa-75	42	11	signal	signal	NOUN
epaa-75	42	12	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	42	13	testing	testing	NOUN
epaa-75	42	14	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	42	15	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	42	16	a	a	DET
epaa-75	42	17	component	component	NOUN
epaa-75	42	18	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	42	19	accountability	accountability	NOUN
epaa-75	42	20	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	42	21	functions	function	NOUN
epaa-75	42	22	to	to	PART
epaa-75	42	23	increase	increase	VERB
epaa-75	42	24	student	student	NOUN
epaa-75	42	25	learning	learning	NOUN
epaa-75	42	26	:	:	PUNCT
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epaa-75	42	28	monday	monday	PROPN
epaa-75	42	29	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	42	30	department	department	PROPN
epaa-75	42	31	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	42	32	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	42	33	officials	official	NOUN
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epaa-75	42	35	the	the	DET
epaa-75	42	36	results	result	NOUN
epaa-75	42	37	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	42	38	the	the	DET
epaa-75	42	39	spring	spring	NOUN
epaa-75	42	40	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	42	41	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	42	42	exams	exam	NOUN
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epaa-75	42	44	showed	show	VERB
epaa-75	42	45	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	42	46	82	82	NUM
epaa-75	42	47	%	%	NOUN
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epaa-75	42	49	10th	10th	ADJ
epaa-75	42	50	graders	grader	NOUN
epaa-75	42	51	passed	pass	VERB
epaa-75	42	52	the	the	DET
epaa-75	42	53	english	english	ADJ
epaa-75	42	54	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	42	55	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	42	56	75	75	NUM
epaa-75	42	57	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	42	58	passed	pass	VERB
epaa-75	42	59	the	the	DET
epaa-75	42	60	math	math	NOUN
epaa-75	42	61	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	42	62	—	—	PUNCT
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epaa-75	42	64	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	42	65	16	16	NUM
epaa-75	42	66	%	%	NOUN
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epaa-75	42	68	20	20	NUM
epaa-75	42	69	%	%	NOUN
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epaa-75	42	72	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	42	74	the	the	DET
epaa-75	42	75	previous	previous	ADJ
epaa-75	42	76	year	year	NOUN
epaa-75	42	77	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	43	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	43	2	results	result	NOUN
epaa-75	43	3	—	—	PUNCT
epaa-75	43	4	which	which	PRON
epaa-75	43	5	would	would	AUX
epaa-75	43	6	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	43	7	good	good	ADJ
epaa-75	43	8	news	news	NOUN
epaa-75	43	9	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	43	10	any	any	DET
epaa-75	43	11	time	time	NOUN
epaa-75	43	12	—	—	PUNCT
epaa-75	43	13	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	43	14	all	all	DET
epaa-75	43	15	the	the	PRON
epaa-75	43	16	more	more	ADV
epaa-75	43	17	pleasing	pleasing	ADJ
epaa-75	43	18	because	because	SCONJ
epaa-75	43	19	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	43	20	school	school	NOUN
epaa-75	43	21	students	student	NOUN
epaa-75	43	22	must	must	AUX
epaa-75	43	23	now	now	ADV
epaa-75	43	24	pass	pass	VERB
epaa-75	43	25	these	these	DET
epaa-75	43	26	sections	section	NOUN
epaa-75	43	27	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	43	28	the	the	DET
epaa-75	43	29	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	43	30	to	to	PART
epaa-75	43	31	graduate	graduate	VERB
epaa-75	43	32	…	…	PUNCT
epaa-75	43	33	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	44	1	now	now	ADV
epaa-75	44	2	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	44	3	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	44	4	has	have	VERB
epaa-75	44	5	teeth	tooth	NOUN
epaa-75	44	6	[	[	X
epaa-75	44	7	emphasis	emphasis	NOUN
epaa-75	44	8	added	add	VERB
epaa-75	44	9	]	]	PUNCT
epaa-75	44	10	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	44	11	the	the	DET
epaa-75	44	12	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	44	13	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	44	14	even	even	ADV
epaa-75	44	15	better	well	ADV
epaa-75	44	16	poised	poise	VERB
epaa-75	44	17	to	to	PART
epaa-75	44	18	promote	promote	VERB
epaa-75	44	19	reform	reform	NOUN
epaa-75	44	20	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	44	21	boost	boost	VERB
epaa-75	44	22	student	student	NOUN
epaa-75	44	23	achievement	achievement	NOUN
epaa-75	44	24	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	45	1	likewise	likewise	ADV
epaa-75	45	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	45	3	cizek	cizek	NOUN
epaa-75	45	4	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	45	5	2003	2003	NUM
epaa-75	45	6	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	45	7	touted	tout	VERB
epaa-75	45	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	45	9	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	45	10	testing	testing	NOUN
epaa-75	45	11	program	program	NOUN
epaa-75	45	12	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	45	13	providing	provide	VERB
epaa-75	45	14	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	45	15	strong	strong	ADJ
epaa-75	45	16	evidence	evidence	NOUN
epaa-75	45	17	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	45	18	positive	positive	ADJ
epaa-75	45	19	consequences	consequence	NOUN
epaa-75	45	20	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	45	21	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	45	22	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	45	23	stakes	stake	NOUN
epaa-75	45	24	testing	testing	NOUN
epaa-75	45	25	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	45	26	p.	p.	NOUN
epaa-75	45	27	42	42	NUM
epaa-75	45	28	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	45	29	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	46	1	regarding	regard	VERB
epaa-75	46	2	positive	positive	ADJ
epaa-75	46	3	consequences	consequence	NOUN
epaa-75	46	4	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	46	5	testing	testing	NOUN
epaa-75	46	6	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	46	7	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	46	8	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	46	9	he	he	PRON
epaa-75	46	10	argued	argue	VERB
epaa-75	46	11	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	46	12	the	the	DET
epaa-75	46	13	glass	glass	NOUN
epaa-75	46	14	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	46	15	more	more	ADJ
epaa-75	46	16	than	than	ADP
epaa-75	46	17	half	half	NOUN
epaa-75	46	18	full	full	ADJ
epaa-75	46	19	:	:	PUNCT
epaa-75	46	20	the	the	DET
epaa-75	46	21	combination	combination	NOUN
epaa-75	46	22	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	46	23	real	real	ADJ
epaa-75	46	24	increases	increase	NOUN
epaa-75	46	25	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	46	26	learning	learning	NOUN
epaa-75	46	27	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	46	28	gap	gap	NOUN
epaa-75	46	29	decrease	decrease	NOUN
epaa-75	46	30	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	46	31	student	student	NOUN
epaa-75	46	32	motivation	motivation	NOUN
epaa-75	46	33	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	46	34	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	46	35	drop	drop	NOUN
epaa-75	46	36	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	46	37	out	out	ADP
epaa-75	46	38	prevention	prevention	NOUN
epaa-75	46	39	makes	make	VERB
epaa-75	46	40	this	this	PRON
epaa-75	46	41	result	result	VERB
epaa-75	46	42	the	the	DET
epaa-75	46	43	equivalent	equivalent	NOUN
epaa-75	46	44	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	46	45	the	the	DET
epaa-75	46	46	big	big	ADJ
epaa-75	46	47	e	e	NOUN
epaa-75	46	48	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	46	49	a	a	DET
epaa-75	46	50	snellen	snellen	VERB
epaa-75	46	51	chart	chart	NOUN
epaa-75	46	52	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	47	1	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	47	2	seems	seem	VERB
epaa-75	47	3	possible	possible	ADJ
epaa-75	47	4	to	to	PART
epaa-75	47	5	discount	discount	VERB
epaa-75	47	6	this	this	PRON
epaa-75	47	7	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	47	8	evidence	evidence	NOUN
epaa-75	47	9	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	47	10	tangible	tangible	ADJ
epaa-75	47	11	positive	positive	ADJ
epaa-75	47	12	consequences	consequence	NOUN
epaa-75	47	13	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	47	14	actually	actually	ADV
epaa-75	47	15	accruing	accrue	VERB
epaa-75	47	16	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	47	17	the	the	DET
epaa-75	47	18	context	context	NOUN
epaa-75	47	19	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	47	20	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	47	21	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	47	22	stakes	stake	NOUN
epaa-75	47	23	testing	testing	NOUN
epaa-75	47	24	only	only	ADV
epaa-75	47	25	if	if	SCONJ
epaa-75	47	26	one	one	NUM
epaa-75	47	27	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	47	28	not	not	PART
epaa-75	47	29	even	even	ADV
epaa-75	47	30	looking	look	VERB
epaa-75	47	31	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	47	32	the	the	DET
epaa-75	47	33	glass	glass	NOUN
epaa-75	47	34	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	48	1	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	48	2	p.	p.	NOUN
epaa-75	48	3	43	43	NUM
epaa-75	48	4	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	48	5	others	other	NOUN
epaa-75	48	6	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	48	7	argued	argue	VERB
epaa-75	48	8	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	48	9	the	the	DET
epaa-75	48	10	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	48	11	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	48	12	must	must	AUX
epaa-75	48	13	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	48	14	further	far	ADV
epaa-75	48	15	examined	examine	VERB
epaa-75	48	16	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	48	17	but	but	CCONJ
epaa-75	48	18	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	48	19	accepted	accept	VERB
epaa-75	48	20	the	the	DET
epaa-75	48	21	basic	basic	ADJ
epaa-75	48	22	validity	validity	NOUN
epaa-75	48	23	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	48	24	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	48	25	gains	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	48	26	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	49	1	gaudet	gaudet	NOUN
epaa-75	49	2	reported	report	VERB
epaa-75	49	3	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	49	4	even	even	ADV
epaa-75	49	5	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	49	6	the	the	DET
epaa-75	49	7	large	large	ADJ
epaa-75	49	8	overall	overall	ADJ
epaa-75	49	9	gain	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	49	10	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	49	11	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	49	12	2002	2002	NUM
epaa-75	49	13	only	only	ADV
epaa-75	49	14	about	about	ADV
epaa-75	49	15	70	70	NUM
epaa-75	49	16	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	49	17	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	49	18	students	student	NOUN
epaa-75	49	19	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	49	20	the	the	DET
epaa-75	49	21	poorest	poor	ADJ
epaa-75	49	22	communities	community	NOUN
epaa-75	49	23	passed	pass	VERB
epaa-75	49	24	the	the	DET
epaa-75	49	25	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	49	26	after	after	ADP
epaa-75	49	27	retesting	reteste	VERB
epaa-75	49	28	:	:	PUNCT
epaa-75	49	29	looking	look	VERB
epaa-75	49	30	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	49	31	the	the	DET
epaa-75	49	32	overall	overall	ADJ
epaa-75	49	33	numbers	number	NOUN
epaa-75	49	34	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	49	35	however	however	ADV
epaa-75	49	36	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	49	37	gives	give	VERB
epaa-75	49	38	us	we	PRON
epaa-75	49	39	no	no	DET
epaa-75	49	40	information	information	NOUN
epaa-75	49	41	about	about	ADP
epaa-75	49	42	the	the	DET
epaa-75	49	43	specific	specific	ADJ
epaa-75	49	44	challenges	challenge	NOUN
epaa-75	49	45	that	that	PRON
epaa-75	49	46	face	face	VERB
epaa-75	49	47	us	we	PRON
epaa-75	49	48	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	50	1	while	while	SCONJ
epaa-75	50	2	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	50	3	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	50	4	encouraging	encouraging	ADJ
epaa-75	50	5	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	50	6	the	the	DET
epaa-75	50	7	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	50	8	pass	pass	PROPN
epaa-75	50	9	rate	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	50	10	increased	increase	VERB
epaa-75	50	11	dramatically	dramatically	ADV
epaa-75	50	12	between	between	ADP
epaa-75	50	13	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	50	14	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	50	15	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	50	16	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	50	17	there	there	PRON
epaa-75	50	18	are	be	VERB
epaa-75	50	19	still	still	ADV
epaa-75	50	20	many	many	ADJ
epaa-75	50	21	students	student	NOUN
epaa-75	50	22	who	who	PRON
epaa-75	50	23	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	50	24	not	not	PART
epaa-75	50	25	yet	yet	ADV
epaa-75	50	26	mastered	master	VERB
epaa-75	50	27	the	the	DET
epaa-75	50	28	basic	basic	ADJ
epaa-75	50	29	skills	skill	NOUN
epaa-75	50	30	needed	need	VERB
epaa-75	50	31	to	to	PART
epaa-75	50	32	live	live	VERB
epaa-75	50	33	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	50	34	work	work	VERB
epaa-75	50	35	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	50	36	contemporary	contemporary	PROPN
epaa-75	50	37	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	50	38	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	51	1	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	51	2	gaudet	gaudet	PROPN
epaa-75	51	3	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	51	4	2002	2002	NUM
epaa-75	51	5	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	51	6	p.	p.	NOUN
epaa-75	51	7	2	2	NUM
epaa-75	51	8	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	51	9	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	51	10	seems	seem	VERB
epaa-75	51	11	clear	clear	ADJ
epaa-75	51	12	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	51	13	the	the	DET
epaa-75	51	14	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	51	15	has	have	AUX
epaa-75	51	16	become	become	VERB
epaa-75	51	17	the	the	DET
epaa-75	51	18	central	central	ADJ
epaa-75	51	19	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	51	20	unquestioned	unquestioned	ADJ
epaa-75	51	21	means	mean	NOUN
epaa-75	51	22	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	51	23	describing	describe	VERB
epaa-75	51	24	the	the	DET
epaa-75	51	25	success	success	NOUN
epaa-75	51	26	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	51	27	educational	educational	ADJ
epaa-75	51	28	practices	practice	NOUN
epaa-75	51	29	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	51	30	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	51	31	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	51	32	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	51	33	continues	continue	VERB
epaa-75	51	34	to	to	PART
epaa-75	51	35	receive	receive	VERB
epaa-75	51	36	intense	intense	ADJ
epaa-75	51	37	media	medium	NOUN
epaa-75	51	38	focus	focus	NOUN
epaa-75	51	39	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	52	1	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	52	2	results	result	VERB
epaa-75	52	3	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	52	4	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	52	5	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	52	6	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	52	7	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	52	8	used	use	VERB
epaa-75	52	9	a	a	DET
epaa-75	52	10	method	method	NOUN
epaa-75	52	11	based	base	VERB
epaa-75	52	12	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	52	13	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	52	14	response	response	NOUN
epaa-75	52	15	theory	theory	NOUN
epaa-75	52	16	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	52	17	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	52	18	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	52	19	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	52	20	evaluating	evaluate	VERB
epaa-75	52	21	the	the	DET
epaa-75	52	22	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	52	23	change	change	NOUN
epaa-75	52	24	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	52	25	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	52	26	performance	performance	NOUN
epaa-75	52	27	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	52	28	the	the	DET
epaa-75	52	29	10th	10th	ADJ
epaa-75	52	30	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	52	31	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	52	32	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	53	1	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	53	2	particular	particular	ADJ
epaa-75	53	3	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	53	4	examined	examine	VERB
epaa-75	53	5	the	the	DET
epaa-75	53	6	large	large	ADJ
epaa-75	53	7	gain	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	53	8	based	base	VERB
epaa-75	53	9	percentage	percentage	NOUN
epaa-75	53	10	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	53	11	students	student	NOUN
epaa-75	53	12	who	who	PRON
epaa-75	53	13	passed	pass	VERB
epaa-75	53	14	the	the	DET
epaa-75	53	15	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	53	16	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	53	17	i.e.	i.e.	X
epaa-75	53	18	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	53	19	had	have	VERB
epaa-75	53	20	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	53	21	above	above	ADP
epaa-75	53	22	a	a	DET
epaa-75	53	23	particular	particular	ADJ
epaa-75	53	24	criterion	criterion	NOUN
epaa-75	53	25	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	53	26	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	54	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	54	2	methods	method	NOUN
epaa-75	54	3	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	54	4	used	use	VERB
epaa-75	54	5	directly	directly	ADV
epaa-75	54	6	estimated	estimate	VERB
epaa-75	54	7	the	the	DET
epaa-75	54	8	distribution	distribution	NOUN
epaa-75	54	9	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	54	10	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	54	11	assuming	assume	VERB
epaa-75	54	12	normality	normality	NOUN
epaa-75	54	13	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	55	1	technical	technical	ADJ
epaa-75	55	2	details	detail	NOUN
epaa-75	55	3	concerning	concern	VERB
epaa-75	55	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	55	5	distributional	distributional	ADJ
epaa-75	55	6	methods	method	NOUN
epaa-75	55	7	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	55	8	given	give	VERB
epaa-75	55	9	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	55	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	55	11	appendix	appendix	NOUN
epaa-75	55	12	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	56	1	here	here	ADV
epaa-75	56	2	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	56	3	only	only	ADV
epaa-75	56	4	note	note	VERB
epaa-75	56	5	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	56	6	the	the	DET
epaa-75	56	7	basic	basic	ADJ
epaa-75	56	8	approach	approach	NOUN
epaa-75	56	9	has	have	VERB
epaa-75	56	10	several	several	ADJ
epaa-75	56	11	advantages	advantage	NOUN
epaa-75	56	12	:	:	PUNCT
epaa-75	56	13	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	56	14	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	56	15	unaffected	unaffected	ADJ
epaa-75	56	16	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	56	17	rounding	round	VERB
epaa-75	56	18	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	56	19	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	56	20	accounts	account	VERB
epaa-75	56	21	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	56	22	measurement	measurement	NOUN
epaa-75	56	23	error	error	NOUN
epaa-75	56	24	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	56	25	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	56	26	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	56	27	policy	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	56	28	analysis	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	56	29	archives	archive	NOUN
epaa-75	56	30	vol	vol	NOUN
epaa-75	56	31	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	57	1	14	14	NUM
epaa-75	57	2	no	no	NOUN
epaa-75	57	3	.	.	NOUN
epaa-75	57	4	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	57	5	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	57	6	avoids	avoid	VERB
epaa-75	57	7	complexities	complexity	NOUN
epaa-75	57	8	due	due	ADJ
epaa-75	57	9	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	57	10	inestimable	inestimable	ADJ
epaa-75	57	11	proficiencies	proficiency	NOUN
epaa-75	57	12	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	57	13	individual	individual	ADJ
epaa-75	57	14	students	student	NOUN
epaa-75	57	15	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	57	16	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	57	17	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	57	18	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	57	19	broadly	broadly	ADV
epaa-75	57	20	applicable	applicable	ADJ
epaa-75	57	21	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	57	22	programs	program	NOUN
epaa-75	57	23	using	use	VERB
epaa-75	57	24	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	57	25	technologies	technology	NOUN
epaa-75	57	26	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	58	1	statistical	statistical	ADJ
epaa-75	58	2	descriptions	description	NOUN
epaa-75	58	3	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	58	4	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	58	5	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	58	6	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	58	7	20011	20011	NUM
epaa-75	58	8	classical	classical	ADJ
epaa-75	58	9	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	58	10	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	58	11	statistics	statistic	NOUN
epaa-75	58	12	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	58	13	given	give	VERB
epaa-75	58	14	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	58	15	tables	table	NOUN
epaa-75	58	16	2	2	NUM
epaa-75	58	17	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	58	18	3	3	NUM
epaa-75	58	19	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	58	20	operational	operational	ADJ
epaa-75	58	21	10th	10th	ADJ
epaa-75	58	22	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	58	23	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	58	24	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	58	25	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	58	26	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	58	27	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	58	28	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	58	29	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	59	1	also	also	ADV
epaa-75	59	2	included	include	VERB
epaa-75	59	3	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	59	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	59	5	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	59	6	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	59	7	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	59	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	59	9	warning	warning	NOUN
epaa-75	59	10	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	59	11	failing	fail	VERB
epaa-75	59	12	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	59	13	achievement	achievement	NOUN
epaa-75	59	14	band	band	NOUN
epaa-75	59	15	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	60	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	60	2	p	p	NOUN
epaa-75	60	3	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	60	4	values	value	NOUN
epaa-75	60	5	indicate	indicate	VERB
epaa-75	60	6	success	success	NOUN
epaa-75	60	7	rates	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	60	8	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	60	9	both	both	DET
epaa-75	60	10	multiple	multiple	ADJ
epaa-75	60	11	choice	choice	NOUN
epaa-75	60	12	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	60	13	mc	mc	NOUN
epaa-75	60	14	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	60	15	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	60	16	open	open	ADJ
epaa-75	60	17	response	response	NOUN
epaa-75	60	18	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	60	19	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	60	20	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	60	21	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	60	22	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	60	23	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	60	24	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	60	25	higher	high	ADJ
epaa-75	60	26	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	60	27	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	60	28	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	61	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	61	2	more	more	ADV
epaa-75	61	3	interesting	interesting	ADJ
epaa-75	61	4	statistics	statistic	NOUN
epaa-75	61	5	concern	concern	NOUN
epaa-75	61	6	the	the	DET
epaa-75	61	7	relative	relative	ADJ
epaa-75	61	8	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN
epaa-75	61	9	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	61	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	61	11	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	61	12	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	61	13	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	61	14	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	61	15	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	61	16	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	61	17	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	61	18	which	which	PRON
epaa-75	61	19	can	can	AUX
epaa-75	61	20	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	61	21	determined	determine	VERB
epaa-75	61	22	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	61	23	examining	examine	VERB
epaa-75	61	24	the	the	DET
epaa-75	61	25	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	61	26	b	b	NOUN
epaa-75	61	27	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	61	28	values	value	NOUN
epaa-75	61	29	which	which	PRON
epaa-75	61	30	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	61	31	estimated	estimate	VERB
epaa-75	61	32	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	61	33	a	a	DET
epaa-75	61	34	way	way	NOUN
epaa-75	61	35	that	that	PRON
epaa-75	61	36	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	61	37	comparable	comparable	ADJ
epaa-75	61	38	across	across	ADP
epaa-75	61	39	years	year	NOUN
epaa-75	61	40	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	61	41	means	mean	NOUN
epaa-75	61	42	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	61	43	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	61	44	equating	equate	VERB
epaa-75	61	45	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	61	46	fixed	fix	VERB
epaa-75	61	47	common	common	ADJ
epaa-75	61	48	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	61	49	parameter	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	61	50	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	61	51	fcip	fcip	NOUN
epaa-75	61	52	equating	equate	VERB
epaa-75	61	53	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	61	54	used	use	VERB
epaa-75	61	55	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	61	56	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	62	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	62	2	average	average	ADJ
epaa-75	62	3	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	62	4	b	b	X
epaa-75	62	5	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	62	6	values	value	NOUN
epaa-75	62	7	indicate	indicate	VERB
epaa-75	62	8	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	62	9	the	the	DET
epaa-75	62	10	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN
epaa-75	62	11	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	62	12	the	the	DET
epaa-75	62	13	mc	mc	PROPN
epaa-75	62	14	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	62	15	stayed	stay	VERB
epaa-75	62	16	about	about	ADP
epaa-75	62	17	the	the	DET
epaa-75	62	18	same	same	ADJ
epaa-75	62	19	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	62	20	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	62	21	the	the	DET
epaa-75	62	22	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN
epaa-75	62	23	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	62	24	the	the	DET
epaa-75	62	25	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	62	26	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	62	27	decreased	decrease	VERB
epaa-75	62	28	dramatically	dramatically	ADV
epaa-75	62	29	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	63	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	63	2	b	b	NOUN
epaa-75	63	3	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	63	4	values	value	NOUN
epaa-75	63	5	roughly	roughly	ADV
epaa-75	63	6	follow	follow	VERB
epaa-75	63	7	the	the	DET
epaa-75	63	8	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	63	9	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	63	10	z	z	NOUN
epaa-75	63	11	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	63	12	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	63	13	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	63	14	a	a	DET
epaa-75	63	15	mean	mean	NOUN
epaa-75	63	16	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	63	17	0.0	0.0	NUM
epaa-75	63	18	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	63	19	standard	standard	ADJ
epaa-75	63	20	deviation	deviation	NOUN
epaa-75	63	21	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	63	22	1.0	1.0	NUM
epaa-75	63	23	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	63	24	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	63	25	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	63	26	lower	low	ADJ
epaa-75	63	27	bs	b	NOUN
epaa-75	63	28	indicate	indicate	VERB
epaa-75	63	29	easier	easy	ADJ
epaa-75	63	30	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	63	31	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	64	1	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	64	2	refer	refer	VERB
epaa-75	64	3	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	64	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	64	5	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	64	6	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	64	7	the	the	DET
epaa-75	64	8	bs	bs	NOUN
epaa-75	64	9	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	64	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	64	11	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	64	12	logit	logit	NOUN
epaa-75	64	13	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	64	14	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	64	15	—	—	PUNCT
epaa-75	64	16	where	where	SCONJ
epaa-75	64	17	the	the	DET
epaa-75	64	18	term	term	NOUN
epaa-75	64	19	logit	logit	NOUN
epaa-75	64	20	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	64	21	derived	derive	VERB
epaa-75	64	22	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	64	23	the	the	DET
epaa-75	64	24	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	64	25	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	64	26	logistic	logistic	ADJ
epaa-75	64	27	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	64	28	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	64	29	model	model	NOUN
epaa-75	64	30	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	65	1	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	65	2	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	65	3	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	65	4	estimates	estimate	NOUN
epaa-75	65	5	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	65	6	student	student	NOUN
epaa-75	65	7	ability	ability	NOUN
epaa-75	65	8	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	65	9	also	also	ADV
epaa-75	65	10	termed	term	VERB
epaa-75	65	11	proficiency	proficiency	NOUN
epaa-75	65	12	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	65	13	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	65	14	labeled	label	VERB
epaa-75	65	15	θ	θ	PROPN
epaa-75	65	16	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	65	17	also	also	ADV
epaa-75	65	18	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	65	19	this	this	DET
epaa-75	65	20	logit	logit	NOUN
epaa-75	65	21	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	65	22	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	66	1	based	base	VERB
epaa-75	66	2	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	66	3	average	average	ADJ
epaa-75	66	4	b	b	NOUN
epaa-75	66	5	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	66	6	values	value	NOUN
epaa-75	66	7	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	66	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	66	9	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	66	10	became	become	VERB
epaa-75	66	11	easier	easy	ADJ
epaa-75	66	12	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	66	13	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	66	14	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	67	1	but	but	CCONJ
epaa-75	67	2	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	67	3	table	table	NOUN
epaa-75	67	4	2	2	NUM
epaa-75	67	5	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	67	6	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	67	7	can	can	AUX
epaa-75	67	8	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	67	9	seen	see	VERB
epaa-75	67	10	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	67	11	the	the	DET
epaa-75	67	12	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	67	13	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	67	14	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	67	15	39.0	39.0	NUM
epaa-75	67	16	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	67	17	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	67	18	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	67	19	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	67	20	two	two	NUM
epaa-75	67	21	points	point	NOUN
epaa-75	67	22	lower	low	ADJ
epaa-75	67	23	than	than	ADP
epaa-75	67	24	the	the	DET
epaa-75	67	25	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	67	26	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	67	27	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	67	28	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	67	29	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	67	30	41.0	41.0	NUM
epaa-75	67	31	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	67	32	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	68	1	this	this	PRON
epaa-75	68	2	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	68	3	an	an	DET
epaa-75	68	4	unusual	unusual	ADJ
epaa-75	68	5	finding	finding	NOUN
epaa-75	68	6	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	68	7	even	even	ADV
epaa-75	68	8	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	68	9	one	one	NUM
epaa-75	68	10	less	less	ADJ
epaa-75	68	11	mc	mc	NOUN
epaa-75	68	12	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	68	13	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	68	14	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	68	15	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	69	1	under	under	ADP
epaa-75	69	2	normal	normal	ADJ
epaa-75	69	3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN
epaa-75	69	4	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	69	5	if	if	SCONJ
epaa-75	69	6	a	a	DET
epaa-75	69	7	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	69	8	gets	get	VERB
epaa-75	69	9	easier	easy	ADJ
epaa-75	69	10	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	69	11	the	the	DET
epaa-75	69	12	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	69	13	point	point	NOUN
epaa-75	69	14	would	would	AUX
epaa-75	69	15	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	69	16	expected	expect	VERB
epaa-75	69	17	to	to	PART
epaa-75	69	18	go	go	VERB
epaa-75	69	19	up	up	ADP
epaa-75	69	20	to	to	PART
epaa-75	69	21	remain	remain	VERB
epaa-75	69	22	consistent	consistent	ADJ
epaa-75	69	23	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	69	24	the	the	DET
epaa-75	69	25	previous	previous	ADJ
epaa-75	69	26	year	year	NOUN
epaa-75	69	27	’s	’s	PART
epaa-75	69	28	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	69	29	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	70	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	70	2	fact	fact	NOUN
epaa-75	70	3	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	70	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	70	5	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	70	6	point	point	NOUN
epaa-75	70	7	dropped	drop	VERB
epaa-75	70	8	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	70	9	curious	curious	ADJ
epaa-75	70	10	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	71	1	table	table	NOUN
epaa-75	71	2	2	2	NUM
epaa-75	71	3	key	key	ADJ
epaa-75	71	4	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	71	5	characteristics	characteristic	NOUN
epaa-75	71	6	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	71	7	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	71	8	english	english	PROPN
epaa-75	71	9	languages	languages	PROPN
epaa-75	71	10	arts	art	NOUN
epaa-75	71	11	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	71	12	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	71	13	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	71	14	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	71	15	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	71	16	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	71	17	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	71	18	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	71	19	type	type	NOUN
epaa-75	71	20	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	71	21	p	p	NOUN
epaa-75	71	22	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	71	23	value	value	NOUN
epaa-75	71	24	average	average	ADJ
epaa-75	71	25	b	b	PROPN
epaa-75	71	26	p	p	ADJ
epaa-75	71	27	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	71	28	value	value	NOUN
epaa-75	71	29	average	average	ADJ
epaa-75	71	30	b	b	PROPN
epaa-75	71	31	multiple	multiple	ADJ
epaa-75	71	32	choice	choice	NOUN
epaa-75	71	33	*	*	PUNCT
epaa-75	71	34	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	71	35	mc	mc	PROPN
epaa-75	71	36	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	71	37	36	36	NUM
epaa-75	71	38	.70	.70	NUM
epaa-75	71	39	-0.74	-0.74	NUM
epaa-75	71	40	.74	.74	NUM
epaa-75	71	41	-0.74	-0.74	ADJ
epaa-75	71	42	open	open	ADJ
epaa-75	71	43	response	response	NOUN
epaa-75	71	44	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	71	45	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	71	46	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	72	1	6	6	NUM
epaa-75	72	2	.54	.54	NUM
epaa-75	72	3	-0.40	-0.40	NUM
epaa-75	72	4	.61	.61	NUM
epaa-75	72	5	-1.85	-1.85	NUM
epaa-75	72	6	raw	raw	ADJ
epaa-75	72	7	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	72	8	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	72	9	point	point	NOUN
epaa-75	72	10	41	41	NUM
epaa-75	72	11	39	39	NUM
epaa-75	72	12	*	*	PUNCT
epaa-75	72	13	one	one	NUM
epaa-75	72	14	mc	mc	PROPN
epaa-75	72	15	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	72	16	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	72	17	dropped	drop	VERB
epaa-75	72	18	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	72	19	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	72	20	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	73	1	source	source	NOUN
epaa-75	73	2	:	:	PUNCT
epaa-75	73	3	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	73	4	department	department	PROPN
epaa-75	73	5	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	73	6	education	education	PROPN
epaa-75	73	7	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	73	8	2002a	2002a	NOUN
epaa-75	73	9	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	73	10	2002b	2002b	NUM
epaa-75	73	11	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	74	1	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	74	2	table	table	NOUN
epaa-75	74	3	3	3	NUM
epaa-75	74	4	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	74	5	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	74	6	can	can	AUX
epaa-75	74	7	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	74	8	seen	see	VERB
epaa-75	74	9	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	74	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	74	11	p	p	NOUN
epaa-75	74	12	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	74	13	values	value	NOUN
epaa-75	74	14	indicate	indicate	VERB
epaa-75	74	15	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	74	16	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	74	17	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	74	18	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	74	19	success	success	NOUN
epaa-75	74	20	rates	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	74	21	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	74	22	multiple	multiple	ADJ
epaa-75	74	23	choice	choice	NOUN
epaa-75	74	24	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	74	25	mc	mc	PROPN
epaa-75	74	26	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	74	27	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	74	28	short	short	ADJ
epaa-75	74	29	answer	answer	NOUN
epaa-75	74	30	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	74	31	sa	sa	NOUN
epaa-75	74	32	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	74	33	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	74	34	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	74	35	open	open	ADJ
epaa-75	74	36	response	response	NOUN
epaa-75	74	37	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	74	38	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	74	39	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	74	40	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	74	41	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	74	42	also	also	ADV
epaa-75	74	43	slightly	slightly	ADV
epaa-75	74	44	higher	high	ADJ
epaa-75	74	45	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	74	46	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	74	47	than	than	ADP
epaa-75	74	48	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	74	49	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	75	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	75	2	average	average	ADJ
epaa-75	75	3	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	75	4	b	b	X
epaa-75	75	5	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	75	6	values	value	NOUN
epaa-75	75	7	indicate	indicate	VERB
epaa-75	75	8	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	75	9	the	the	DET
epaa-75	75	10	average	average	ADJ
epaa-75	75	11	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN
epaa-75	75	12	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	75	13	the	the	DET
epaa-75	75	14	38	38	NUM
epaa-75	75	15	mc	mc	NOUN
epaa-75	75	16	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	75	17	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	75	18	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	75	19	dropped	drop	VERB
epaa-75	75	20	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	75	21	though	though	SCONJ
epaa-75	75	22	the	the	DET
epaa-75	75	23	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN
epaa-75	75	24	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	75	25	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	75	26	sa	sa	NOUN
epaa-75	75	27	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	75	28	increased	increase	VERB
epaa-75	75	29	slightly	slightly	ADV
epaa-75	75	30	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	76	1	thus	thus	ADV
epaa-75	76	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	76	3	the	the	DET
epaa-75	76	4	mathematics	mathematics	NOUN
epaa-75	76	5	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	76	6	also	also	ADV
epaa-75	76	7	became	become	VERB
epaa-75	76	8	substantially	substantially	ADV
epaa-75	76	9	easier	easy	ADJ
epaa-75	76	10	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	76	11	yet	yet	CCONJ
epaa-75	76	12	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	76	13	can	can	AUX
epaa-75	76	14	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	76	15	seen	see	VERB
epaa-75	76	16	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	76	17	table	table	NOUN
epaa-75	76	18	3	3	NUM
epaa-75	76	19	that	that	PRON
epaa-75	76	20	the	the	DET
epaa-75	76	21	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	76	22	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	76	23	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	76	24	20.0	20.0	NUM
epaa-75	76	25	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	76	26	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	76	27	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	76	28	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	76	29	one	one	NUM
epaa-75	76	30	point	point	NOUN
epaa-75	76	31	lower	low	ADJ
epaa-75	76	32	than	than	ADP
epaa-75	76	33	the	the	DET
epaa-75	76	34	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	76	35	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	76	36	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	76	37	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	76	38	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	76	39	21.0	21.0	NUM
epaa-75	76	40	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	76	41	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	77	1	this	this	DET
epaa-75	77	2	finding	finding	NOUN
epaa-75	77	3	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	77	4	even	even	ADV
epaa-75	77	5	more	more	ADV
epaa-75	77	6	curious	curious	ADJ
epaa-75	77	7	than	than	ADP
epaa-75	77	8	that	that	PRON
epaa-75	77	9	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	77	10	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	77	11	.	.	PROPN
epaa-75	77	12	1	1	NUM
epaa-75	77	13	more	more	ADJ
epaa-75	77	14	information	information	NOUN
epaa-75	77	15	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	77	16	examining	examine	VERB
epaa-75	77	17	the	the	DET
epaa-75	77	18	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	77	19	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	77	20	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN
epaa-75	77	21	can	can	AUX
epaa-75	77	22	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	77	23	found	find	VERB
epaa-75	77	24	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	77	25	the	the	DET
epaa-75	77	26	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	77	27	technical	technical	PROPN
epaa-75	77	28	reports	report	NOUN
epaa-75	77	29	available	available	ADJ
epaa-75	77	30	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	77	31	the	the	DET
epaa-75	77	32	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	77	33	department	department	PROPN
epaa-75	77	34	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	77	35	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	77	36	website	website	NOUN
epaa-75	77	37	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	78	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	78	2	legend	legend	NOUN
epaa-75	78	3	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	78	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	78	5	large	large	ADJ
epaa-75	78	6	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	78	7	gains	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	78	8	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	78	9	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	78	10	5	5	NUM
epaa-75	78	11	table	table	NOUN
epaa-75	78	12	3	3	NUM
epaa-75	78	13	key	key	ADJ
epaa-75	78	14	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	78	15	characteristics	characteristic	NOUN
epaa-75	78	16	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	78	17	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	78	18	english	english	PROPN
epaa-75	78	19	languages	languages	PROPN
epaa-75	78	20	arts	art	NOUN
epaa-75	78	21	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	78	22	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	78	23	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	78	24	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	78	25	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	78	26	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	78	27	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	78	28	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	78	29	type	type	NOUN
epaa-75	78	30	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	78	31	p	p	NOUN
epaa-75	78	32	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	78	33	value	value	NOUN
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epaa-75	78	35	b	b	PROPN
epaa-75	78	36	p	p	ADJ
epaa-75	78	37	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	78	38	value	value	NOUN
epaa-75	78	39	average	average	ADJ
epaa-75	78	40	b	b	PROPN
epaa-75	78	41	multiple	multiple	ADJ
epaa-75	78	42	choice	choice	NOUN
epaa-75	78	43	*	*	PUNCT
epaa-75	78	44	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	78	45	mc	mc	PROPN
epaa-75	78	46	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	78	47	32	32	NUM
epaa-75	78	48	.49	.49	NUM
epaa-75	78	49	0.51	0.51	NUM
epaa-75	78	50	.55	.55	NUM
epaa-75	78	51	0.43	0.43	NUM
epaa-75	78	52	short	short	ADJ
epaa-75	78	53	answer	answer	NOUN
epaa-75	78	54	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	78	55	sa	sa	NOUN
epaa-75	78	56	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	78	57	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	78	58	.43	.43	NUM
epaa-75	78	59	0.27	0.27	NUM
epaa-75	78	60	.44	.44	NUM
epaa-75	78	61	0.36	0.36	NUM
epaa-75	78	62	open	open	ADJ
epaa-75	78	63	response	response	NOUN
epaa-75	78	64	(	(	PUNCT
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epaa-75	78	66	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	78	67	6	6	NUM
epaa-75	78	68	.35	.35	NUM
epaa-75	78	69	0.63	0.63	NUM
epaa-75	78	70	.52	.52	NUM
epaa-75	78	71	0.29	0.29	NUM
epaa-75	78	72	raw	raw	ADJ
epaa-75	78	73	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	78	74	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	78	75	point	point	NOUN
epaa-75	78	76	21	21	NUM
epaa-75	78	77	20	20	NUM
epaa-75	78	78	*	*	NUM
epaa-75	78	79	one	one	NUM
epaa-75	78	80	mc	mc	PROPN
epaa-75	78	81	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	78	82	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	78	83	dropped	drop	VERB
epaa-75	78	84	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	78	85	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	78	86	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	79	1	source	source	NOUN
epaa-75	79	2	:	:	PUNCT
epaa-75	79	3	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	79	4	department	department	PROPN
epaa-75	79	5	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	79	6	education	education	PROPN
epaa-75	79	7	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	79	8	2002a	2002a	NOUN
epaa-75	79	9	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	79	10	2002b	2002b	NUM
epaa-75	79	11	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	80	1	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	80	2	both	both	PRON
epaa-75	80	3	math	math	NOUN
epaa-75	80	4	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	80	5	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	80	6	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	80	7	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	80	8	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	80	9	contribute	contribute	VERB
epaa-75	80	10	about	about	ADP
epaa-75	80	11	one	one	NUM
epaa-75	80	12	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	80	13	half	half	NOUN
epaa-75	80	14	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	80	15	the	the	DET
epaa-75	80	16	total	total	ADJ
epaa-75	80	17	possible	possible	ADJ
epaa-75	80	18	points	point	NOUN
epaa-75	80	19	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	80	20	the	the	DET
epaa-75	80	21	assessment	assessment	NOUN
epaa-75	80	22	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	81	1	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	81	2	because	because	SCONJ
epaa-75	81	3	the	the	PRON
epaa-75	81	4	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	81	5	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	81	6	will	will	AUX
epaa-75	81	7	become	become	VERB
epaa-75	81	8	an	an	DET
epaa-75	81	9	important	important	ADJ
epaa-75	81	10	part	part	NOUN
epaa-75	81	11	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	81	12	the	the	DET
epaa-75	81	13	investigation	investigation	NOUN
epaa-75	81	14	reported	report	VERB
epaa-75	81	15	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	81	16	this	this	DET
epaa-75	81	17	paper	paper	NOUN
epaa-75	81	18	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	81	19	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	81	20	will	will	AUX
epaa-75	81	21	examine	examine	VERB
epaa-75	81	22	changes	change	NOUN
epaa-75	81	23	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	81	24	scoring	scoring	NOUN
epaa-75	81	25	procedures	procedure	NOUN
epaa-75	81	26	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	81	27	the	the	DET
epaa-75	81	28	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	81	29	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	81	30	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	81	31	the	the	DET
epaa-75	81	32	next	next	ADJ
epaa-75	81	33	section	section	NOUN
epaa-75	81	34	before	before	ADP
epaa-75	81	35	returning	return	VERB
epaa-75	81	36	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	81	37	an	an	DET
epaa-75	81	38	analysis	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	81	39	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	81	40	the	the	DET
epaa-75	81	41	apparently	apparently	ADV
epaa-75	81	42	problematic	problematic	ADJ
epaa-75	81	43	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	81	44	failing	failing	NOUN
epaa-75	81	45	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	81	46	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	81	47	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	81	48	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	82	1	possible	possible	ADJ
epaa-75	82	2	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	82	3	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	82	4	scoring	scoring	NOUN
epaa-75	82	5	changes	change	VERB
epaa-75	82	6	the	the	DET
epaa-75	82	7	6	6	NUM
epaa-75	82	8	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	82	9	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	82	10	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	82	11	the	the	DET
epaa-75	82	12	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	82	13	mathematics	mathematics	PROPN
epaa-75	82	14	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	82	15	their	their	PRON
epaa-75	82	16	scoring	scoring	NOUN
epaa-75	82	17	rubrics	rubric	NOUN
epaa-75	82	18	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	82	19	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	82	20	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	82	21	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	82	22	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	82	23	given	give	VERB
epaa-75	82	24	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	82	25	public	public	ADJ
epaa-75	82	26	examination	examination	NOUN
epaa-75	82	27	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	82	28	the	the	DET
epaa-75	82	29	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	82	30	doe	doe	PROPN
epaa-75	82	31	website	website	NOUN
epaa-75	82	32	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	83	1	each	each	DET
epaa-75	83	2	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	83	3	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	83	4	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	83	5	scored	score	VERB
epaa-75	83	6	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	83	7	a	a	DET
epaa-75	83	8	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	83	9	0–4	0–4	NUM
epaa-75	83	10	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	83	11	the	the	DET
epaa-75	83	12	abbreviated	abbreviate	VERB
epaa-75	83	13	descriptions	description	NOUN
epaa-75	83	14	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	83	15	the	the	DET
epaa-75	83	16	rubric	rubric	ADJ
epaa-75	83	17	description	description	NOUN
epaa-75	83	18	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	83	19	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	83	20	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	83	21	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	83	22	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	83	23	2	2	NUM
epaa-75	83	24	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	83	25	given	give	VERB
epaa-75	83	26	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	83	27	tables	table	NOUN
epaa-75	83	28	4–5	4–5	NUM
epaa-75	83	29	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	84	1	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	84	2	table	table	NOUN
epaa-75	84	3	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	84	4	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	84	5	the	the	DET
epaa-75	84	6	left	left	ADJ
epaa-75	84	7	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	84	8	hand	hand	NOUN
epaa-75	84	9	column	column	NOUN
epaa-75	84	10	contains	contain	VERB
epaa-75	84	11	2	2	NUM
epaa-75	84	12	numbers	number	NOUN
epaa-75	84	13	that	that	PRON
epaa-75	84	14	the	the	DET
epaa-75	84	15	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	84	16	identifiers	identifier	NOUN
epaa-75	84	17	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	84	18	the	the	DET
epaa-75	84	19	years	year	NOUN
epaa-75	84	20	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	84	21	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	84	22	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	84	23	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	84	24	respectively	respectively	ADV
epaa-75	84	25	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	85	1	looking	look	VERB
epaa-75	85	2	down	down	ADP
epaa-75	85	3	the	the	DET
epaa-75	85	4	second	second	ADJ
epaa-75	85	5	column	column	NOUN
epaa-75	85	6	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	85	7	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	85	8	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	85	9	evident	evident	ADJ
epaa-75	85	10	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	85	11	to	to	PART
epaa-75	85	12	obtain	obtain	VERB
epaa-75	85	13	a	a	DET
epaa-75	85	14	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	85	15	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	85	16	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	85	17	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	85	18	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	85	19	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	85	20	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	85	21	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	85	22	the	the	DET
epaa-75	85	23	adjectives	adjective	NOUN
epaa-75	85	24	“	"	PUNCT
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epaa-75	85	26	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	85	27	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	85	28	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	85	29	accurate	accurate	ADJ
epaa-75	85	30	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	85	31	appear	appear	VERB
epaa-75	85	32	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	85	33	each	each	PRON
epaa-75	85	34	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	85	35	the	the	DET
epaa-75	85	36	6	6	NUM
epaa-75	85	37	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	85	38	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	85	39	while	while	SCONJ
epaa-75	85	40	the	the	DET
epaa-75	85	41	word	word	NOUN
epaa-75	85	42	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	85	43	correct	correct	ADJ
epaa-75	85	44	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	85	45	appears	appear	VERB
epaa-75	85	46	just	just	ADV
epaa-75	85	47	twice	twice	ADV
epaa-75	85	48	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	85	49	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	85	50	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	86	1	moreover	moreover	ADV
epaa-75	86	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	86	3	the	the	DET
epaa-75	86	4	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	86	5	rubrics	rubric	NOUN
epaa-75	86	6	appear	appear	VERB
epaa-75	86	7	semantically	semantically	ADV
epaa-75	86	8	denser	dense	ADJ
epaa-75	86	9	than	than	ADP
epaa-75	86	10	those	those	PRON
epaa-75	86	11	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	86	12	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	86	13	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	86	14	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	86	15	a	a	DET
epaa-75	86	16	similar	similar	ADJ
epaa-75	86	17	pattern	pattern	NOUN
epaa-75	86	18	exists	exist	VERB
epaa-75	86	19	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	86	20	the	the	DET
epaa-75	86	21	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	86	22	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	86	23	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	86	24	2	2	NUM
epaa-75	86	25	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	86	26	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	87	1	these	these	DET
epaa-75	87	2	observations	observation	NOUN
epaa-75	87	3	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	87	4	quite	quite	ADV
epaa-75	87	5	consistent	consistent	ADJ
epaa-75	87	6	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	87	7	the	the	DET
epaa-75	87	8	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	87	9	rubrics	rubric	NOUN
epaa-75	87	10	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	87	11	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	87	12	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	87	13	scored	score	VERB
epaa-75	87	14	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	87	15	the	the	DET
epaa-75	87	16	0–4	0–4	NUM
epaa-75	87	17	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	87	18	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	1	table	table	NOUN
epaa-75	88	2	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	88	3	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	88	4	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	88	5	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	6	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	88	7	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	8	rubric	rubric	ADJ
epaa-75	88	9	descriptors	descriptor	NOUN
epaa-75	88	10	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	11	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	88	12	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	88	13	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	88	14	tests	test	NOUN
epaa-75	88	15	released	release	VERB
epaa-75	88	16	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	88	17	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	18	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	88	19	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	20	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	88	21	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	22	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	88	23	descriptors	descriptor	NOUN
epaa-75	88	24	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	88	25	descriptors	descriptor	NOUN
epaa-75	88	26	13	13	NUM
epaa-75	88	27	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	28	13	13	NUM
epaa-75	88	29	accurately	accurately	ADV
epaa-75	88	30	using	use	VERB
epaa-75	88	31	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	32	communicate	communicate	VERB
epaa-75	88	33	correct	correct	ADJ
epaa-75	88	34	strategy	strategy	NOUN
epaa-75	88	35	facility	facility	NOUN
epaa-75	88	36	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	88	37	16	16	NUM
epaa-75	88	38	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	39	16	16	NUM
epaa-75	88	40	accurately	accurately	ADV
epaa-75	88	41	creating	create	VERB
epaa-75	88	42	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	88	43	interpreting	interpret	VERB
epaa-75	88	44	correctly	correctly	ADV
epaa-75	88	45	analyzing	analyzing	NOUN
epaa-75	88	46	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	47	using	use	VERB
epaa-75	88	48	&	&	CCONJ
epaa-75	88	49	explaining	explain	VERB
epaa-75	88	50	correct	correct	ADJ
epaa-75	88	51	21	21	NUM
epaa-75	88	52	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	53	21	21	NUM
epaa-75	88	54	correct	correct	ADJ
epaa-75	88	55	procedures	procedure	NOUN
epaa-75	88	56	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	57	consistent	consistent	ADJ
epaa-75	88	58	accuracy	accuracy	NOUN
epaa-75	88	59	22	22	NUM
epaa-75	88	60	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	61	22	22	NUM
epaa-75	88	62	determining	determine	VERB
epaa-75	88	63	correct	correct	ADJ
epaa-75	88	64	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	65	accurately	accurately	ADV
epaa-75	88	66	solving	solve	VERB
epaa-75	88	67	41	41	NUM
epaa-75	88	68	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	69	40	40	NUM
epaa-75	88	70	accurately	accurately	ADV
epaa-75	88	71	applying	apply	VERB
epaa-75	88	72	correct	correct	ADJ
epaa-75	88	73	communicates	communicate	VERB
epaa-75	88	74	42	42	NUM
epaa-75	88	75	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	76	41	41	NUM
epaa-75	88	77	correctly	correctly	ADV
epaa-75	88	78	solving	solving	NOUN
epaa-75	88	79	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	88	80	developing	develop	VERB
epaa-75	88	81	describing	describing	NOUN
epaa-75	88	82	&	&	CCONJ
epaa-75	88	83	analyzing	analyze	VERB
epaa-75	88	84	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	88	85	policy	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	88	86	analysis	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	88	87	archives	archive	NOUN
epaa-75	88	88	vol	vol	NOUN
epaa-75	88	89	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	89	1	14	14	NUM
epaa-75	89	2	no	no	NOUN
epaa-75	89	3	.	.	NOUN
epaa-75	89	4	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	89	5	6	6	NUM
epaa-75	89	6	table	table	NOUN
epaa-75	89	7	5	5	NUM
epaa-75	89	8	analysis	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	89	9	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	89	10	rubric	rubric	ADJ
epaa-75	89	11	descriptor	descriptor	NOUN
epaa-75	89	12	differences	difference	NOUN
epaa-75	89	13	required	require	VERB
epaa-75	89	14	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	89	15	a	a	DET
epaa-75	89	16	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	89	17	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	89	18	2	2	NUM
epaa-75	89	19	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	89	20	the	the	DET
epaa-75	89	21	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	89	22	0–4	0–4	PROPN
epaa-75	89	23	.	.	PROPN
epaa-75	90	1	released	release	VERB
epaa-75	90	2	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	90	3	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	4	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	90	5	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	6	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	90	7	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	8	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	90	9	descriptors	descriptor	NOUN
epaa-75	90	10	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	90	11	descriptors	descriptor	NOUN
epaa-75	90	12	13	13	NUM
epaa-75	90	13	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	14	13	13	NUM
epaa-75	90	15	basic	basic	ADJ
epaa-75	90	16	understanding	understanding	NOUN
epaa-75	90	17	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	18	accurately	accurately	ADV
epaa-75	90	19	applying	apply	VERB
epaa-75	90	20	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	21	communicating	communicate	VERB
epaa-75	90	22	correct	correct	ADJ
epaa-75	90	23	partial	partial	ADJ
epaa-75	90	24	understanding	understanding	NOUN
epaa-75	90	25	16	16	NUM
epaa-75	90	26	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	27	16	16	NUM
epaa-75	90	28	general	general	ADJ
epaa-75	90	29	understanding	understanding	NOUN
epaa-75	90	30	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	31	applying	apply	VERB
epaa-75	90	32	…	…	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	33	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	90	34	some	some	DET
epaa-75	90	35	accuracy	accuracy	NOUN
epaa-75	90	36	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	37	creating	create	VERB
epaa-75	90	38	an	an	DET
epaa-75	90	39	accurate	accurate	ADJ
epaa-75	90	40	basic	basic	ADJ
epaa-75	90	41	understanding	understanding	NOUN
epaa-75	90	42	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	43	analyze	analyze	NOUN
epaa-75	90	44	21	21	NUM
epaa-75	90	45	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	46	21	21	NUM
epaa-75	90	47	some	some	DET
epaa-75	90	48	understanding	understanding	NOUN
epaa-75	90	49	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	50	implementing	implement	VERB
epaa-75	90	51	correct	correct	ADJ
epaa-75	90	52	procedures	procedure	NOUN
epaa-75	90	53	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	90	54	least	least	ADJ
epaa-75	90	55	once	once	ADV
epaa-75	90	56	basic	basic	ADJ
epaa-75	90	57	understanding	understanding	NOUN
epaa-75	90	58	22	22	NUM
epaa-75	90	59	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	60	22	22	NUM
epaa-75	90	61	basic	basic	ADJ
epaa-75	90	62	understanding	understanding	NOUN
epaa-75	90	63	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	64	correct	correct	ADJ
epaa-75	90	65	strategy	strategy	NOUN
epaa-75	90	66	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	90	67	solving	solving	NOUN
epaa-75	90	68	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	69	making	make	VERB
epaa-75	90	70	one	one	NUM
epaa-75	90	71	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	90	72	more	more	ADV
epaa-75	90	73	correct	correct	ADJ
epaa-75	90	74	partial	partial	ADJ
epaa-75	90	75	understanding	understanding	NOUN
epaa-75	90	76	41	41	NUM
epaa-75	90	77	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	78	40	40	NUM
epaa-75	90	79	general	general	ADJ
epaa-75	90	80	understanding	understanding	NOUN
epaa-75	90	81	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	82	making	make	VERB
epaa-75	90	83	some	some	PRON
epaa-75	90	84	accurate	accurate	ADJ
epaa-75	90	85	…	…	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	86	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	87	applying	apply	VERB
epaa-75	90	88	some	some	DET
epaa-75	90	89	correct	correct	ADJ
epaa-75	90	90	basic	basic	ADJ
epaa-75	90	91	understanding	understanding	NOUN
epaa-75	90	92	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	93	communicates	communicate	VERB
epaa-75	90	94	42	42	NUM
epaa-75	90	95	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	96	41	41	NUM
epaa-75	90	97	basic	basic	ADJ
epaa-75	90	98	understanding	understanding	NOUN
epaa-75	90	99	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	100	using	use	VERB
epaa-75	90	101	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ
epaa-75	90	102	strategies	strategy	NOUN
epaa-75	90	103	to	to	PART
epaa-75	90	104	solve	solve	VERB
epaa-75	90	105	problems	problem	NOUN
epaa-75	90	106	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	107	developing	develop	VERB
epaa-75	90	108	basic	basic	ADJ
epaa-75	90	109	understanding	understanding	NOUN
epaa-75	90	110	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	111	describing	describe	VERB
epaa-75	90	112	although	although	SCONJ
epaa-75	90	113	one	one	PRON
epaa-75	90	114	might	might	AUX
epaa-75	90	115	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	90	116	tempted	tempt	VERB
epaa-75	90	117	to	to	PART
epaa-75	90	118	attribute	attribute	VERB
epaa-75	90	119	the	the	DET
epaa-75	90	120	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	90	121	increases	increase	NOUN
epaa-75	90	122	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	90	123	student	student	NOUN
epaa-75	90	124	performance	performance	NOUN
epaa-75	90	125	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	90	126	the	the	DET
epaa-75	90	127	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	90	128	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	90	129	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	130	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	90	131	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	90	132	also	also	ADV
epaa-75	90	133	the	the	DET
epaa-75	90	134	case	case	NOUN
epaa-75	90	135	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	90	136	the	the	DET
epaa-75	90	137	equated	equated	ADJ
epaa-75	90	138	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	90	139	b	b	PROPN
epaa-75	90	140	parameters	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	90	141	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	142	which	which	PRON
epaa-75	90	143	describe	describe	VERB
epaa-75	90	144	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	90	145	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN
epaa-75	90	146	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	90	147	should	should	AUX
epaa-75	90	148	take	take	VERB
epaa-75	90	149	this	this	DET
epaa-75	90	150	fact	fact	NOUN
epaa-75	90	151	into	into	ADP
epaa-75	90	152	account	account	NOUN
epaa-75	90	153	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	91	1	2	2	NUM
epaa-75	91	2	all	all	DET
epaa-75	91	3	things	thing	NOUN
epaa-75	91	4	being	be	AUX
epaa-75	91	5	equal	equal	ADJ
epaa-75	91	6	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	91	7	a	a	DET
epaa-75	91	8	simple	simple	ADJ
epaa-75	91	9	change	change	NOUN
epaa-75	91	10	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	91	11	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	91	12	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN
epaa-75	91	13	will	will	AUX
epaa-75	91	14	not	not	PART
epaa-75	91	15	affect	affect	VERB
epaa-75	91	16	the	the	DET
epaa-75	91	17	percentage	percentage	NOUN
epaa-75	91	18	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	91	19	students	student	NOUN
epaa-75	91	20	that	that	PRON
epaa-75	91	21	reach	reach	VERB
epaa-75	91	22	a	a	DET
epaa-75	91	23	particular	particular	ADJ
epaa-75	91	24	achievement	achievement	NOUN
epaa-75	91	25	level	level	NOUN
epaa-75	91	26	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	91	27	the	the	DET
epaa-75	91	28	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	91	29	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	92	1	as	as	SCONJ
epaa-75	92	2	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	92	3	shall	shall	AUX
epaa-75	92	4	show	show	VERB
epaa-75	92	5	below	below	ADV
epaa-75	92	6	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	92	7	however	however	ADV
epaa-75	92	8	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	92	9	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	92	10	does	do	AUX
epaa-75	92	11	appear	appear	VERB
epaa-75	92	12	plausible	plausible	ADJ
epaa-75	92	13	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	92	14	some	some	PRON
epaa-75	92	15	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	92	16	the	the	DET
epaa-75	92	17	change	change	NOUN
epaa-75	92	18	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	92	19	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN
epaa-75	92	20	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	92	21	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	92	22	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	92	23	may	may	AUX
epaa-75	92	24	not	not	PART
epaa-75	92	25	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	92	26	accounted	account	VERB
epaa-75	92	27	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	92	28	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	92	29	the	the	DET
epaa-75	92	30	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	92	31	scaling	scale	VERB
epaa-75	92	32	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	92	33	equating	equate	VERB
epaa-75	92	34	process	process	NOUN
epaa-75	92	35	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	93	1	methods	method	NOUN
epaa-75	93	2	data	datum	NOUN
epaa-75	93	3	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	93	4	sample	sample	NOUN
epaa-75	93	5	description	description	NOUN
epaa-75	93	6	a	a	DET
epaa-75	93	7	copy	copy	NOUN
epaa-75	93	8	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	93	9	the	the	DET
epaa-75	93	10	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	93	11	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	93	12	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	93	13	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	93	14	10th	10th	ADJ
epaa-75	93	15	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	93	16	data	datum	NOUN
epaa-75	93	17	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	93	18	obtained	obtain	VERB
epaa-75	93	19	without	without	ADP
epaa-75	93	20	student	student	NOUN
epaa-75	93	21	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	93	22	school	school	NOUN
epaa-75	93	23	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	93	24	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	93	25	district	district	NOUN
epaa-75	94	1	identifiers.3	identifiers.3	PROPN
epaa-75	94	2	students	student	NOUN
epaa-75	94	3	who	who	PRON
epaa-75	94	4	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	94	5	classified	classify	VERB
epaa-75	94	6	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	94	7	lep	lep	PROPN
epaa-75	94	8	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	94	9	n	n	NOUN
epaa-75	94	10	=	=	SYM
epaa-75	94	11	846	846	NUM
epaa-75	94	12	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	94	13	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	94	14	who	who	PRON
epaa-75	94	15	had	have	VERB
epaa-75	94	16	raw	raw	ADJ
epaa-75	94	17	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	94	18	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	94	19	zero	zero	NUM
epaa-75	94	20	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	94	21	not	not	PART
epaa-75	94	22	included	include	VERB
epaa-75	94	23	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	95	1	this	this	PRON
epaa-75	95	2	resulted	result	VERB
epaa-75	95	3	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	95	4	population	population	NOUN
epaa-75	95	5	sizes	size	NOUN
epaa-75	95	6	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	95	7	n	n	NOUN
epaa-75	95	8	=	=	NUM
epaa-75	95	9	57,542	57,542	NUM
epaa-75	95	10	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	95	11	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	95	12	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	95	13	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	95	14	n	n	PROPN
epaa-75	95	15	=	=	NUM
epaa-75	95	16	61,968	61,968	NUM
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epaa-75	95	18	2	2	NUM
epaa-75	95	19	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	95	20	the	the	DET
epaa-75	95	21	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	95	22	calibration	calibration	NOUN
epaa-75	95	23	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	95	24	the	the	DET
epaa-75	95	25	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	95	26	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	95	27	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	95	28	groups	group	NOUN
epaa-75	95	29	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	95	30	performed	perform	VERB
epaa-75	95	31	separately	separately	ADV
epaa-75	95	32	using	use	VERB
epaa-75	95	33	the	the	DET
epaa-75	95	34	combined	combined	PROPN
epaa-75	95	35	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	95	36	models	model	NOUN
epaa-75	95	37	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	95	38	three	three	NUM
epaa-75	95	39	parameter	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	95	40	logistic	logistic	NOUN
epaa-75	95	41	[	[	X
epaa-75	95	42	3pl	3pl	X
epaa-75	95	43	]	]	X
epaa-75	95	44	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	95	45	multiple	multiple	ADJ
epaa-75	95	46	choice	choice	NOUN
epaa-75	95	47	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	95	48	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	95	49	two	two	NUM
epaa-75	95	50	parameter	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	95	51	logistic	logistic	NOUN
epaa-75	96	1	[	[	X
epaa-75	96	2	2pl	2pl	X
epaa-75	96	3	]	]	PUNCT
epaa-75	96	4	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	96	5	short	short	ADJ
epaa-75	96	6	answer	answer	NOUN
epaa-75	96	7	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	96	8	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	96	9	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	96	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	96	11	graded	grade	VERB
epaa-75	96	12	response	response	NOUN
epaa-75	96	13	model	model	NOUN
epaa-75	96	14	[	[	X
epaa-75	96	15	grm	grm	NOUN
epaa-75	96	16	]	]	X
epaa-75	96	17	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	96	18	open	open	ADJ
epaa-75	96	19	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	96	20	response	response	NOUN
epaa-75	96	21	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	96	22	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	96	23	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	97	1	calibration	calibration	NOUN
epaa-75	97	2	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	97	3	parameter	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	97	4	estimates	estimate	NOUN
epaa-75	97	5	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	97	6	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	97	7	placed	place	VERB
epaa-75	97	8	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	97	9	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	97	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	97	11	same	same	ADJ
epaa-75	97	12	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	97	13	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	97	14	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	97	15	the	the	DET
epaa-75	97	16	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	97	17	calibration	calibration	NOUN
epaa-75	97	18	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	97	19	fixing	fix	VERB
epaa-75	97	20	the	the	DET
epaa-75	97	21	parameters	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	97	22	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	97	23	the	the	DET
epaa-75	97	24	anchoring	anchoring	NOUN
epaa-75	97	25	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	97	26	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	97	27	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	97	28	calibration	calibration	NOUN
epaa-75	97	29	values	value	NOUN
epaa-75	97	30	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	98	1	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	98	2	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	98	3	noteworthy	noteworthy	ADJ
epaa-75	98	4	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	98	5	at	at	ADV
epaa-75	98	6	least	least	ADV
epaa-75	98	7	25	25	NUM
epaa-75	98	8	percent	percent	NOUN
epaa-75	98	9	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	98	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	98	11	2001–2000	2001–2000	NUM
epaa-75	98	12	equating	equate	VERB
epaa-75	98	13	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	98	14	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	98	15	also	also	ADV
epaa-75	98	16	used	use	VERB
epaa-75	98	17	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	98	18	2000–1999	2000–1999	NUM
epaa-75	98	19	equating	equating	NOUN
epaa-75	98	20	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	98	21	so	so	SCONJ
epaa-75	98	22	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	98	23	their	their	PRON
epaa-75	98	24	parameters	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	98	25	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	98	26	actually	actually	ADV
epaa-75	98	27	fixed	fix	VERB
epaa-75	98	28	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	98	29	1999	1999	NUM
epaa-75	98	30	calibration	calibration	NOUN
epaa-75	98	31	values	value	NOUN
epaa-75	98	32	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	98	33	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	98	34	mdoe	mdoe	PROPN
epaa-75	98	35	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	98	36	2002a	2002a	NOUN
epaa-75	98	37	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	98	38	p.	p.	NOUN
epaa-75	98	39	48	48	NUM
epaa-75	98	40	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	98	41	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	99	1	3	3	NUM
epaa-75	99	2	data	datum	NOUN
epaa-75	99	3	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	99	4	provided	provide	VERB
epaa-75	99	5	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	99	6	researchers	researcher	NOUN
epaa-75	99	7	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	99	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	99	9	center	center	NOUN
epaa-75	99	10	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	99	11	the	the	DET
epaa-75	99	12	study	study	NOUN
epaa-75	99	13	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	99	14	testing	testing	NOUN
epaa-75	99	15	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	99	16	evaluation	evaluation	NOUN
epaa-75	99	17	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	99	18	educational	educational	ADJ
epaa-75	99	19	testing	testing	NOUN
epaa-75	99	20	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	99	21	boston	boston	PROPN
epaa-75	99	22	college	college	PROPN
epaa-75	99	23	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	100	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	100	2	data	datum	NOUN
epaa-75	100	3	obtained	obtain	VERB
epaa-75	100	4	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	100	5	strictly	strictly	ADV
epaa-75	100	6	anonymous	anonymous	ADJ
epaa-75	100	7	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	101	1	no	no	DET
epaa-75	101	2	information	information	NOUN
epaa-75	101	3	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	101	4	present	present	ADJ
epaa-75	101	5	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	101	6	the	the	DET
epaa-75	101	7	data	data	NOUN
epaa-75	101	8	file	file	NOUN
epaa-75	101	9	regarding	regard	VERB
epaa-75	101	10	student	student	NOUN
epaa-75	101	11	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	101	12	teacher	teacher	NOUN
epaa-75	101	13	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	101	14	school	school	NOUN
epaa-75	101	15	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	101	16	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	101	17	district	district	NOUN
epaa-75	101	18	identity	identity	NOUN
epaa-75	101	19	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	102	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	102	2	legend	legend	NOUN
epaa-75	102	3	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	102	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	102	5	large	large	ADJ
epaa-75	102	6	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	102	7	gains	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	102	8	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	102	9	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	102	10	7	7	NUM
epaa-75	102	11	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	102	12	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	102	13	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	102	14	n	n	PROPN
epaa-75	102	15	=	=	SYM
epaa-75	102	16	59,946	59,946	NUM
epaa-75	102	17	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	102	18	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	102	19	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	102	20	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	102	21	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	102	22	n	n	CCONJ
epaa-75	102	23	=	=	SYM
epaa-75	102	24	62,900	62,900	NUM
epaa-75	102	25	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	102	26	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	102	27	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	102	28	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	103	1	these	these	DET
epaa-75	103	2	values	value	NOUN
epaa-75	103	3	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	103	4	relatively	relatively	ADV
epaa-75	103	5	close	close	ADJ
epaa-75	103	6	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	103	7	the	the	DET
epaa-75	103	8	sample	sample	NOUN
epaa-75	103	9	sizes	size	NOUN
epaa-75	103	10	n	n	X
epaa-75	103	11	=	=	SYM
epaa-75	103	12	57,681	57,681	NUM
epaa-75	103	13	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	103	14	62,620	62,620	NUM
epaa-75	103	15	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	103	16	59,978	59,978	NUM
epaa-75	103	17	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	103	18	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	103	19	62,921	62,921	NUM
epaa-75	103	20	given	give	VERB
epaa-75	103	21	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	103	22	the	the	DET
epaa-75	103	23	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	103	24	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	103	25	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	103	26	technical	technical	ADJ
epaa-75	103	27	reports	report	NOUN
epaa-75	103	28	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	103	29	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	103	30	department	department	PROPN
epaa-75	103	31	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	103	32	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	103	33	[	[	X
epaa-75	103	34	mdoe	mdoe	NOUN
epaa-75	103	35	]	]	X
epaa-75	103	36	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	103	37	2002a	2002a	NOUN
epaa-75	103	38	&	&	CCONJ
epaa-75	103	39	2002b	2002b	NUM
epaa-75	103	40	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	103	41	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	103	42	the	the	DET
epaa-75	103	43	classical	classical	ADJ
epaa-75	103	44	reliability	reliability	NOUN
epaa-75	103	45	statistics	statistic	NOUN
epaa-75	103	46	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	104	1	data	datum	NOUN
epaa-75	104	2	consisted	consist	VERB
epaa-75	104	3	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	104	4	responses	response	NOUN
epaa-75	104	5	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	104	6	each	each	DET
epaa-75	104	7	student	student	NOUN
epaa-75	104	8	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	104	9	the	the	DET
epaa-75	104	10	42	42	NUM
epaa-75	104	11	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	104	12	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	104	13	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	104	14	operational	operational	ADJ
epaa-75	104	15	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	104	16	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	104	17	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	104	18	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	104	19	the	the	DET
epaa-75	104	20	41	41	NUM
epaa-75	104	21	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	104	22	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	104	23	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	104	24	operational	operational	ADJ
epaa-75	104	25	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	104	26	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	104	27	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	104	28	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	105	1	cut	cut	VERB
epaa-75	105	2	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	105	3	drift	drift	NOUN
epaa-75	105	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	105	5	primary	primary	ADJ
epaa-75	105	6	source	source	NOUN
epaa-75	105	7	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	105	8	bias	bias	NOUN
epaa-75	105	9	investigated	investigate	VERB
epaa-75	105	10	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	105	11	this	this	DET
epaa-75	105	12	paper	paper	NOUN
epaa-75	105	13	concerns	concern	NOUN
epaa-75	105	14	changes	change	NOUN
epaa-75	105	15	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	105	16	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	105	17	scaling	scale	VERB
epaa-75	105	18	procedures	procedure	NOUN
epaa-75	105	19	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	106	1	a	a	DET
epaa-75	106	2	series	series	NOUN
epaa-75	106	3	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	106	4	complex	complex	ADJ
epaa-75	106	5	changes	change	NOUN
epaa-75	106	6	occurred	occur	VERB
epaa-75	106	7	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	106	8	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	106	9	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	106	10	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	106	11	that	that	PRON
epaa-75	106	12	impacted	impact	VERB
epaa-75	106	13	both	both	DET
epaa-75	106	14	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	106	15	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	106	16	cut	cut	VERB
epaa-75	106	17	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	106	18	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	107	1	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	107	2	particular	particular	ADJ
epaa-75	107	3	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	107	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	107	5	reporting	reporting	NOUN
epaa-75	107	6	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	107	7	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	107	8	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	107	9	which	which	PRON
epaa-75	107	10	had	have	AUX
epaa-75	107	11	been	be	AUX
epaa-75	107	12	linked	link	VERB
epaa-75	107	13	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	107	14	the	the	DET
epaa-75	107	15	original	original	ADJ
epaa-75	107	16	raw	raw	ADJ
epaa-75	107	17	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	107	18	metric	metric	ADJ
epaa-75	107	19	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	107	20	1998	1998	NUM
epaa-75	107	21	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	107	22	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	107	23	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	107	24	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	107	25	modified	modify	VERB
epaa-75	107	26	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	107	27	2001.4	2001.4	NUM
epaa-75	107	28	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	107	29	quality	quality	NOUN
epaa-75	107	30	control	control	NOUN
epaa-75	107	31	purposes	purpose	NOUN
epaa-75	107	32	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	107	33	the	the	DET
epaa-75	107	34	contractor	contractor	NOUN
epaa-75	107	35	conducted	conduct	VERB
epaa-75	107	36	an	an	DET
epaa-75	107	37	investigation	investigation	NOUN
epaa-75	107	38	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	107	39	which	which	PRON
epaa-75	107	40	the	the	DET
epaa-75	107	41	implemented	implement	VERB
epaa-75	107	42	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	107	43	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	107	44	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	107	45	examined	examine	VERB
epaa-75	107	46	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	107	47	potential	potential	ADJ
epaa-75	107	48	drift	drift	NOUN
epaa-75	107	49	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	108	1	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	108	2	particular	particular	ADJ
epaa-75	108	3	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	108	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	108	5	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	108	6	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	108	7	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	108	8	examined	examine	VERB
epaa-75	108	9	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	108	10	terms	term	NOUN
epaa-75	108	11	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	108	12	its	its	PRON
epaa-75	108	13	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	108	14	θ	θ	PROPN
epaa-75	108	15	equivalent	equivalent	ADJ
epaa-75	108	16	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	108	17	year	year	NOUN
epaa-75	108	18	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	109	1	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	109	2	10th	10th	ADJ
epaa-75	109	3	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	109	4	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	109	5	the	the	DET
epaa-75	109	6	relevant	relevant	ADJ
epaa-75	109	7	graph	graph	NOUN
epaa-75	109	8	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	109	9	the	the	DET
epaa-75	109	10	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	109	11	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	109	12	technical	technical	PROPN
epaa-75	109	13	report	report	PROPN
epaa-75	109	14	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	109	15	mdoe	mdoe	NOUN
epaa-75	109	16	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	109	17	2002a	2002a	NUM
epaa-75	109	18	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	109	19	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	109	20	given	give	VERB
epaa-75	109	21	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	109	22	figure	figure	NOUN
epaa-75	109	23	1	1	NUM
epaa-75	109	24	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	110	1	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	110	2	can	can	AUX
epaa-75	110	3	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	110	4	seen	see	VERB
epaa-75	110	5	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	110	6	the	the	DET
epaa-75	110	7	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	110	8	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	110	9	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	110	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	110	11	logit	logit	PROPN
epaa-75	110	12	metric	metric	NOUN
epaa-75	110	13	appeared	appear	VERB
epaa-75	110	14	to	to	PART
epaa-75	110	15	rise	rise	VERB
epaa-75	110	16	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	110	17	1999	1999	NUM
epaa-75	110	18	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	110	19	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	110	20	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	110	21	then	then	ADV
epaa-75	110	22	drop	drop	VERB
epaa-75	110	23	again	again	ADV
epaa-75	110	24	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	110	25	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	110	26	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	111	1	figure	figure	NOUN
epaa-75	111	2	1	1	NUM
epaa-75	111	3	tenth	tenth	ADJ
epaa-75	111	4	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	111	5	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	111	6	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	111	7	mapped	map	VERB
epaa-75	111	8	against	against	ADP
epaa-75	111	9	θ	θ	PROPN
epaa-75	111	10	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	111	11	year	year	NOUN
epaa-75	111	12	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	111	13	excerpted	excerpt	VERB
epaa-75	111	14	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	111	15	the	the	DET
epaa-75	111	16	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	111	17	technical	technical	ADJ
epaa-75	111	18	report	report	NOUN
epaa-75	111	19	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	111	20	mdoe	mdoe	NOUN
epaa-75	111	21	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	111	22	2001a	2001a	NUM
epaa-75	111	23	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	111	24	p.	p.	NOUN
epaa-75	111	25	81	81	NUM
epaa-75	111	26	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	111	27	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	112	1	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	112	2	the	the	DET
epaa-75	112	3	new	new	ADJ
epaa-75	112	4	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	112	5	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	112	6	based	base	VERB
epaa-75	112	7	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	112	8	two	two	NUM
epaa-75	112	9	considerations	consideration	NOUN
epaa-75	112	10	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	113	1	first	first	ADV
epaa-75	113	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	113	3	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	113	4	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	113	5	to	to	PART
epaa-75	113	6	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	113	7	based	base	VERB
epaa-75	113	8	directly	directly	ADV
epaa-75	113	9	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	113	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	113	11	underlying	underlying	ADJ
epaa-75	113	12	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	113	13	logit	logit	PROPN
epaa-75	113	14	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	113	15	θ	θ	NOUN
epaa-75	113	16	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	113	17	metric	metric	NOUN
epaa-75	113	18	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	114	1	second	second	ADJ
epaa-75	114	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	114	3	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	114	4	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	114	5	adjusted	adjust	VERB
epaa-75	114	6	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	114	7	a	a	DET
epaa-75	114	8	way	way	NOUN
epaa-75	114	9	that	that	PRON
epaa-75	114	10	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	114	11	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	114	12	the	the	DET
epaa-75	114	13	surface	surface	NOUN
epaa-75	114	14	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	114	15	resulted	result	VERB
epaa-75	114	16	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	114	17	more	more	ADJ
epaa-75	114	18	sensitivity	sensitivity	NOUN
epaa-75	114	19	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	114	20	changes	change	NOUN
epaa-75	114	21	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	114	22	the	the	DET
epaa-75	114	23	lower	low	ADJ
epaa-75	114	24	end	end	NOUN
epaa-75	114	25	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	114	26	the	the	DET
epaa-75	114	27	proficiency	proficiency	NOUN
epaa-75	114	28	continuum	continuum	VERB
epaa-75	114	29	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	115	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	115	2	actual	actual	ADJ
epaa-75	115	3	procedure	procedure	NOUN
epaa-75	115	4	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	115	5	quite	quite	ADV
epaa-75	115	6	complex	complex	ADJ
epaa-75	115	7	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	115	8	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	115	9	likely	likely	ADJ
epaa-75	115	10	to	to	PART
epaa-75	115	11	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	115	12	understood	understand	VERB
epaa-75	115	13	only	only	ADV
epaa-75	115	14	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	115	15	psychometricians	psychometrician	NOUN
epaa-75	115	16	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	116	1	however	however	ADV
epaa-75	116	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	116	3	the	the	DET
epaa-75	116	4	results	result	NOUN
epaa-75	116	5	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	116	6	the	the	DET
epaa-75	116	7	rescaling	rescaling	NOUN
epaa-75	116	8	can	can	AUX
epaa-75	116	9	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	116	10	analyzed	analyze	VERB
epaa-75	116	11	independently	independently	ADV
epaa-75	116	12	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	116	13	the	the	DET
epaa-75	116	14	procedure	procedure	NOUN
epaa-75	116	15	itself	itself	PRON
epaa-75	116	16	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	117	1	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	117	2	policy	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	117	3	analysis	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	117	4	archives	archive	NOUN
epaa-75	117	5	vol	vol	NOUN
epaa-75	117	6	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	118	1	14	14	NUM
epaa-75	118	2	no	no	NOUN
epaa-75	118	3	.	.	NOUN
epaa-75	118	4	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	118	5	8	8	NUM
epaa-75	118	6	the	the	DET
epaa-75	118	7	legend	legend	NOUN
epaa-75	118	8	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	118	9	the	the	DET
epaa-75	118	10	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	118	11	technical	technical	ADJ
epaa-75	118	12	report	report	NOUN
epaa-75	118	13	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	118	14	mdoe	mdoe	NOUN
epaa-75	118	15	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	118	16	2002a	2002a	NUM
epaa-75	118	17	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	118	18	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	118	19	figure	figure	NOUN
epaa-75	118	20	1	1	NUM
epaa-75	118	21	provides	provide	VERB
epaa-75	118	22	some	some	DET
epaa-75	118	23	helpful	helpful	ADJ
epaa-75	118	24	elaboration	elaboration	NOUN
epaa-75	118	25	:	:	PUNCT
epaa-75	118	26	theta	theta	NOUN
epaa-75	118	27	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	118	28	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	118	29	ability	ability	NOUN
epaa-75	118	30	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	118	31	measured	measure	VERB
epaa-75	118	32	construct	construct	NOUN
epaa-75	118	33	level	level	NOUN
epaa-75	118	34	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	118	35	established	establish	VERB
epaa-75	118	36	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	118	37	calibration	calibration	NOUN
epaa-75	118	38	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	118	39	the	the	DET
epaa-75	118	40	reference	reference	NOUN
epaa-75	118	41	forms	form	NOUN
epaa-75	118	42	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	118	43	1998	1998	NUM
epaa-75	118	44	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	119	1	dashed	dash	VERB
epaa-75	119	2	lines	line	NOUN
epaa-75	119	3	represent	represent	VERB
epaa-75	119	4	cut	cut	VERB
epaa-75	119	5	points	point	NOUN
epaa-75	119	6	…	…	PUNCT
epaa-75	119	7	obtained	obtain	VERB
epaa-75	119	8	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	119	9	standard	standard	ADJ
epaa-75	119	10	setting	setting	NOUN
epaa-75	119	11	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	119	12	1998	1998	NUM
epaa-75	119	13	…	…	PUNCT
epaa-75	119	14	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	120	1	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	120	2	p.	p.	NOUN
epaa-75	120	3	81	81	NUM
epaa-75	120	4	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	120	5	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	120	6	1998	1998	NUM
epaa-75	120	7	passing	pass	VERB
epaa-75	120	8	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	120	9	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	120	10	set	set	VERB
epaa-75	120	11	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	120	12	10th	10th	ADJ
epaa-75	120	13	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	120	14	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	120	15	mathematics	mathematics	PROPN
epaa-75	120	16	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	120	17	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	120	18	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	121	1	as	as	SCONJ
epaa-75	121	2	new	new	ADJ
epaa-75	121	3	forms	form	NOUN
epaa-75	121	4	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	121	5	the	the	DET
epaa-75	121	6	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	121	7	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	121	8	given	give	VERB
epaa-75	121	9	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	121	10	these	these	DET
epaa-75	121	11	two	two	NUM
epaa-75	121	12	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	121	13	points	point	NOUN
epaa-75	121	14	should	should	AUX
epaa-75	121	15	remain	remain	VERB
epaa-75	121	16	the	the	DET
epaa-75	121	17	same	same	ADJ
epaa-75	121	18	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	121	19	the	the	DET
epaa-75	121	20	logit	logit	PROPN
epaa-75	121	21	metric	metric	ADJ
epaa-75	121	22	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	121	23	labeled	label	VERB
epaa-75	121	24	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	121	25	ability	ability	NOUN
epaa-75	121	26	level	level	NOUN
epaa-75	121	27	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	121	28	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	121	29	figure	figure	NOUN
epaa-75	121	30	1	1	NUM
epaa-75	121	31	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	121	32	because	because	SCONJ
epaa-75	121	33	each	each	DET
epaa-75	121	34	new	new	ADJ
epaa-75	121	35	form	form	NOUN
epaa-75	121	36	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	121	37	equated	equate	VERB
epaa-75	121	38	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	121	39	the	the	DET
epaa-75	121	40	1998	1998	NUM
epaa-75	121	41	base	base	NOUN
epaa-75	121	42	year	year	NOUN
epaa-75	121	43	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	121	44	the	the	DET
epaa-75	121	45	fcip	fcip	PROPN
epaa-75	121	46	method	method	NOUN
epaa-75	121	47	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	122	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	122	2	logic	logic	NOUN
epaa-75	122	3	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	122	4	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	122	5	a	a	DET
epaa-75	122	6	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	122	7	point	point	NOUN
epaa-75	122	8	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	122	9	like	like	ADP
epaa-75	122	10	a	a	DET
epaa-75	122	11	hurdle	hurdle	NOUN
epaa-75	122	12	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	122	13	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	122	14	the	the	DET
epaa-75	122	15	bar	bar	NOUN
epaa-75	122	16	must	must	AUX
epaa-75	122	17	remain	remain	VERB
epaa-75	122	18	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	122	19	the	the	DET
epaa-75	122	20	same	same	ADJ
epaa-75	122	21	height	height	NOUN
epaa-75	122	22	to	to	PART
epaa-75	122	23	accurately	accurately	ADV
epaa-75	122	24	gauge	gauge	VERB
epaa-75	122	25	passing	passing	NOUN
epaa-75	122	26	performance	performance	NOUN
epaa-75	122	27	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	123	1	thus	thus	ADV
epaa-75	123	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	123	3	the	the	DET
epaa-75	123	4	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	123	5	point	point	NOUN
epaa-75	123	6	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	123	7	the	the	DET
epaa-75	123	8	logit	logit	NOUN
epaa-75	123	9	metric	metric	NOUN
epaa-75	123	10	should	should	AUX
epaa-75	123	11	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	123	12	a	a	DET
epaa-75	123	13	flat	flat	ADJ
epaa-75	123	14	line	line	NOUN
epaa-75	123	15	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	123	16	figure	figure	NOUN
epaa-75	123	17	1	1	NUM
epaa-75	123	18	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	123	19	but	but	CCONJ
epaa-75	123	20	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	123	21	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	123	22	not	not	PART
epaa-75	123	23	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	124	1	rather	rather	ADV
epaa-75	124	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	124	3	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	124	4	can	can	AUX
epaa-75	124	5	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	124	6	seen	see	VERB
epaa-75	124	7	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	124	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	124	9	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	124	10	point	point	NOUN
epaa-75	124	11	for	for	SCONJ
epaa-75	124	12	the	the	DET
epaa-75	124	13	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	124	14	failing	failing	ADJ
epaa-75	124	15	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	124	16	level	level	NOUN
epaa-75	124	17	drifted	drift	VERB
epaa-75	124	18	upward	upward	ADV
epaa-75	124	19	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	124	20	its	its	PRON
epaa-75	124	21	original	original	ADJ
epaa-75	124	22	value	value	NOUN
epaa-75	124	23	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	124	24	-0.19	-0.19	NOUN
epaa-75	124	25	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	124	26	1998	1998	NUM
epaa-75	124	27	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	124	28	-0.06	-0.06	NUM
epaa-75	124	29	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	124	30	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	124	31	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	125	1	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	125	2	then	then	ADV
epaa-75	125	3	sharply	sharply	ADV
epaa-75	125	4	decreased	decrease	VERB
epaa-75	125	5	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	125	6	-0.06	-0.06	NUM
epaa-75	125	7	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	125	8	-0.39	-0.39	NUM
epaa-75	125	9	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	125	10	2001.5	2001.5	NUM
epaa-75	125	11	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	125	12	other	other	ADJ
epaa-75	125	13	words	word	NOUN
epaa-75	125	14	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	125	15	the	the	DET
epaa-75	125	16	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	125	17	point	point	NOUN
epaa-75	125	18	dropped	drop	VERB
epaa-75	125	19	about	about	ADV
epaa-75	125	20	one	one	NUM
epaa-75	125	21	third	third	NOUN
epaa-75	125	22	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	125	23	a	a	DET
epaa-75	125	24	standard	standard	ADJ
epaa-75	125	25	deviation	deviation	NOUN
epaa-75	125	26	assuming	assume	VERB
epaa-75	125	27	the	the	DET
epaa-75	125	28	logit	logit	NOUN
epaa-75	125	29	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	125	30	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	125	31	established	establish	VERB
epaa-75	125	32	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	125	33	z	z	NOUN
epaa-75	125	34	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	125	35	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	125	36	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	125	37	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	125	38	1998	1998	NUM
epaa-75	125	39	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	125	40	a	a	DET
epaa-75	125	41	very	very	ADV
epaa-75	125	42	common	common	ADJ
epaa-75	125	43	irt	irt	NOUN
epaa-75	125	44	practice	practice	NOUN
epaa-75	125	45	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	125	46	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	126	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	126	2	effect	effect	NOUN
epaa-75	126	3	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	126	4	this	this	DET
epaa-75	126	5	downward	downward	ADJ
epaa-75	126	6	change	change	NOUN
epaa-75	126	7	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	126	8	i.e.	i.e.	X
epaa-75	126	9	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	126	10	lowering	lower	VERB
epaa-75	126	11	the	the	DET
epaa-75	126	12	bar	bar	NOUN
epaa-75	126	13	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	126	14	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	126	15	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	126	16	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	126	17	as	as	SCONJ
epaa-75	126	18	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	126	19	shall	shall	AUX
epaa-75	126	20	see	see	VERB
epaa-75	126	21	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	126	22	the	the	DET
epaa-75	126	23	next	next	ADJ
epaa-75	126	24	section	section	NOUN
epaa-75	126	25	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	126	26	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	126	27	much	much	ADV
epaa-75	126	28	greater	great	ADJ
epaa-75	126	29	than	than	ADP
epaa-75	126	30	the	the	DET
epaa-75	126	31	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	126	32	technical	technical	ADJ
epaa-75	126	33	report	report	NOUN
epaa-75	126	34	estimate	estimate	NOUN
epaa-75	126	35	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	126	36	about	about	ADV
epaa-75	126	37	2	2	NUM
epaa-75	126	38	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	126	39	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	126	40	mdoe	mdoe	NOUN
epaa-75	126	41	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	126	42	2002a	2002a	NOUN
epaa-75	126	43	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	126	44	p.	p.	NOUN
epaa-75	126	45	26	26	NUM
epaa-75	126	46	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	126	47	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	127	1	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	127	2	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	127	3	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	127	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	127	5	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	127	6	point	point	NOUN
epaa-75	127	7	for	for	SCONJ
epaa-75	127	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	127	9	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	127	10	failing	failing	ADJ
epaa-75	127	11	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	127	12	level	level	NOUN
epaa-75	127	13	drifted	drift	VERB
epaa-75	127	14	down	down	ADP
epaa-75	127	15	slightly	slightly	ADV
epaa-75	127	16	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	127	17	its	its	PRON
epaa-75	127	18	original	original	ADJ
epaa-75	127	19	value	value	NOUN
epaa-75	127	20	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	127	21	-0.41	-0.41	NOUN
epaa-75	127	22	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	127	23	1998	1998	NUM
epaa-75	127	24	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	127	25	about	about	ADV
epaa-75	127	26	-0.42	-0.42	NOUN
epaa-75	127	27	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	127	28	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	127	29	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	128	1	it	it	PRON
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epaa-75	128	4	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	128	5	-0.42	-0.42	NUM
epaa-75	128	6	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	128	7	-0.59	-0.59	NUM
epaa-75	128	8	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	128	9	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	128	10	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	129	1	note	note	VERB
epaa-75	129	2	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	129	3	pushing	push	VERB
epaa-75	129	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	129	5	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	129	6	point	point	NOUN
epaa-75	129	7	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	129	8	i.e.	i.e.	X
epaa-75	129	9	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	129	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	129	11	bar	bar	NOUN
epaa-75	129	12	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	129	13	down	down	ADP
epaa-75	129	14	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	129	15	equivalent	equivalent	ADJ
epaa-75	129	16	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	129	17	pushing	push	VERB
epaa-75	129	18	the	the	DET
epaa-75	129	19	entire	entire	ADJ
epaa-75	129	20	proficiency	proficiency	NOUN
epaa-75	129	21	distribution	distribution	NOUN
epaa-75	129	22	up	up	ADP
epaa-75	129	23	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	130	1	because	because	SCONJ
epaa-75	130	2	the	the	DET
epaa-75	130	3	original	original	ADJ
epaa-75	130	4	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	130	5	points	point	NOUN
epaa-75	130	6	should	should	AUX
epaa-75	130	7	not	not	PART
epaa-75	130	8	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	130	9	principle	principle	ADJ
epaa-75	130	10	change	change	NOUN
epaa-75	130	11	across	across	ADP
epaa-75	130	12	administrations	administration	NOUN
epaa-75	130	13	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	130	14	they	they	PRON
epaa-75	130	15	provide	provide	VERB
epaa-75	130	16	highly	highly	ADV
epaa-75	130	17	useful	useful	ADJ
epaa-75	130	18	numerical	numerical	ADJ
epaa-75	130	19	values	value	NOUN
epaa-75	130	20	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	130	21	evaluating	evaluate	VERB
epaa-75	130	22	pass	pass	NOUN
epaa-75	130	23	rates	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	130	24	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	130	25	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ
epaa-75	130	26	years	year	NOUN
epaa-75	130	27	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	130	28	the	the	DET
epaa-75	130	29	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	130	30	logit	logit	PROPN
epaa-75	130	31	metric	metric	NOUN
epaa-75	130	32	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	131	1	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	131	2	conduct	conduct	VERB
epaa-75	131	3	a	a	DET
epaa-75	131	4	formal	formal	ADJ
epaa-75	131	5	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	131	6	analysis	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	131	7	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	131	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	131	9	next	next	ADJ
epaa-75	131	10	section	section	NOUN
epaa-75	131	11	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	132	1	however	however	ADV
epaa-75	132	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	132	3	the	the	DET
epaa-75	132	4	effect	effect	NOUN
epaa-75	132	5	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	132	6	the	the	DET
epaa-75	132	7	change	change	NOUN
epaa-75	132	8	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	132	9	scaling	scaling	NOUN
epaa-75	132	10	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	132	11	striking	strike	VERB
epaa-75	132	12	when	when	SCONJ
epaa-75	132	13	the	the	DET
epaa-75	132	14	raw	raw	ADJ
epaa-75	132	15	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	132	16	distribution	distribution	NOUN
epaa-75	132	17	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	132	18	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	132	19	given	give	VERB
epaa-75	132	20	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	132	21	figure	figure	NOUN
epaa-75	132	22	2	2	NUM
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epaa-75	132	25	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	132	26	its	its	PRON
epaa-75	132	27	corresponding	corresponding	ADJ
epaa-75	132	28	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	132	29	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	132	30	score6	score6	NOUN
epaa-75	132	31	distribution	distribution	NOUN
epaa-75	132	32	given	give	VERB
epaa-75	132	33	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	132	34	figure	figure	NOUN
epaa-75	132	35	3	3	NUM
epaa-75	132	36	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	133	1	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	133	2	can	can	AUX
epaa-75	133	3	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	133	4	seen	see	VERB
epaa-75	133	5	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	133	6	while	while	SCONJ
epaa-75	133	7	raw	raw	ADJ
epaa-75	133	8	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	133	9	roughly	roughly	ADV
epaa-75	133	10	follow	follow	VERB
epaa-75	133	11	a	a	DET
epaa-75	133	12	bell	bell	NOUN
epaa-75	133	13	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	133	14	shaped	shape	VERB
epaa-75	133	15	distribution	distribution	NOUN
epaa-75	133	16	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	133	17	the	the	DET
epaa-75	133	18	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	133	19	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	133	20	spike	spike	VERB
epaa-75	133	21	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	133	22	220	220	NUM
epaa-75	133	23	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	133	24	260	260	NUM
epaa-75	133	25	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	133	26	the	the	DET
epaa-75	133	27	cuts	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	133	28	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	133	29	the	the	DET
epaa-75	133	30	passing	passing	ADJ
epaa-75	133	31	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	133	32	proficient	proficient	ADJ
epaa-75	133	33	levels	level	NOUN
epaa-75	133	34	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	133	35	respectively	respectively	ADV
epaa-75	133	36	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	133	37	i.e.	i.e.	X
epaa-75	133	38	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	133	39	the	the	DET
epaa-75	133	40	lowest	low	ADJ
epaa-75	133	41	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	133	42	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	133	43	the	the	DET
epaa-75	133	44	passing	passing	ADJ
epaa-75	133	45	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	133	46	proficient	proficient	ADJ
epaa-75	133	47	categories	category	NOUN
epaa-75	133	48	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	133	49	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	134	1	visually	visually	ADV
epaa-75	134	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	134	3	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	134	4	appears	appear	VERB
epaa-75	134	5	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	134	6	the	the	DET
epaa-75	134	7	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	134	8	rescaling	rescaling	NOUN
epaa-75	134	9	has	have	AUX
epaa-75	134	10	pushed	push	VERB
epaa-75	134	11	a	a	DET
epaa-75	134	12	number	number	NOUN
epaa-75	134	13	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	134	14	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	134	15	up	up	ADP
epaa-75	134	16	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	134	17	the	the	DET
epaa-75	134	18	next	next	ADJ
epaa-75	134	19	level	level	NOUN
epaa-75	134	20	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	135	1	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	135	2	will	will	AUX
epaa-75	135	3	show	show	VERB
epaa-75	135	4	below	below	ADP
epaa-75	135	5	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	135	6	this	this	DET
epaa-75	135	7	impression	impression	NOUN
epaa-75	135	8	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	135	9	correct	correct	ADJ
epaa-75	135	10	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	136	1	5	5	NUM
epaa-75	136	2	the	the	DET
epaa-75	136	3	-0.39	-0.39	NUM
epaa-75	136	4	value	value	NOUN
epaa-75	136	5	appears	appear	VERB
epaa-75	136	6	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	136	7	table	table	NOUN
epaa-75	136	8	5.3.2.2	5.3.2.2	NUM
epaa-75	136	9	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	136	10	p.	p.	NOUN
epaa-75	136	11	25	25	NUM
epaa-75	136	12	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	136	13	the	the	DET
epaa-75	136	14	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	136	15	technical	technical	ADJ
epaa-75	136	16	report	report	NOUN
epaa-75	136	17	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	136	18	mdoe	mdoe	NOUN
epaa-75	136	19	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	136	20	2002a	2002a	NUM
epaa-75	136	21	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	136	22	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	137	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	137	2	value	value	NOUN
epaa-75	137	3	-0.06	-0.06	NUM
epaa-75	137	4	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	137	5	approximated	approximate	VERB
epaa-75	137	6	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	137	7	figure	figure	NOUN
epaa-75	137	8	1	1	NUM
epaa-75	137	9	.	.	NOUN
epaa-75	137	10	6	6	NUM
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epaa-75	138	11	6050403020100	6050403020100	NUM
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epaa-75	140	1	280260240220200180	280260240220200180	NUM
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epaa-75	140	7	6,000	6,000	NUM
epaa-75	140	8	5,000	5,000	NUM
epaa-75	140	9	4,000	4,000	NUM
epaa-75	140	10	3,000	3,000	NUM
epaa-75	140	11	2,000	2,000	NUM
epaa-75	140	12	1,000	1,000	NUM
epaa-75	140	13	0	0	NUM
epaa-75	141	1	fr	fr	NOUN
epaa-75	141	2	eq	eq	ADP
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epaa-75	141	9	distribution	distribution	NOUN
epaa-75	141	10	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	141	11	10th	10th	ADJ
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epaa-75	141	13	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	141	14	mcas	mcas	PROPN
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epaa-75	142	5	vol	vol	NOUN
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epaa-75	143	1	14	14	NUM
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epaa-75	143	4	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	143	5	10	10	NUM
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epaa-75	143	13	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	143	17	irt	irt	PROPN
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epaa-75	144	14	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	145	10	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	145	13	data	datum	NOUN
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epaa-75	145	29	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	146	5	b	b	NOUN
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epaa-75	147	3	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	147	12	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	147	14	mcas	mcas	PROPN
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epaa-75	147	18	.10	.10	NUM
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epaa-75	148	11	in	in	ADP
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epaa-75	151	9	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	151	18	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	151	21	values	value	NOUN
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epaa-75	151	23	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	151	25	in	in	ADP
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epaa-75	151	29	to	to	ADP
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epaa-75	152	1	in	in	ADP
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epaa-75	152	10	in	in	ADP
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epaa-75	152	13	metric	metric	NOUN
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epaa-75	153	5	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	153	6	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	153	8	.	.	PUNCT
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epaa-75	154	4	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	154	5	these	these	DET
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epaa-75	154	11	6	6	NUM
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epaa-75	154	23	each	each	DET
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epaa-75	154	25	in	in	ADP
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epaa-75	154	33	of	of	ADP
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epaa-75	163	77	%	%	NOUN
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epaa-75	163	94	%	%	NOUN
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epaa-75	163	153	%	%	NOUN
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epaa-75	163	155	%	%	NOUN
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epaa-75	163	157	%	%	NOUN
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epaa-75	163	159	35.9	35.9	NUM
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epaa-75	164	18	%	%	NOUN
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epaa-75	165	29	1–2	1–2	NUM
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epaa-75	166	1	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	166	6	potential	potential	ADJ
epaa-75	166	7	sample	sample	NOUN
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epaa-75	166	9	did	do	AUX
epaa-75	166	10	not	not	PART
epaa-75	166	11	unduly	unduly	ADV
epaa-75	166	12	affect	affect	VERB
epaa-75	166	13	the	the	DET
epaa-75	166	14	results	result	NOUN
epaa-75	166	15	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	167	1	in	in	ADP
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epaa-75	167	5	it	it	PRON
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epaa-75	167	7	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	167	8	seen	see	VERB
epaa-75	167	9	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	167	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	167	11	unadjusted	unadjusted	ADJ
epaa-75	167	12	pass	pass	NOUN
epaa-75	167	13	rate	rate	NOUN
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epaa-75	167	15	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	167	16	68	68	NUM
epaa-75	167	17	%	%	NOUN
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epaa-75	167	19	82.8	82.8	NUM
epaa-75	167	20	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	167	21	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	167	22	+14.8	+14.8	PROPN
epaa-75	167	23	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	167	24	)	)	PUNCT
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epaa-75	168	2	into	into	ADP
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epaa-75	168	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	168	5	drift	drift	NOUN
epaa-75	168	6	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	168	7	the	the	DET
epaa-75	168	8	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	168	9	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	168	10	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	168	11	changes	change	NOUN
epaa-75	168	12	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	168	13	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	168	14	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	168	15	behavior	behavior	NOUN
epaa-75	168	16	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	168	17	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	168	18	estimated	estimate	VERB
epaa-75	168	19	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	168	20	the	the	DET
epaa-75	168	21	adjusted	adjust	VERB
epaa-75	168	22	pass	pass	NOUN
epaa-75	168	23	rate	rate	NOUN
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epaa-75	168	25	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	168	26	65.9	65.9	NUM
epaa-75	168	27	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	168	28	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	168	29	75.7	75.7	NUM
epaa-75	168	30	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	168	31	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	168	32	+9.8	+9.8	NOUN
epaa-75	168	33	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	168	34	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	168	35	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	169	1	thus	thus	ADV
epaa-75	169	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	169	3	the	the	DET
epaa-75	169	4	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	169	5	gain	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	169	6	in	in	ADP
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epaa-75	169	9	likely	likely	ADJ
epaa-75	169	10	to	to	PART
epaa-75	169	11	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	169	12	over	over	ADV
epaa-75	169	13	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	169	14	estimated	estimate	VERB
epaa-75	169	15	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	169	16	about	about	ADV
epaa-75	169	17	5	5	NUM
epaa-75	169	18	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	169	19	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	169	20	14.8	14.8	NUM
epaa-75	169	21	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	169	22	9.9	9.9	NUM
epaa-75	169	23	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	169	24	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	169	25	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	170	1	similarly	similarly	ADV
epaa-75	170	2	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	170	3	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	170	4	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	170	5	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	170	6	estimated	estimate	VERB
epaa-75	170	7	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	170	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	170	9	adjusted	adjust	VERB
epaa-75	170	10	pass	pass	NOUN
epaa-75	170	11	rate	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	170	12	increased	increase	VERB
epaa-75	170	13	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	170	14	56.8	56.8	NUM
epaa-75	170	15	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	170	16	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	170	17	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	170	18	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	170	19	60.9	60.9	NUM
epaa-75	170	20	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	170	21	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	170	22	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	170	23	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	171	1	thus	thus	ADV
epaa-75	171	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	171	3	the	the	DET
epaa-75	171	4	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	171	5	gain	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	171	6	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	171	7	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	171	8	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	171	9	likely	likely	ADV
epaa-75	171	10	too	too	ADV
epaa-75	171	11	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	171	12	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	171	13	about	about	ADV
epaa-75	171	14	15	15	NUM
epaa-75	171	15	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	171	16	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	172	1	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	172	3	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	172	4	scaling	scaling	NOUN
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epaa-75	172	6	all	all	PRON
epaa-75	172	7	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	172	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	172	9	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	172	10	tests	test	NOUN
epaa-75	172	11	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	172	12	some	some	DET
epaa-75	172	13	degree	degree	NOUN
epaa-75	172	14	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	172	15	which	which	PRON
epaa-75	172	16	can	can	AUX
epaa-75	172	17	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	172	18	seen	see	VERB
epaa-75	172	19	upon	upon	SCONJ
epaa-75	172	20	inspecting	inspect	VERB
epaa-75	172	21	the	the	DET
epaa-75	172	22	figures	figure	NOUN
epaa-75	172	23	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	172	24	appendix	appendix	NOUN
epaa-75	172	25	i	i	PRON
epaa-75	172	26	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	172	27	the	the	DET
epaa-75	172	28	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	172	29	technical	technical	ADJ
epaa-75	172	30	report	report	NOUN
epaa-75	172	31	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	172	32	mdoe	mdoe	NOUN
epaa-75	172	33	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	172	34	2002a	2002a	NOUN
epaa-75	172	35	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	172	36	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	172	37	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	172	38	performance	performance	NOUN
epaa-75	172	39	levels	level	NOUN
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epaa-75	172	41	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	172	42	theta	theta	NOUN
epaa-75	172	43	scale	scale	NOUN
epaa-75	172	44	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	172	45	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	172	46	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	173	1	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	173	2	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	173	3	only	only	ADV
epaa-75	173	4	analyzed	analyze	VERB
epaa-75	173	5	the	the	DET
epaa-75	173	6	results	result	NOUN
epaa-75	173	7	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	173	8	10th	10th	ADJ
epaa-75	173	9	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	173	10	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	173	11	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	173	12	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	173	13	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	173	14	this	this	DET
epaa-75	173	15	report	report	NOUN
epaa-75	173	16	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	173	17	the	the	DET
epaa-75	173	18	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	173	19	gains	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	173	20	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	173	21	all	all	DET
epaa-75	173	22	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	173	23	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	173	24	tests	test	NOUN
epaa-75	173	25	may	may	AUX
epaa-75	173	26	contain	contain	VERB
epaa-75	173	27	varying	vary	VERB
epaa-75	173	28	degrees	degree	NOUN
epaa-75	173	29	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	173	30	statistical	statistical	ADJ
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epaa-75	173	32	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	174	1	discussion	discussion	NOUN
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epaa-75	174	5	to	to	PART
epaa-75	174	6	show	show	VERB
epaa-75	174	7	how	how	SCONJ
epaa-75	174	8	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	174	10	aspects	aspect	NOUN
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epaa-75	174	13	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	174	14	i.e.	i.e.	X
epaa-75	174	15	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	174	19	procedures	procedure	NOUN
epaa-75	174	20	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	174	21	can	can	AUX
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epaa-75	174	24	reported	report	VERB
epaa-75	174	25	student	student	NOUN
epaa-75	174	26	pass	pass	NOUN
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epaa-75	174	28	states	state	NOUN
epaa-75	174	29	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	174	30	made	make	VERB
epaa-75	174	31	large	large	ADJ
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epaa-75	174	33	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	174	34	9	9	NUM
epaa-75	174	35	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	174	36	pass	pass	NOUN
epaa-75	174	37	rate	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	174	38	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	174	39	refers	refer	VERB
epaa-75	174	40	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	174	41	the	the	DET
epaa-75	174	42	area	area	NOUN
epaa-75	174	43	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	174	44	the	the	DET
epaa-75	174	45	theta	theta	NOUN
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epaa-75	174	48	the	the	DET
epaa-75	174	49	reported	report	VERB
epaa-75	174	50	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	174	51	theta	theta	PROPN
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epaa-75	174	53	-	-	PUNCT
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epaa-75	174	56	a	a	DET
epaa-75	174	57	particular	particular	ADJ
epaa-75	174	58	examination	examination	NOUN
epaa-75	174	59	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	175	1	10	10	NUM
epaa-75	175	2	scaling	scale	VERB
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epaa-75	175	4	made	make	VERB
epaa-75	175	5	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	175	6	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	175	7	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	175	8	reported	report	VERB
epaa-75	175	9	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	175	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	175	11	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	175	12	doe	doe	NOUN
epaa-75	175	13	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	175	14	pages	page	NOUN
epaa-75	175	15	20–26	20–26	NUM
epaa-75	175	16	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	175	17	the	the	DET
epaa-75	175	18	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	175	19	technical	technical	ADJ
epaa-75	175	20	manual	manual	NOUN
epaa-75	175	21	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	176	1	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	176	2	policy	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	176	3	analysis	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	176	4	archives	archive	NOUN
epaa-75	176	5	vol	vol	NOUN
epaa-75	176	6	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	177	1	14	14	NUM
epaa-75	177	2	no	no	NOUN
epaa-75	177	3	.	.	NOUN
epaa-75	177	4	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	177	5	12	12	NUM
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epaa-75	177	7	programs	program	NOUN
epaa-75	177	8	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	177	9	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	177	10	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	177	11	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	177	12	critically	critically	ADV
epaa-75	177	13	important	important	ADJ
epaa-75	177	14	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	177	15	scaling	scale	VERB
epaa-75	177	16	issues	issue	NOUN
epaa-75	177	17	do	do	AUX
epaa-75	177	18	not	not	PART
epaa-75	177	19	distort	distort	VERB
epaa-75	177	20	the	the	DET
epaa-75	177	21	interpretation	interpretation	NOUN
epaa-75	177	22	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	177	23	achievement	achievement	NOUN
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epaa-75	177	25	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	178	1	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	178	2	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	178	3	important	important	ADJ
epaa-75	178	4	to	to	PART
epaa-75	178	5	note	note	VERB
epaa-75	178	6	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	178	7	the	the	DET
epaa-75	178	8	same	same	ADJ
epaa-75	178	9	time	time	NOUN
epaa-75	178	10	that	that	PRON
epaa-75	178	11	the	the	DET
epaa-75	178	12	present	present	ADJ
epaa-75	178	13	study	study	NOUN
epaa-75	178	14	supports	support	VERB
epaa-75	178	15	the	the	DET
epaa-75	178	16	quality	quality	NOUN
epaa-75	178	17	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	178	18	the	the	DET
epaa-75	178	19	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	178	20	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	178	21	its	its	PRON
epaa-75	178	22	technical	technical	ADJ
epaa-75	178	23	documentation	documentation	NOUN
epaa-75	178	24	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	179	1	though	though	SCONJ
epaa-75	179	2	a	a	DET
epaa-75	179	3	flaw	flaw	NOUN
epaa-75	179	4	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	179	5	found	find	VERB
epaa-75	179	6	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	179	7	the	the	DET
epaa-75	179	8	manner	manner	NOUN
epaa-75	179	9	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	179	10	which	which	PRON
epaa-75	179	11	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	179	12	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	179	13	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	179	14	determined	determine	VERB
epaa-75	179	15	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	179	16	this	this	PRON
epaa-75	179	17	should	should	AUX
epaa-75	179	18	not	not	PART
epaa-75	179	19	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	179	20	taken	take	VERB
epaa-75	179	21	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	179	22	evidence	evidence	NOUN
epaa-75	179	23	against	against	ADP
epaa-75	179	24	the	the	DET
epaa-75	179	25	validity	validity	NOUN
epaa-75	179	26	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	179	27	reliability	reliability	NOUN
epaa-75	179	28	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	179	29	the	the	DET
epaa-75	179	30	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	179	31	per	per	ADP
epaa-75	179	32	se	se	X
epaa-75	179	33	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	180	1	as	as	SCONJ
epaa-75	180	2	cizek	cizek	NOUN
epaa-75	180	3	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	180	4	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	180	5	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	180	6	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	180	7	popham	popham	NOUN
epaa-75	180	8	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	180	9	2003	2003	NUM
epaa-75	180	10	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	180	11	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	180	12	noted	note	VERB
epaa-75	180	13	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	180	14	the	the	DET
epaa-75	180	15	educational	educational	ADJ
epaa-75	180	16	measurement	measurement	NOUN
epaa-75	180	17	community	community	NOUN
epaa-75	180	18	should	should	AUX
epaa-75	180	19	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	180	20	involved	involve	VERB
epaa-75	180	21	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	180	22	debates	debate	NOUN
epaa-75	180	23	regarding	regard	VERB
epaa-75	180	24	the	the	DET
epaa-75	180	25	efficacy	efficacy	NOUN
epaa-75	180	26	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	180	27	testing	testing	NOUN
epaa-75	180	28	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	181	1	however	however	ADV
epaa-75	181	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	181	3	while	while	SCONJ
epaa-75	181	4	cizek	cizek	NOUN
epaa-75	181	5	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	181	6	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	181	7	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	181	8	complained	complain	VERB
epaa-75	181	9	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	181	10	measurement	measurement	NOUN
epaa-75	181	11	experts	expert	NOUN
epaa-75	181	12	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	181	13	been	be	AUX
epaa-75	181	14	silent	silent	ADJ
epaa-75	181	15	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	181	16	the	the	DET
epaa-75	181	17	benefits	benefit	NOUN
epaa-75	181	18	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	181	19	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	181	20	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	181	21	stakes	stake	NOUN
epaa-75	181	22	testing	testing	NOUN
epaa-75	181	23	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	181	24	popham	popham	PROPN
epaa-75	181	25	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	181	26	2003	2003	NUM
epaa-75	181	27	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	181	28	argued	argue	VERB
epaa-75	181	29	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	181	30	most	most	ADJ
epaa-75	181	31	students	student	NOUN
epaa-75	181	32	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	181	33	receiving	receive	VERB
epaa-75	181	34	educations	education	NOUN
epaa-75	181	35	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	181	36	decisively	decisively	ADV
epaa-75	181	37	lower	low	ADJ
epaa-75	181	38	quality	quality	NOUN
epaa-75	181	39	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	181	40	a	a	DET
epaa-75	181	41	result	result	NOUN
epaa-75	181	42	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	181	43	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	181	44	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	181	45	stakes	stake	NOUN
epaa-75	181	46	testing	testing	NOUN
epaa-75	181	47	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	181	48	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	181	49	stark	stark	ADJ
epaa-75	181	50	contrast	contrast	NOUN
epaa-75	181	51	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	181	52	his	his	PRON
epaa-75	181	53	positions	position	NOUN
epaa-75	181	54	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	181	55	20	20	NUM
epaa-75	181	56	years	year	NOUN
epaa-75	181	57	ago11	ago11	PROPN
epaa-75	181	58	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	181	59	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	182	1	popham	popham	PROPN
epaa-75	182	2	further	far	ADV
epaa-75	182	3	elaborated	elaborate	VERB
epaa-75	182	4	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	182	5	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	182	6	contrast	contrast	NOUN
epaa-75	182	7	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	182	8	sins	sin	NOUN
epaa-75	182	9	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	182	10	commission	commission	NOUN
epaa-75	182	11	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	182	12	which	which	PRON
epaa-75	182	13	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	182	14	easily	easily	ADV
epaa-75	182	15	spotted	spot	VERB
epaa-75	182	16	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	182	17	sins	sin	NOUN
epaa-75	182	18	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	182	19	omission	omission	NOUN
epaa-75	182	20	can	can	AUX
epaa-75	182	21	also	also	ADV
epaa-75	182	22	have	have	VERB
epaa-75	182	23	serious	serious	ADJ
epaa-75	182	24	consequences	consequence	NOUN
epaa-75	182	25	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	183	1	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	183	2	those	those	PRON
epaa-75	183	3	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	183	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	183	5	kinds	kind	NOUN
epaa-75	183	6	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	183	7	sins	sin	NOUN
epaa-75	183	8	that	that	PRON
epaa-75	183	9	the	the	DET
epaa-75	183	10	educational	educational	ADJ
epaa-75	183	11	measurement	measurement	NOUN
epaa-75	183	12	crowd	crowd	NOUN
epaa-75	183	13	has	have	AUX
epaa-75	183	14	been	be	AUX
epaa-75	183	15	committing	commit	VERB
epaa-75	183	16	during	during	ADP
epaa-75	183	17	recent	recent	ADJ
epaa-75	183	18	decades	decade	NOUN
epaa-75	183	19	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	184	1	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	184	2	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	184	3	been	be	AUX
epaa-75	184	4	silent	silent	ADJ
epaa-75	184	5	while	while	SCONJ
epaa-75	184	6	certain	certain	ADJ
epaa-75	184	7	sorts	sort	NOUN
epaa-75	184	8	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	184	9	assessment	assessment	NOUN
epaa-75	184	10	tools	tool	NOUN
epaa-75	184	11	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	184	12	the	the	DET
epaa-75	184	13	very	very	ADJ
epaa-75	184	14	assessment	assessment	NOUN
epaa-75	184	15	tools	tool	NOUN
epaa-75	184	16	that	that	PRON
epaa-75	184	17	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	184	18	know	know	VERB
epaa-75	184	19	the	the	DET
epaa-75	184	20	most	most	ADJ
epaa-75	184	21	about	about	ADP
epaa-75	184	22	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	184	23	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	184	24	been	be	AUX
epaa-75	184	25	misused	misuse	VERB
epaa-75	184	26	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	184	27	ways	way	NOUN
epaa-75	184	28	that	that	PRON
epaa-75	184	29	harm	harm	VERB
epaa-75	184	30	children	child	NOUN
epaa-75	184	31	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	185	1	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	185	2	p.	p.	NOUN
epaa-75	185	3	46	46	NUM
epaa-75	185	4	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	185	5	what	what	DET
epaa-75	185	6	sense	sense	NOUN
epaa-75	185	7	can	can	AUX
epaa-75	185	8	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	185	9	made	make	VERB
epaa-75	185	10	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	185	11	these	these	DET
epaa-75	185	12	competing	compete	VERB
epaa-75	185	13	claims	claim	NOUN
epaa-75	185	14	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	185	15	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	185	16	silence	silence	NOUN
epaa-75	185	17	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	185	18	?	?	PUNCT
epaa-75	186	1	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	186	2	would	would	AUX
epaa-75	186	3	argue	argue	VERB
epaa-75	186	4	first	first	ADV
epaa-75	186	5	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	186	6	foremost	foremost	ADV
epaa-75	186	7	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	186	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	186	9	conceptual	conceptual	ADJ
epaa-75	186	10	territory	territory	NOUN
epaa-75	186	11	here	here	ADV
epaa-75	186	12	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	186	13	not	not	PART
epaa-75	186	14	black	black	ADJ
epaa-75	186	15	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	186	16	white	white	ADJ
epaa-75	186	17	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	187	1	there	there	PRON
epaa-75	187	2	are	be	VERB
epaa-75	187	3	many	many	ADJ
epaa-75	187	4	purposes	purpose	NOUN
epaa-75	187	5	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	187	6	testing	testing	NOUN
epaa-75	187	7	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	187	8	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	187	9	these	these	DET
epaa-75	187	10	purposes	purpose	NOUN
epaa-75	187	11	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	187	12	ranked	rank	VERB
epaa-75	187	13	differently	differently	ADV
epaa-75	187	14	depending	depend	VERB
epaa-75	187	15	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	187	16	one	one	NUM
epaa-75	187	17	’s	’s	PART
epaa-75	187	18	values	value	NOUN
epaa-75	187	19	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	187	20	philosophy	philosophy	NOUN
epaa-75	187	21	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	187	22	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	187	23	political	political	ADJ
epaa-75	187	24	ideology	ideology	NOUN
epaa-75	187	25	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	188	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	188	2	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	188	3	experience	experience	NOUN
epaa-75	188	4	has	have	AUX
epaa-75	188	5	provided	provide	VERB
epaa-75	188	6	a	a	DET
epaa-75	188	7	sort	sort	NOUN
epaa-75	188	8	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	188	9	ink	ink	NOUN
epaa-75	188	10	blot	blot	NOUN
epaa-75	188	11	into	into	ADP
epaa-75	188	12	which	which	PRON
epaa-75	188	13	various	various	ADJ
epaa-75	188	14	beliefs	belief	NOUN
epaa-75	188	15	about	about	ADP
epaa-75	188	16	causality	causality	NOUN
epaa-75	188	17	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	188	18	been	be	AUX
epaa-75	188	19	projected	project	VERB
epaa-75	188	20	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	189	1	measurement	measurement	NOUN
epaa-75	189	2	specialists	specialist	NOUN
epaa-75	189	3	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	189	4	not	not	PART
epaa-75	189	5	immune	immune	ADJ
epaa-75	189	6	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	189	7	such	such	ADJ
epaa-75	189	8	influences	influence	NOUN
epaa-75	189	9	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	189	10	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	189	11	there	there	PRON
epaa-75	189	12	is	be	VERB
epaa-75	189	13	no	no	DET
epaa-75	189	14	reason	reason	NOUN
epaa-75	189	15	to	to	PART
epaa-75	189	16	believe	believe	VERB
epaa-75	189	17	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	189	18	they	they	PRON
epaa-75	189	19	will	will	AUX
epaa-75	189	20	forge	forge	VERB
epaa-75	189	21	a	a	DET
epaa-75	189	22	greater	great	ADJ
epaa-75	189	23	consensus	consensus	NOUN
epaa-75	189	24	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	189	25	the	the	DET
epaa-75	189	26	issue	issue	NOUN
epaa-75	189	27	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	189	28	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	189	29	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	189	30	stakes	stake	NOUN
epaa-75	189	31	testing	testing	NOUN
epaa-75	189	32	than	than	ADP
epaa-75	189	33	exists	exist	VERB
epaa-75	189	34	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	189	35	the	the	DET
epaa-75	189	36	prevailing	prevail	VERB
epaa-75	189	37	social	social	ADJ
epaa-75	189	38	context	context	NOUN
epaa-75	189	39	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	190	1	however	however	ADV
epaa-75	190	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	190	3	one	one	NUM
epaa-75	190	4	thing	thing	NOUN
epaa-75	190	5	that	that	PRON
epaa-75	190	6	all	all	DET
epaa-75	190	7	stakeholders	stakeholder	NOUN
epaa-75	190	8	can	can	AUX
epaa-75	190	9	agree	agree	VERB
epaa-75	190	10	upon	upon	SCONJ
epaa-75	190	11	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	190	12	the	the	DET
epaa-75	190	13	need	need	NOUN
epaa-75	190	14	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	190	15	accurate	accurate	ADJ
epaa-75	190	16	estimation	estimation	NOUN
epaa-75	190	17	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	190	18	program	program	NOUN
epaa-75	190	19	effects	effect	NOUN
epaa-75	190	20	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	191	1	yes	yes	INTJ
epaa-75	191	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	191	3	there	there	PRON
epaa-75	191	4	is	be	VERB
epaa-75	191	5	much	much	ADV
epaa-75	191	6	explaining	explain	VERB
epaa-75	191	7	to	to	PART
epaa-75	191	8	do	do	VERB
epaa-75	191	9	once	once	ADV
epaa-75	191	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	191	11	effects	effect	NOUN
epaa-75	191	12	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	191	13	measured	measure	VERB
epaa-75	191	14	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	191	15	but	but	CCONJ
epaa-75	191	16	the	the	DET
epaa-75	191	17	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN
epaa-75	191	18	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	191	19	accurate	accurate	ADJ
epaa-75	191	20	measurement	measurement	NOUN
epaa-75	191	21	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	191	22	especially	especially	ADV
epaa-75	191	23	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	191	24	regard	regard	NOUN
epaa-75	191	25	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	191	26	annual	annual	ADJ
epaa-75	191	27	progress	progress	NOUN
epaa-75	191	28	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	191	29	should	should	AUX
epaa-75	191	30	not	not	PART
epaa-75	191	31	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	191	32	underestimated	underestimate	VERB
epaa-75	191	33	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	192	1	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	192	2	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	192	3	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	192	4	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	192	5	possible	possible	ADJ
epaa-75	192	6	to	to	PART
epaa-75	192	7	refute	refute	VERB
epaa-75	192	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	192	9	grander	grand	ADJ
epaa-75	192	10	claims	claim	NOUN
epaa-75	192	11	regarding	regard	VERB
epaa-75	192	12	the	the	DET
epaa-75	192	13	effects	effect	NOUN
epaa-75	192	14	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	192	15	highstakes	highstake	NOUN
epaa-75	192	16	testing	test	VERB
epaa-75	192	17	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	192	18	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	192	19	because	because	SCONJ
epaa-75	192	20	the	the	DET
epaa-75	192	21	state	state	PROPN
epaa-75	192	22	department	department	PROPN
epaa-75	192	23	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	192	24	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	192	25	scrupulously	scrupulously	ADV
epaa-75	192	26	detailed	detail	VERB
epaa-75	192	27	the	the	DET
epaa-75	192	28	psychometric	psychometric	ADJ
epaa-75	192	29	characteristics	characteristic	NOUN
epaa-75	192	30	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	192	31	the	the	DET
epaa-75	192	32	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	192	33	assessment	assessment	NOUN
epaa-75	192	34	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	193	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	193	2	kind	kind	NOUN
epaa-75	193	3	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	193	4	analyses	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	193	5	undertaken	undertake	VERB
epaa-75	193	6	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	193	7	this	this	DET
epaa-75	193	8	paper	paper	NOUN
epaa-75	193	9	could	could	AUX
epaa-75	193	10	not	not	PART
epaa-75	193	11	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	193	12	carried	carry	VERB
epaa-75	193	13	out	out	ADP
epaa-75	193	14	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	193	15	most	most	ADJ
epaa-75	193	16	states	state	NOUN
epaa-75	193	17	using	use	VERB
epaa-75	193	18	publicly	publicly	ADV
epaa-75	193	19	available	available	ADJ
epaa-75	193	20	information	information	NOUN
epaa-75	193	21	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	194	1	this	this	PRON
epaa-75	194	2	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	194	3	one	one	NUM
epaa-75	194	4	reason	reason	NOUN
epaa-75	194	5	that	that	PRON
epaa-75	194	6	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	194	7	do	do	AUX
epaa-75	194	8	not	not	PART
epaa-75	194	9	currently	currently	ADV
epaa-75	194	10	have	have	VERB
epaa-75	194	11	a	a	DET
epaa-75	194	12	very	very	ADV
epaa-75	194	13	good	good	ADJ
epaa-75	194	14	notion	notion	NOUN
epaa-75	194	15	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	194	16	how	how	SCONJ
epaa-75	194	17	broadly	broadly	ADV
epaa-75	194	18	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	194	19	across	across	ADP
epaa-75	194	20	states	state	NOUN
epaa-75	194	21	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	194	22	assessment	assessment	NOUN
epaa-75	194	23	errors	error	NOUN
epaa-75	194	24	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	194	25	affected	affect	VERB
epaa-75	194	26	educational	educational	ADJ
epaa-75	194	27	policies	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	194	28	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	195	1	though	though	SCONJ
epaa-75	195	2	some	some	DET
epaa-75	195	3	errors	error	NOUN
epaa-75	195	4	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	195	5	been	be	AUX
epaa-75	195	6	reported	report	VERB
epaa-75	195	7	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	195	8	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	195	9	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	195	10	likely	likely	ADJ
epaa-75	195	11	the	the	DET
epaa-75	195	12	case	case	NOUN
epaa-75	195	13	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	195	14	many	many	ADJ
epaa-75	195	15	others	other	NOUN
epaa-75	195	16	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	195	17	passed	pass	VERB
epaa-75	195	18	silently	silently	ADV
epaa-75	195	19	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	195	20	rhoades	rhoade	NOUN
epaa-75	195	21	&	&	CCONJ
epaa-75	195	22	madaus	madaus	PROPN
epaa-75	195	23	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	195	24	2003	2003	NUM
epaa-75	195	25	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	195	26	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	196	1	many	many	ADJ
epaa-75	196	2	identified	identify	VERB
epaa-75	196	3	problems	problem	NOUN
epaa-75	196	4	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	196	5	concerned	concern	VERB
epaa-75	196	6	inconsistent	inconsistent	ADJ
epaa-75	196	7	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	196	8	incorrectly	incorrectly	ADV
epaa-75	196	9	scored	score	VERB
epaa-75	196	10	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	196	11	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	197	1	such	such	ADJ
epaa-75	197	2	cases	case	NOUN
epaa-75	197	3	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	197	4	relatively	relatively	ADV
epaa-75	197	5	easier	easy	ADJ
epaa-75	197	6	to	to	PART
epaa-75	197	7	detect	detect	VERB
epaa-75	197	8	than	than	ADP
epaa-75	197	9	those	those	PRON
epaa-75	197	10	involving	involve	VERB
epaa-75	197	11	scaling	scaling	NOUN
epaa-75	197	12	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	197	13	scoring	scoring	NOUN
epaa-75	197	14	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	197	15	equating	equate	VERB
epaa-75	197	16	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	198	1	yet	yet	CCONJ
epaa-75	198	2	the	the	DET
epaa-75	198	3	latter	latter	ADJ
epaa-75	198	4	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	198	5	more	more	ADV
epaa-75	198	6	likely	likely	ADJ
epaa-75	198	7	to	to	PART
epaa-75	198	8	confuse	confuse	VERB
epaa-75	198	9	state	state	NOUN
epaa-75	198	10	educational	educational	ADJ
epaa-75	198	11	policies	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	198	12	as	as	ADV
epaa-75	198	13	well	well	ADV
epaa-75	198	14	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	198	15	to	to	PART
epaa-75	198	16	muddy	muddy	VERB
epaa-75	198	17	the	the	DET
epaa-75	198	18	debate	debate	NOUN
epaa-75	198	19	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	198	20	the	the	DET
epaa-75	198	21	merits	merit	NOUN
epaa-75	198	22	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	198	23	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	198	24	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	198	25	stakes	stake	NOUN
epaa-75	198	26	testing	testing	NOUN
epaa-75	198	27	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	199	1	several	several	ADJ
epaa-75	199	2	conclusions	conclusion	NOUN
epaa-75	199	3	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	199	4	recommendations	recommendation	NOUN
epaa-75	199	5	can	can	AUX
epaa-75	199	6	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	199	7	drawn	draw	VERB
epaa-75	199	8	regarding	regard	VERB
epaa-75	199	9	the	the	DET
epaa-75	199	10	change	change	NOUN
epaa-75	199	11	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	199	12	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	199	13	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	199	14	form	form	VERB
epaa-75	199	15	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	199	16	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	199	17	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	199	18	considered	consider	VERB
epaa-75	199	19	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	199	20	this	this	DET
epaa-75	199	21	paper	paper	NOUN
epaa-75	199	22	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	200	1	first	first	ADV
epaa-75	200	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	200	3	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	200	4	did	do	AUX
epaa-75	200	5	estimate	estimate	VERB
epaa-75	200	6	gains	gain	NOUN
epaa-75	200	7	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	200	8	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	200	9	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	200	10	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	200	11	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	200	12	both	both	CCONJ
epaa-75	200	13	english	english	ADJ
epaa-75	200	14	language	language	NOUN
epaa-75	200	15	arts	art	NOUN
epaa-75	200	16	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	200	17	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	200	18	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	200	25	than	than	ADP
epaa-75	200	26	those	those	PRON
epaa-75	200	27	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	200	28	official	official	ADJ
epaa-75	200	29	reports	report	NOUN
epaa-75	200	30	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	201	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	201	2	ela	ela	PROPN
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epaa-75	201	4	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	201	5	gain	gain	NOUN
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epaa-75	201	7	moderate	moderate	ADJ
epaa-75	201	8	resulting	result	VERB
epaa-75	201	9	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	201	10	a	a	DET
epaa-75	201	11	reported	report	VERB
epaa-75	201	12	pass	pass	NOUN
epaa-75	201	13	rate	rate	NOUN
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epaa-75	201	16	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	201	17	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	201	18	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	201	19	;	;	PUNCT
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epaa-75	201	21	in	in	ADP
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epaa-75	201	23	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	201	24	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	201	29	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	201	30	basic	basic	ADJ
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epaa-75	201	32	above	above	ADV
epaa-75	201	33	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	201	34	the	the	DET
epaa-75	201	35	lowest	low	ADJ
epaa-75	201	36	category	category	NOUN
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epaa-75	201	39	basic	basic	ADJ
epaa-75	201	40	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	201	41	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	201	42	reading	reading	NOUN
epaa-75	201	43	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	201	44	79	79	NUM
epaa-75	201	45	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	201	46	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	202	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	202	2	mcas	mcas	PROPN
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epaa-75	202	4	for	for	ADP
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epaa-75	202	6	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	202	7	relatively	relatively	ADV
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epaa-75	202	9	resulting	result	VERB
epaa-75	202	10	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	202	11	a	a	DET
epaa-75	202	12	reported	report	VERB
epaa-75	202	13	pass	pass	NOUN
epaa-75	202	14	rate	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	202	15	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	202	16	partially	partially	ADV
epaa-75	202	17	proficient	proficient	ADJ
epaa-75	202	18	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	202	19	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	202	20	75	75	NUM
epaa-75	202	21	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	202	22	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	202	23	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	202	24	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	202	25	but	but	CCONJ
epaa-75	202	26	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	202	27	1996	1996	NUM
epaa-75	202	28	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	202	29	the	the	DET
epaa-75	202	30	8th	8th	ADJ
epaa-75	202	31	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	202	32	naep	naep	ADJ
epaa-75	202	33	rate	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	202	34	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	202	35	basic	basic	ADJ
epaa-75	202	36	and	and	CCONJ
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epaa-75	202	38	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	202	39	68	68	NUM
epaa-75	202	40	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	202	41	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	203	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	203	2	de	de	X
epaa-75	203	3	facto	facto	X
epaa-75	203	4	achievement	achievement	NOUN
epaa-75	203	5	levels	level	NOUN
epaa-75	203	6	implemented	implement	VERB
epaa-75	203	7	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	203	8	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	203	9	thus	thus	ADV
epaa-75	203	10	appear	appear	VERB
epaa-75	203	11	more	more	ADV
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epaa-75	203	13	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	203	14	basic	basic	ADJ
epaa-75	203	15	achievement	achievement	NOUN
epaa-75	203	16	levels	level	NOUN
epaa-75	203	17	set	set	VERB
epaa-75	203	18	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	203	19	the	the	DET
epaa-75	203	20	national	national	ADJ
epaa-75	203	21	assessment	assessment	NOUN
epaa-75	203	22	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	203	23	educational	educational	ADJ
epaa-75	203	24	progress	progress	NOUN
epaa-75	203	25	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	203	26	naep	naep	ADJ
epaa-75	203	27	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	203	28	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	203	29	8th	8th	ADJ
epaa-75	203	30	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	203	31	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	203	32	while	while	SCONJ
epaa-75	203	33	the	the	DET
epaa-75	203	34	original	original	ADJ
epaa-75	203	35	achievement	achievement	NOUN
epaa-75	203	36	levels	level	NOUN
epaa-75	203	37	set	set	VERB
epaa-75	203	38	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	203	39	1998	1998	NUM
epaa-75	203	40	were	be	AUX
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epaa-75	203	42	severe	severe	ADJ
epaa-75	203	43	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	204	1	such	such	ADJ
epaa-75	204	2	discrepancies	discrepancy	NOUN
epaa-75	204	3	should	should	AUX
epaa-75	204	4	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	204	5	understood	understand	VERB
epaa-75	204	6	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	204	7	general	general	ADJ
epaa-75	204	8	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	204	9	common	common	ADJ
epaa-75	204	10	problem	problem	NOUN
epaa-75	204	11	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	204	12	setting	set	VERB
epaa-75	204	13	standards	standard	NOUN
epaa-75	204	14	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	205	1	standard	standard	ADJ
epaa-75	205	2	setting	setting	NOUN
epaa-75	205	3	procedures	procedure	NOUN
epaa-75	205	4	11	11	NUM
epaa-75	205	5	see	see	VERB
epaa-75	205	6	camilli	camilli	PROPN
epaa-75	205	7	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	205	8	cizek	cizek	NOUN
epaa-75	205	9	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	205	10	lugg	lugg	PROPN
epaa-75	205	11	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	205	12	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	205	13	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	205	14	for	for	ADP
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epaa-75	205	16	short	short	ADJ
epaa-75	205	17	history	history	NOUN
epaa-75	205	18	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	205	19	popham	popham	NOUN
epaa-75	205	20	’s	’s	PART
epaa-75	205	21	views	view	NOUN
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epaa-75	206	2	legend	legend	NOUN
epaa-75	206	3	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	206	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	206	5	large	large	ADJ
epaa-75	206	6	mcas	mcas	PROPN
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epaa-75	206	8	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	206	9	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	206	10	13	13	NUM
epaa-75	206	11	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	206	12	designed	design	VERB
epaa-75	206	13	to	to	PART
epaa-75	206	14	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	206	15	internally	internally	ADV
epaa-75	206	16	consistent	consistent	ADJ
epaa-75	206	17	but	but	CCONJ
epaa-75	206	18	require	require	VERB
epaa-75	206	19	essentially	essentially	ADV
epaa-75	206	20	establishing	establish	VERB
epaa-75	206	21	arbitrary	arbitrary	ADJ
epaa-75	206	22	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	206	23	points	point	NOUN
epaa-75	206	24	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	206	25	a	a	DET
epaa-75	206	26	continuum	continuum	NOUN
epaa-75	206	27	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	206	28	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	206	29	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	206	30	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	206	31	camilli	camilli	PROPN
epaa-75	206	32	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	206	33	cizek	cizek	PROPN
epaa-75	206	34	&	&	CCONJ
epaa-75	206	35	lugg	lugg	PROPN
epaa-75	206	36	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	206	37	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	206	38	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	206	39	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	207	1	different	different	ADJ
epaa-75	207	2	procedures	procedure	NOUN
epaa-75	207	3	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	207	4	contexts	context	NOUN
epaa-75	207	5	produce	produce	VERB
epaa-75	207	6	different	different	ADJ
epaa-75	207	7	results	result	NOUN
epaa-75	207	8	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	207	9	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	207	10	this	this	DET
epaa-75	207	11	topic	topic	NOUN
epaa-75	207	12	has	have	AUX
epaa-75	207	13	remained	remain	VERB
epaa-75	207	14	controversial	controversial	ADJ
epaa-75	207	15	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	208	1	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	208	2	2005	2005	NUM
epaa-75	208	3	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	208	6	department	department	NOUN
epaa-75	208	7	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	208	8	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	208	9	a	a	DET
epaa-75	208	10	shift	shift	NOUN
epaa-75	208	11	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	208	12	previous	previous	ADJ
epaa-75	208	13	practices	practice	NOUN
epaa-75	208	14	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	208	15	presented	present	VERB
epaa-75	208	16	state	state	NOUN
epaa-75	208	17	results	result	NOUN
epaa-75	208	18	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	208	19	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	208	20	charts	chart	NOUN
epaa-75	208	21	showing	show	VERB
epaa-75	208	22	state	state	NOUN
epaa-75	208	23	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	208	24	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	208	25	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	208	26	state	state	NOUN
epaa-75	208	27	trends	trend	NOUN
epaa-75	208	28	focused	focus	VERB
epaa-75	208	29	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	208	30	results	result	NOUN
epaa-75	208	31	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	208	32	just	just	ADV
epaa-75	208	33	the	the	DET
epaa-75	208	34	basic	basic	ADJ
epaa-75	208	35	level	level	NOUN
epaa-75	208	36	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	208	37	which	which	PRON
epaa-75	208	38	denotes	denote	VERB
epaa-75	208	39	what	what	PRON
epaa-75	208	40	nagb	nagb	ADJ
epaa-75	208	41	regards	regard	VERB
epaa-75	208	42	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	208	43	‘	'	PUNCT
epaa-75	208	44	partial	partial	ADJ
epaa-75	208	45	mastery	mastery	NOUN
epaa-75	208	46	’	'	PUNCT
epaa-75	208	47	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	208	48	the	the	DET
epaa-75	208	49	skills	skill	NOUN
epaa-75	208	50	students	student	NOUN
epaa-75	208	51	should	should	AUX
epaa-75	208	52	acquire	acquire	VERB
epaa-75	208	53	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	208	54	particular	particular	ADJ
epaa-75	208	55	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	208	56	levels	level	NOUN
epaa-75	208	57	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	208	58	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	208	59	viadero	viadero	NOUN
epaa-75	208	60	&	&	CCONJ
epaa-75	208	61	olson	olson	NOUN
epaa-75	208	62	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	208	63	2005	2005	NUM
epaa-75	208	64	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	208	66	14	14	NUM
epaa-75	208	67	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	208	68	.	.	PUNCT
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epaa-75	209	2	such	such	ADJ
epaa-75	209	3	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	209	4	diane	diane	NOUN
epaa-75	209	5	ravitch	ravitch	NOUN
epaa-75	209	6	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	209	7	decried	decry	VERB
epaa-75	209	8	this	this	DET
epaa-75	209	9	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN
epaa-75	209	10	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	209	11	a	a	DET
epaa-75	209	12	lowering	lowering	NOUN
epaa-75	209	13	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	209	14	standards	standard	NOUN
epaa-75	209	15	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	209	16	while	while	SCONJ
epaa-75	209	17	state	state	NOUN
epaa-75	209	18	policy	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	209	19	makers	maker	NOUN
epaa-75	209	20	tend	tend	VERB
epaa-75	209	21	to	to	PART
epaa-75	209	22	view	view	VERB
epaa-75	209	23	the	the	DET
epaa-75	209	24	basic	basic	ADJ
epaa-75	209	25	level	level	NOUN
epaa-75	209	26	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	209	27	a	a	DET
epaa-75	209	28	plausible	plausible	ADJ
epaa-75	209	29	criterion	criterion	NOUN
epaa-75	209	30	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	209	31	student	student	NOUN
epaa-75	209	32	proficiency	proficiency	NOUN
epaa-75	209	33	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	210	1	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	210	2	naep	naep	ADJ
epaa-75	210	3	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	210	4	there	there	PRON
epaa-75	210	5	has	have	AUX
epaa-75	210	6	also	also	ADV
epaa-75	210	7	been	be	AUX
epaa-75	210	8	controversy	controversy	NOUN
epaa-75	210	9	regarding	regard	VERB
epaa-75	210	10	how	how	SCONJ
epaa-75	210	11	achievement	achievement	NOUN
epaa-75	210	12	levels	level	NOUN
epaa-75	210	13	should	should	AUX
epaa-75	210	14	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	210	15	established	establish	VERB
epaa-75	210	16	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	210	17	interpreted	interpret	VERB
epaa-75	210	18	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	210	19	pellegrino	pellegrino	PROPN
epaa-75	210	20	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	210	21	jones	jones	PROPN
epaa-75	210	22	&	&	CCONJ
epaa-75	210	23	mitchell	mitchell	PROPN
epaa-75	210	24	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	210	25	1999	1999	NUM
epaa-75	210	26	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	210	27	hambleton	hambleton	PROPN
epaa-75	210	28	et	et	PROPN
epaa-75	210	29	al	al	PROPN
epaa-75	210	30	.	.	PROPN
epaa-75	210	31	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	210	32	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	210	33	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	210	34	.	.	PUNCT
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epaa-75	211	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	211	3	the	the	DET
epaa-75	211	4	consistency	consistency	NOUN
epaa-75	211	5	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	211	6	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	211	7	10th	10th	ADJ
epaa-75	211	8	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	211	9	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	211	10	results	result	VERB
epaa-75	211	11	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	211	12	extrapolations	extrapolation	NOUN
epaa-75	211	13	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	211	14	earlier	early	ADV
epaa-75	211	15	naep	naep	ADJ
epaa-75	211	16	8th	8th	ADJ
epaa-75	211	17	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	211	18	performance	performance	NOUN
epaa-75	211	19	might	might	AUX
epaa-75	211	20	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	211	21	taken	take	VERB
epaa-75	211	22	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	211	23	a	a	DET
epaa-75	211	24	positive	positive	ADJ
epaa-75	211	25	unintended	unintended	ADJ
epaa-75	211	26	outcome	outcome	NOUN
epaa-75	211	27	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	212	1	second	second	ADJ
epaa-75	212	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	212	3	the	the	DET
epaa-75	212	4	evidence	evidence	NOUN
epaa-75	212	5	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	212	6	massachusetts	massachusetts	PROPN
epaa-75	212	7	supporting	support	VERB
epaa-75	212	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	212	9	efficacy	efficacy	NOUN
epaa-75	212	10	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	212	11	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	212	12	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	212	13	stakes	stake	NOUN
epaa-75	212	14	accountability	accountability	NOUN
epaa-75	212	15	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	212	16	mixed	mixed	ADJ
epaa-75	212	17	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	213	1	a	a	DET
epaa-75	213	2	more	more	ADV
epaa-75	213	3	compelling	compelling	ADJ
epaa-75	213	4	explanation	explanation	NOUN
epaa-75	213	5	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	213	6	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	213	7	mathematics	mathematics	NOUN
epaa-75	213	8	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	213	9	had	have	AUX
epaa-75	213	10	been	be	AUX
epaa-75	213	11	rising	rise	VERB
epaa-75	213	12	all	all	ADV
epaa-75	213	13	along	along	ADP
epaa-75	213	14	—	—	PUNCT
epaa-75	213	15	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	213	16	the	the	DET
epaa-75	213	17	upward	upward	ADJ
epaa-75	213	18	trend	trend	NOUN
epaa-75	213	19	existed	exist	VERB
epaa-75	213	20	prior	prior	ADV
epaa-75	213	21	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	213	22	the	the	DET
epaa-75	213	23	implementation	implementation	NOUN
epaa-75	213	24	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	213	25	new	new	ADJ
epaa-75	213	26	graduation	graduation	NOUN
epaa-75	213	27	requirements	requirement	NOUN
epaa-75	213	28	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	214	1	however	however	ADV
epaa-75	214	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	214	3	there	there	PRON
epaa-75	214	4	is	be	VERB
epaa-75	214	5	evidence	evidence	NOUN
epaa-75	214	6	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	214	7	naep	naep	ADJ
epaa-75	214	8	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	214	9	reading	read	VERB
epaa-75	214	10	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	214	11	have	have	AUX
epaa-75	214	12	been	be	AUX
epaa-75	214	13	stagnant	stagnant	ADJ
epaa-75	214	14	nationally	nationally	ADV
epaa-75	214	15	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	214	16	all	all	DET
epaa-75	214	17	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	214	18	levels	level	NOUN
epaa-75	214	19	as	as	ADV
epaa-75	214	20	well	well	ADV
epaa-75	214	21	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	214	22	in	in	ADP
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epaa-75	214	24	at	at	ADP
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epaa-75	216	14	in	in	ADP
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epaa-75	216	27	be	be	AUX
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epaa-75	216	33	in	in	ADP
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epaa-75	217	2	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	217	5	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	217	15	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	217	16	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	217	19	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	217	21	be	be	AUX
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epaa-75	217	23	by	by	ADP
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epaa-75	217	25	as	as	ADP
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epaa-75	217	27	candidates	candidate	NOUN
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epaa-75	217	29	further	further	ADJ
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epaa-75	218	1	indeed	indeed	ADV
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epaa-75	218	4	an	an	DET
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epaa-75	218	6	in	in	ADP
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epaa-75	218	8	proficiency	proficiency	NOUN
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epaa-75	218	11	too	too	ADV
epaa-75	218	12	good	good	ADJ
epaa-75	218	13	to	to	PART
epaa-75	218	14	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	218	15	true	true	ADJ
epaa-75	218	16	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	218	17	then	then	ADV
epaa-75	218	18	some	some	DET
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epaa-75	218	20	of	of	ADP
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epaa-75	218	25	and	and	CCONJ
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epaa-75	218	27	.	.	PUNCT
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epaa-75	219	2	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	219	4	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	219	6	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	219	10	2000	2000	NUM
epaa-75	219	11	)	)	PUNCT
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epaa-75	219	13	that	that	SCONJ
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epaa-75	219	20	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	219	21	naep	naep	ADJ
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epaa-75	219	28	be	be	AUX
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epaa-75	220	14	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	220	29	.	.	PUNCT
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epaa-75	222	16	both	both	DET
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epaa-75	224	4	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	224	5	14	14	NUM
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epaa-75	243	5	)	)	PUNCT
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epaa-75	252	24	)	)	PUNCT
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epaa-75	254	4	29(2	29(2	NUM
epaa-75	254	5	)	)	PUNCT
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epaa-75	256	3	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	256	4	.	.	PUNCT
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epaa-75	281	12	[	[	X
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epaa-75	289	10	stirs	stir	VERB
epaa-75	289	11	concern	concern	NOUN
epaa-75	289	12	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	290	1	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	290	2	week	week	NOUN
epaa-75	290	3	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	290	4	25(10	25(10	NOUN
epaa-75	290	5	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	290	6	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	290	8	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	291	1	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	291	2	policy	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	291	3	analysis	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	291	4	archives	archive	NOUN
epaa-75	291	5	vol	vol	NOUN
epaa-75	291	6	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	292	1	14	14	NUM
epaa-75	292	2	no	no	NOUN
epaa-75	292	3	.	.	NOUN
epaa-75	292	4	4	4	NUM
epaa-75	292	5	16	16	NUM
epaa-75	292	6	appendix	appendix	NOUN
epaa-75	292	7	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	292	8	calibration	calibration	NOUN
epaa-75	292	9	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	293	1	all	all	DET
epaa-75	293	2	calibrations	calibration	NOUN
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epaa-75	293	4	carried	carry	VERB
epaa-75	293	5	out	out	ADP
epaa-75	293	6	using	use	VERB
epaa-75	293	7	the	the	DET
epaa-75	293	8	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	293	9	software	software	PROPN
epaa-75	293	10	program	program	NOUN
epaa-75	293	11	parscale	parscale	NOUN
epaa-75	293	12	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	293	13	which	which	PRON
epaa-75	293	14	mc	mc	PROPN
epaa-75	293	15	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	293	16	sa	sa	PROPN
epaa-75	293	17	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	293	19	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	293	20	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	293	21	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	293	22	muraki	muraki	NOUN
epaa-75	293	23	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	293	24	bock	bock	NOUN
epaa-75	293	25	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	293	27	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	293	28	can	can	AUX
epaa-75	293	29	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	293	30	jointly	jointly	ADV
epaa-75	293	31	scaled	scale	VERB
epaa-75	293	32	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	294	1	a	a	DET
epaa-75	294	2	three	three	NUM
epaa-75	294	3	parameter	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	294	4	logistic	logistic	ADJ
epaa-75	294	5	model	model	NOUN
epaa-75	294	6	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	294	7	used	use	VERB
epaa-75	294	8	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	294	9	mc	mc	PROPN
epaa-75	294	10	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	294	11	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	294	12	this	this	DET
epaa-75	294	13	model	model	NOUN
epaa-75	294	14	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	294	15	also	also	ADV
epaa-75	294	16	used	use	VERB
epaa-75	294	17	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	294	18	sa	sa	NOUN
epaa-75	294	19	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	294	20	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	294	21	the	the	DET
epaa-75	294	22	guessing	guess	VERB
epaa-75	294	23	parameter	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	294	24	set	set	VERB
epaa-75	294	25	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	294	26	c	c	NOUN
epaa-75	294	27	=	=	SYM
epaa-75	294	28	0	0	X
epaa-75	294	29	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	295	1	samejima	samejima	PROPN
epaa-75	295	2	’s	’s	PART
epaa-75	295	3	graded	grade	VERB
epaa-75	295	4	response	response	NOUN
epaa-75	295	5	model	model	NOUN
epaa-75	295	6	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	295	7	used	use	VERB
epaa-75	295	8	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	295	9	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	295	10	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	295	11	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	296	1	estimating	estimate	VERB
epaa-75	296	2	pass	pass	NOUN
epaa-75	296	3	rates	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	296	4	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	297	1	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	297	2	a	a	DET
epaa-75	297	3	standard	standard	ADJ
epaa-75	297	4	feature	feature	NOUN
epaa-75	297	5	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	297	6	parscale	parscale	NOUN
epaa-75	297	7	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	297	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	297	9	posterior	posterior	ADJ
epaa-75	297	10	distribution	distribution	NOUN
epaa-75	297	11	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	297	12	examinee	examinee	NOUN
epaa-75	297	13	proficiency	proficiency	NOUN
epaa-75	297	14	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	297	15	output	output	NOUN
epaa-75	297	16	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	298	1	also	also	ADV
epaa-75	298	2	referred	refer	VERB
epaa-75	298	3	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	298	4	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	298	5	the	the	DET
epaa-75	298	6	latent	latent	NOUN
epaa-75	298	7	population	population	NOUN
epaa-75	298	8	distribution	distribution	NOUN
epaa-75	298	9	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	298	10	lpd	lpd	PROPN
epaa-75	298	11	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	298	12	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	298	13	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	298	14	has	have	AUX
epaa-75	298	15	been	be	AUX
epaa-75	298	16	shown	show	VERB
epaa-75	298	17	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	298	18	see	see	VERB
epaa-75	298	19	camilli	camilli	PROPN
epaa-75	298	20	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	298	21	1988	1988	NUM
epaa-75	298	22	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	298	23	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	298	24	a	a	DET
epaa-75	298	25	more	more	ADV
epaa-75	298	26	extensive	extensive	ADJ
epaa-75	298	27	discussion	discussion	NOUN
epaa-75	298	28	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	298	29	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	298	30	this	this	DET
epaa-75	298	31	distribution	distribution	NOUN
epaa-75	298	32	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	298	33	far	far	ADV
epaa-75	298	34	more	more	ADV
epaa-75	298	35	accurate	accurate	ADJ
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epaa-75	298	37	the	the	DET
epaa-75	298	38	distribution	distribution	NOUN
epaa-75	298	39	of	of	ADP
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epaa-75	298	42	—	—	PUNCT
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epaa-75	298	44	with	with	ADP
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epaa-75	298	46	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	298	47	measurement	measurement	NOUN
epaa-75	298	48	error	error	NOUN
epaa-75	298	49	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	298	50	unestimable	unestimable	ADJ
epaa-75	298	51	examinee	examinee	NOUN
epaa-75	298	52	proficiencies	proficiency	NOUN
epaa-75	298	53	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	299	1	because	because	SCONJ
epaa-75	299	2	the	the	DET
epaa-75	299	3	lpd	lpd	PROPN
epaa-75	299	4	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	299	5	scaled	scale	VERB
epaa-75	299	6	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	299	7	terms	term	NOUN
epaa-75	299	8	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	299	9	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	299	10	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	299	11	parameters	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	299	12	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	299	13	a	a	DET
epaa-75	299	14	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	299	15	b	b	NOUN
epaa-75	299	16	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	299	18	c	c	NOUN
epaa-75	299	19	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	299	20	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	299	21	it	it	PRON
epaa-75	299	22	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	299	23	fixed	fix	VERB
epaa-75	299	24	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	299	25	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	299	27	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	299	28	the	the	DET
epaa-75	299	29	fcip	fcip	NOUN
epaa-75	299	30	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	299	31	fixed	fix	VERB
epaa-75	299	32	common	common	ADJ
epaa-75	299	33	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	299	34	parameters	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	299	35	)	)	PUNCT
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epaa-75	299	39	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	299	40	the	the	DET
epaa-75	299	41	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	299	42	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	300	1	both	both	PRON
epaa-75	300	2	individual	individual	ADJ
epaa-75	300	3	examinee	examinee	NOUN
epaa-75	300	4	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	300	5	response	response	NOUN
epaa-75	300	6	patterns	pattern	NOUN
epaa-75	300	7	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	300	8	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	300	9	parameter	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	300	10	estimates	estimate	NOUN
epaa-75	300	11	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	300	12	required	require	VERB
epaa-75	300	13	to	to	PART
epaa-75	300	14	obtain	obtain	VERB
epaa-75	300	15	the	the	DET
epaa-75	300	16	lpd	lpd	PROPN
epaa-75	300	17	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	301	1	a	a	DET
epaa-75	301	2	normal	normal	ADJ
epaa-75	301	3	prior	prior	ADJ
epaa-75	301	4	distribution	distribution	NOUN
epaa-75	301	5	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	301	6	used	use	VERB
epaa-75	301	7	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	301	8	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	301	9	figure	figure	NOUN
epaa-75	301	10	2	2	NUM
epaa-75	301	11	suggests	suggest	VERB
epaa-75	301	12	this	this	DET
epaa-75	301	13	assumption	assumption	NOUN
epaa-75	301	14	is	be	AUX
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epaa-75	301	16	plausible	plausible	ADJ
epaa-75	301	17	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	302	1	to	to	PART
epaa-75	302	2	use	use	VERB
epaa-75	302	3	the	the	DET
epaa-75	302	4	lpd	lpd	PROPN
epaa-75	302	5	to	to	PART
epaa-75	302	6	estimate	estimate	VERB
epaa-75	302	7	pass	pass	NOUN
epaa-75	302	8	rates	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	302	9	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	302	10	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	302	11	original	original	ADJ
epaa-75	302	12	criterion	criterion	NOUN
epaa-75	302	13	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	302	14	cut	cut	VERB
epaa-75	302	15	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	302	16	must	must	AUX
epaa-75	302	17	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	302	18	translated	translate	VERB
epaa-75	302	19	into	into	ADP
epaa-75	302	20	the	the	DET
epaa-75	302	21	irt	irt	PROPN
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epaa-75	302	23	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	302	24	the	the	DET
epaa-75	302	25	year	year	NOUN
epaa-75	302	26	the	the	DET
epaa-75	302	27	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	302	28	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	302	29	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	302	30	determined	determine	VERB
epaa-75	302	31	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	303	1	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	303	2	10th	10th	ADJ
epaa-75	303	3	grade	grade	NOUN
epaa-75	303	4	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	303	5	these	these	DET
epaa-75	303	6	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	303	7	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	303	8	set	set	VERB
epaa-75	303	9	in	in	ADP
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epaa-75	303	11	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	303	12	both	both	CCONJ
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epaa-75	303	14	and	and	CCONJ
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epaa-75	303	16	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	304	1	once	once	ADV
epaa-75	304	2	a	a	DET
epaa-75	304	3	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	304	4	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	304	5	is	be	AUX
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epaa-75	304	7	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	304	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	304	9	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	304	10	metric	metric	NOUN
epaa-75	304	11	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	304	12	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	304	14	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	304	15	the	the	DET
epaa-75	304	16	lpd	lpd	PROPN
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epaa-75	304	18	(	(	PUNCT
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epaa-75	304	21	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	305	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	305	2	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	305	3	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	305	4	used	use	VERB
epaa-75	305	5	to	to	PART
epaa-75	305	6	estimate	estimate	VERB
epaa-75	305	7	the	the	DET
epaa-75	305	8	percent	percent	NOUN
epaa-75	305	9	above	above	ADP
epaa-75	305	10	criterion	criterion	NOUN
epaa-75	305	11	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	305	12	pac	pac	PROPN
epaa-75	305	13	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	305	14	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	306	1	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	306	2	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	306	4	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	306	5	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	306	6	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	306	7	the	the	DET
epaa-75	306	8	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	306	9	the	the	DET
epaa-75	306	10	pac	pac	PROPN
epaa-75	306	11	is	be	AUX
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epaa-75	306	13	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	306	14	the	the	DET
epaa-75	306	15	pass	pass	NOUN
epaa-75	306	16	rate	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	306	17	whereas	whereas	SCONJ
epaa-75	306	18	the	the	DET
epaa-75	306	19	percent	percent	NOUN
epaa-75	306	20	below	below	ADV
epaa-75	306	21	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	306	22	described	describe	VERB
epaa-75	306	23	as	as	ADP
epaa-75	306	24	the	the	DET
epaa-75	306	25	“	"	PUNCT
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epaa-75	306	27	”	"	PUNCT
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epaa-75	306	29	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	307	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	307	2	lpd	lpd	PROPN
epaa-75	307	3	is	be	AUX
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epaa-75	307	5	as	as	ADP
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epaa-75	307	7	series	series	NOUN
epaa-75	307	8	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	307	9	theta	theta	NOUN
epaa-75	307	10	scores	score	NOUN
epaa-75	307	11	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	307	12	quadrature	quadrature	NOUN
epaa-75	307	13	points	point	NOUN
epaa-75	307	14	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	307	15	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	307	16	associated	associate	VERB
epaa-75	307	17	probabilities	probability	NOUN
epaa-75	307	18	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	307	19	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	307	20	weights	weight	NOUN
epaa-75	307	21	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	307	22	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	307	23	that	that	PRON
epaa-75	307	24	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	307	25	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	307	26	as	as	ADP
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epaa-75	307	30	function	function	NOUN
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epaa-75	308	2	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	308	3	obtained	obtain	VERB
epaa-75	308	4	by	by	ADP
epaa-75	308	5	summing	sum	VERB
epaa-75	308	6	weights	weight	NOUN
epaa-75	308	7	below	below	ADP
epaa-75	308	8	the	the	DET
epaa-75	308	9	cut	cut	NOUN
epaa-75	308	10	score	score	NOUN
epaa-75	308	11	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	308	12	possibly	possibly	ADV
epaa-75	308	13	with	with	ADP
epaa-75	308	14	some	some	DET
epaa-75	308	15	interpolation	interpolation	NOUN
epaa-75	308	16	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	309	1	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	309	2	found	find	VERB
epaa-75	309	3	there	there	PRON
epaa-75	309	4	was	be	VERB
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epaa-75	309	6	difference	difference	NOUN
epaa-75	309	7	between	between	ADP
epaa-75	309	8	50	50	NUM
epaa-75	309	9	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	309	10	100	100	NUM
epaa-75	309	11	quadrature	quadrature	NOUN
epaa-75	309	12	points	point	NOUN
epaa-75	309	13	;	;	PUNCT
epaa-75	309	14	all	all	DET
epaa-75	309	15	the	the	DET
epaa-75	309	16	results	result	NOUN
epaa-75	309	17	below	below	ADV
epaa-75	309	18	are	be	AUX
epaa-75	309	19	based	base	VERB
epaa-75	309	20	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	309	21	the	the	DET
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epaa-75	309	23	number	number	NOUN
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epaa-75	310	1	method	method	NOUN
epaa-75	310	2	1	1	NUM
epaa-75	310	3	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	310	4	fixed	fix	VERB
epaa-75	310	5	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	310	6	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	310	7	parameters	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	310	8	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	310	9	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	311	1	using	use	VERB
epaa-75	311	2	the	the	DET
epaa-75	311	3	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	311	4	parameters	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	311	5	reported	report	VERB
epaa-75	311	6	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	311	7	the	the	DET
epaa-75	311	8	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	311	9	technical	technical	PROPN
epaa-75	311	10	manuals	manual	NOUN
epaa-75	311	11	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	311	12	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	311	13	estimated	estimate	VERB
epaa-75	311	14	posterior	posterior	ADJ
epaa-75	311	15	theta	theta	NOUN
epaa-75	311	16	distributions	distribution	NOUN
epaa-75	311	17	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	311	18	both	both	DET
epaa-75	311	19	examinations	examination	NOUN
epaa-75	311	20	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	311	21	both	both	DET
epaa-75	311	22	years	year	NOUN
epaa-75	311	23	using	use	VERB
epaa-75	311	24	all	all	DET
epaa-75	311	25	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	311	26	(	(	PUNCT
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epaa-75	311	28	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	311	29	sa	sa	PROPN
epaa-75	311	30	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	311	31	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	311	32	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	311	33	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	311	34	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	312	1	this	this	DET
epaa-75	312	2	method	method	NOUN
epaa-75	312	3	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	312	4	considered	consider	VERB
epaa-75	312	5	a	a	DET
epaa-75	312	6	referent	referent	NOUN
epaa-75	312	7	analysis	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	312	8	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	313	1	though	though	SCONJ
epaa-75	313	2	there	there	PRON
epaa-75	313	3	were	be	VERB
epaa-75	313	4	minor	minor	ADJ
epaa-75	313	5	discrepancies	discrepancy	NOUN
epaa-75	313	6	between	between	ADP
epaa-75	313	7	our	our	PRON
epaa-75	313	8	samples	sample	NOUN
epaa-75	313	9	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	313	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	313	11	samples	sample	NOUN
epaa-75	313	12	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	313	13	which	which	PRON
epaa-75	313	14	the	the	DET
epaa-75	313	15	mcas	mcas	PROPN
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epaa-75	313	17	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	313	18	based	base	VERB
epaa-75	313	19	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	313	20	such	such	ADJ
epaa-75	313	21	discrepancies	discrepancy	NOUN
epaa-75	313	22	most	most	ADV
epaa-75	313	23	likely	likely	ADV
epaa-75	313	24	had	have	VERB
epaa-75	313	25	a	a	DET
epaa-75	313	26	negligible	negligible	ADJ
epaa-75	313	27	effect	effect	NOUN
epaa-75	313	28	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	314	1	our	our	PRON
epaa-75	314	2	analyses	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	314	3	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	314	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	314	5	classical	classical	ADJ
epaa-75	314	6	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	314	7	statistics	statistic	NOUN
epaa-75	314	8	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	314	9	the	the	DET
epaa-75	314	10	irt	irt	PROPN
epaa-75	314	11	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	314	12	parameters	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	314	13	reported	report	VERB
epaa-75	314	14	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	314	15	the	the	DET
epaa-75	314	16	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	314	17	manuals	manual	NOUN
epaa-75	314	18	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	314	19	the	the	DET
epaa-75	314	20	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	314	21	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	314	22	suggested	suggest	VERB
epaa-75	314	23	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	314	24	some	some	DET
epaa-75	314	25	error	error	NOUN
epaa-75	314	26	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	314	27	combination	combination	NOUN
epaa-75	314	28	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	314	29	errors	error	NOUN
epaa-75	314	30	led	lead	VERB
epaa-75	314	31	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	314	32	systematic	systematic	ADJ
epaa-75	314	33	misestimation	misestimation	NOUN
epaa-75	314	34	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	314	35	these	these	DET
epaa-75	314	36	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	314	37	’	'	PUNCT
epaa-75	314	38	parameters	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	314	39	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	315	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	315	2	results	result	NOUN
epaa-75	315	3	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	315	4	our	our	PRON
epaa-75	315	5	method	method	NOUN
epaa-75	315	6	1	1	NUM
epaa-75	315	7	analyses	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	315	8	further	far	ADV
epaa-75	315	9	supported	support	VERB
epaa-75	315	10	this	this	DET
epaa-75	315	11	belief	belief	NOUN
epaa-75	315	12	due	due	ADP
epaa-75	315	13	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	315	14	the	the	DET
epaa-75	315	15	disproportionately	disproportionately	ADV
epaa-75	315	16	large	large	ADJ
epaa-75	315	17	chi	chi	ADJ
epaa-75	315	18	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	315	19	square	square	ADJ
epaa-75	315	20	misfit	misfit	NOUN
epaa-75	315	21	statistics	statistic	NOUN
epaa-75	315	22	observed	observe	VERB
epaa-75	315	23	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	315	24	these	these	DET
epaa-75	315	25	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	315	26	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	316	1	more	more	ADV
epaa-75	316	2	specifically	specifically	ADV
epaa-75	316	3	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	316	4	review	review	NOUN
epaa-75	316	5	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	316	6	the	the	DET
epaa-75	316	7	model	model	ADJ
epaa-75	316	8	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	316	9	fit	fit	ADJ
epaa-75	316	10	outputs	output	NOUN
epaa-75	316	11	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	316	12	2001	2001	NUM
epaa-75	316	13	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	316	14	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	316	15	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	316	16	examinations	examination	NOUN
epaa-75	316	17	revealed	reveal	VERB
epaa-75	316	18	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	316	19	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	316	20	items	item	VERB
epaa-75	316	21	statistics	statistic	NOUN
epaa-75	316	22	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	316	23	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	316	24	rather	rather	ADV
epaa-75	316	25	“	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	316	26	misfit	misfit	NOUN
epaa-75	316	27	”	"	PUNCT
epaa-75	316	28	statistics	statistic	NOUN
epaa-75	316	29	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	316	30	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	316	31	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	316	32	average	average	ADJ
epaa-75	316	33	twice	twice	ADV
epaa-75	316	34	as	as	ADV
epaa-75	316	35	large	large	ADJ
epaa-75	316	36	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	316	37	relative	relative	ADJ
epaa-75	316	38	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	316	39	degrees	degree	NOUN
epaa-75	316	40	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	316	41	freedom	freedom	NOUN
epaa-75	316	42	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	316	43	than	than	ADP
epaa-75	316	44	those	those	PRON
epaa-75	316	45	observed	observe	VERB
epaa-75	316	46	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	316	47	the	the	DET
epaa-75	316	48	non	non	ADJ
epaa-75	316	49	-	-	ADJ
epaa-75	316	50	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	316	51	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	316	52	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	317	1	method	method	NOUN
epaa-75	317	2	2	2	NUM
epaa-75	317	3	discussed	discuss	VERB
epaa-75	317	4	below	below	ADP
epaa-75	317	5	addresses	address	NOUN
epaa-75	317	6	this	this	DET
epaa-75	317	7	issue	issue	NOUN
epaa-75	317	8	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	318	1	method	method	NOUN
epaa-75	318	2	2	2	NUM
epaa-75	318	3	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	318	4	fixed	fix	VERB
epaa-75	318	5	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	318	6	mc	mc	PROPN
epaa-75	318	7	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	318	8	estimated	estimate	VERB
epaa-75	318	9	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	318	10	parameters	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	318	11	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	318	12	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	319	1	using	use	VERB
epaa-75	319	2	the	the	DET
epaa-75	319	3	procedure	procedure	NOUN
epaa-75	319	4	discussed	discuss	VERB
epaa-75	319	5	above	above	ADP
epaa-75	319	6	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	319	7	fixing	fix	VERB
epaa-75	319	8	item	item	NOUN
epaa-75	319	9	parameters	parameter	NOUN
epaa-75	319	10	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	319	11	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	319	12	fixed	fix	VERB
epaa-75	319	13	the	the	DET
epaa-75	319	14	mc	mc	PROPN
epaa-75	319	15	values	value	NOUN
epaa-75	319	16	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	319	17	the	the	DET
epaa-75	319	18	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	319	19	examination	examination	NOUN
epaa-75	319	20	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	319	21	both	both	CCONJ
epaa-75	319	22	the	the	DET
epaa-75	319	23	mc	mc	PROPN
epaa-75	319	24	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	319	25	sa	sa	PROPN
epaa-75	319	26	values	value	NOUN
epaa-75	319	27	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	319	28	the	the	DET
epaa-75	319	29	mathematics	mathematics	NOUN
epaa-75	319	30	examination	examination	NOUN
epaa-75	319	31	to	to	ADP
epaa-75	319	32	the	the	DET
epaa-75	319	33	reported	report	VERB
epaa-75	319	34	mcas	mcas	PROPN
epaa-75	319	35	values	value	NOUN
epaa-75	319	36	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	320	1	however	however	ADV
epaa-75	320	2	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	320	3	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	320	4	allowed	allow	VERB
epaa-75	320	5	the	the	DET
epaa-75	320	6	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	320	7	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	320	8	to	to	PART
epaa-75	320	9	be	be	AUX
epaa-75	320	10	estimated	estimate	VERB
epaa-75	320	11	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	321	1	then	then	ADV
epaa-75	321	2	the	the	DET
epaa-75	321	3	posterior	posterior	ADJ
epaa-75	321	4	theta	theta	NOUN
epaa-75	321	5	distributions	distribution	NOUN
epaa-75	321	6	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	321	7	again	again	ADV
epaa-75	321	8	generated	generate	VERB
epaa-75	321	9	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	321	10	both	both	DET
epaa-75	321	11	examinations	examination	NOUN
epaa-75	321	12	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	321	13	both	both	DET
epaa-75	321	14	years	year	NOUN
epaa-75	321	15	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	322	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	322	2	success	success	NOUN
epaa-75	322	3	rates	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	322	4	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	322	5	pass	pass	NOUN
epaa-75	322	6	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	322	7	proficient	proficient	ADJ
epaa-75	322	8	obtained	obtain	VERB
epaa-75	322	9	from	from	ADP
epaa-75	322	10	these	these	DET
epaa-75	322	11	analyses	analysis	NOUN
epaa-75	322	12	(	(	PUNCT
epaa-75	322	13	labeled	label	VERB
epaa-75	322	14	method	method	NOUN
epaa-75	322	15	2	2	NUM
epaa-75	322	16	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	322	17	table	table	NOUN
epaa-75	322	18	6	6	NUM
epaa-75	322	19	)	)	PUNCT
epaa-75	322	20	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	322	21	slightly	slightly	ADV
epaa-75	322	22	lower	low	ADJ
epaa-75	322	23	than	than	ADP
epaa-75	322	24	method	method	NOUN
epaa-75	322	25	1	1	NUM
epaa-75	322	26	ela	ela	PROPN
epaa-75	322	27	pass	pass	NOUN
epaa-75	322	28	rates	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	322	29	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	323	1	for	for	ADP
epaa-75	323	2	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	323	3	the	the	DET
epaa-75	323	4	differences	difference	NOUN
epaa-75	323	5	was	be	AUX
epaa-75	323	6	larger	large	ADJ
epaa-75	323	7	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	324	1	we	we	PRON
epaa-75	324	2	estimated	estimate	VERB
epaa-75	324	3	success	success	NOUN
epaa-75	324	4	rates	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	324	5	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	324	6	7.8	7.8	NUM
epaa-75	324	7	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	324	8	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	324	9	4.7	4.7	NUM
epaa-75	324	10	%	%	NOUN
epaa-75	324	11	,	,	PUNCT
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epaa-75	324	13	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	324	14	less	less	ADJ
epaa-75	324	15	than	than	ADP
epaa-75	324	16	the	the	DET
epaa-75	324	17	method	method	NOUN
epaa-75	324	18	1	1	NUM
epaa-75	324	19	success	success	NOUN
epaa-75	324	20	rates	rate	NOUN
epaa-75	324	21	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	325	1	this	this	PRON
epaa-75	325	2	suggests	suggest	VERB
epaa-75	325	3	that	that	SCONJ
epaa-75	325	4	or	or	CCONJ
epaa-75	325	5	items	item	NOUN
epaa-75	325	6	were	be	AUX
epaa-75	325	7	more	more	ADV
epaa-75	325	8	problematic	problematic	ADJ
epaa-75	325	9	on	on	ADP
epaa-75	325	10	the	the	DET
epaa-75	325	11	mathematics	mathematics	NOUN
epaa-75	325	12	examination	examination	NOUN
epaa-75	325	13	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	326	1	the	the	DET
epaa-75	326	2	legend	legend	NOUN
epaa-75	326	3	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	326	4	the	the	DET
epaa-75	326	5	large	large	ADJ
epaa-75	326	6	mcas	mcas	PROPN
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epaa-75	326	8	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	326	9	2000–2001	2000–2001	NUM
epaa-75	326	10	17	17	NUM
epaa-75	326	11	about	about	ADP
epaa-75	326	12	the	the	DET
epaa-75	326	13	authors	author	NOUN
epaa-75	326	14	gregory	gregory	PROPN
epaa-75	326	15	camilli	camilli	PROPN
epaa-75	326	16	rutgers	rutgers	PROPN
epaa-75	326	17	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	326	18	the	the	DET
epaa-75	326	19	state	state	PROPN
epaa-75	326	20	university	university	PROPN
epaa-75	326	21	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	326	22	new	new	PROPN
epaa-75	326	23	jersey	jersey	PROPN
epaa-75	326	24	sadako	sadako	PROPN
epaa-75	326	25	vargas	vargas	PROPN
epaa-75	326	26	rutgers	rutgers	PROPN
epaa-75	326	27	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	326	28	the	the	DET
epaa-75	326	29	state	state	PROPN
epaa-75	326	30	university	university	PROPN
epaa-75	326	31	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	326	32	new	new	PROPN
epaa-75	326	33	jersey	jersey	PROPN
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epaa-75	326	35	:	:	PUNCT
epaa-75	326	36	camilli@rci.rutgers.edu	camilli@rci.rutgers.edu	PROPN
epaa-75	326	37	gregory	gregory	PROPN
epaa-75	326	38	camilli	camilli	PROPN
epaa-75	326	39	is	be	AUX
epaa-75	326	40	professor	professor	NOUN
epaa-75	326	41	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	326	42	the	the	DET
epaa-75	326	43	rutgers	rutgers	PROPN
epaa-75	326	44	graduate	graduate	PROPN
epaa-75	326	45	school	school	NOUN
epaa-75	326	46	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	326	47	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	326	48	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	327	1	his	his	PRON
epaa-75	327	2	interests	interest	NOUN
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epaa-75	327	4	measurement	measurement	NOUN
epaa-75	327	5	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	327	6	program	program	NOUN
epaa-75	327	7	evaluation	evaluation	NOUN
epaa-75	327	8	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	327	9	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	327	10	policy	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	327	11	issues	issue	NOUN
epaa-75	327	12	regarding	regard	VERB
epaa-75	327	13	student	student	NOUN
epaa-75	327	14	assessment	assessment	NOUN
epaa-75	327	15	.	.	PUNCT
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epaa-75	328	2	.	.	PROPN
epaa-75	328	3	camilli	camilli	PROPN
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epaa-75	328	5	courses	course	NOUN
epaa-75	328	6	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	328	7	statistics	statistic	NOUN
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epaa-75	328	9	psychometrics	psychometric	NOUN
epaa-75	328	10	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	328	11	structural	structural	ADJ
epaa-75	328	12	equation	equation	NOUN
epaa-75	328	13	modeling	modeling	NOUN
epaa-75	328	14	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	328	15	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	328	16	meta	meta	ADJ
epaa-75	328	17	-	-	PUNCT
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epaa-75	328	19	.	.	PUNCT
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epaa-75	329	2	current	current	ADJ
epaa-75	329	3	research	research	NOUN
epaa-75	329	4	interests	interest	NOUN
epaa-75	329	5	include	include	VERB
epaa-75	329	6	school	school	NOUN
epaa-75	329	7	factors	factor	NOUN
epaa-75	329	8	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	329	9	mathematics	mathematic	NOUN
epaa-75	329	10	achievement	achievement	NOUN
epaa-75	329	11	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	329	12	test	test	NOUN
epaa-75	329	13	fairness	fairness	NOUN
epaa-75	329	14	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	329	15	technical	technical	ADJ
epaa-75	329	16	and	and	CCONJ
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epaa-75	329	18	issues	issue	NOUN
epaa-75	329	19	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	329	20	high	high	ADJ
epaa-75	329	21	-	-	PUNCT
epaa-75	329	22	stakes	stake	NOUN
epaa-75	329	23	assessment	assessment	NOUN
epaa-75	329	24	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	329	25	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	329	26	the	the	DET
epaa-75	329	27	use	use	NOUN
epaa-75	329	28	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	329	29	evidence	evidence	NOUN
epaa-75	329	30	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	329	31	determining	determine	VERB
epaa-75	329	32	instructional	instructional	ADJ
epaa-75	329	33	policies	policy	NOUN
epaa-75	329	34	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	330	1	as	as	SCONJ
epaa-75	330	2	research	research	NOUN
epaa-75	330	3	associate	associate	NOUN
epaa-75	330	4	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	330	5	rutgers	rutgers	PROPN
epaa-75	330	6	graduate	graduate	PROPN
epaa-75	330	7	school	school	NOUN
epaa-75	330	8	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	330	9	education	education	NOUN
epaa-75	330	10	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	330	11	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	330	12	adjunct	adjunct	ADJ
epaa-75	330	13	professor	professor	NOUN
epaa-75	330	14	at	at	ADP
epaa-75	330	15	touro	touro	PROPN
epaa-75	330	16	college	college	PROPN
epaa-75	330	17	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	330	18	seton	seton	PROPN
epaa-75	330	19	hall	hall	PROPN
epaa-75	330	20	university	university	PROPN
epaa-75	330	21	,	,	PUNCT
epaa-75	330	22	sadako	sadako	PROPN
epaa-75	330	23	vargas	vargas	PROPN
epaa-75	330	24	has	have	AUX
epaa-75	330	25	taught	teach	VERB
epaa-75	330	26	in	in	ADP
epaa-75	330	27	the	the	DET
epaa-75	330	28	areas	area	NOUN
epaa-75	330	29	of	of	ADP
epaa-75	330	30	research	research	NOUN
epaa-75	330	31	methods	method	NOUN
epaa-75	330	32	and	and	CCONJ
epaa-75	330	33	occupational	occupational	ADJ
epaa-75	330	34	therapy	therapy	NOUN
epaa-75	330	35	.	.	PUNCT
epaa-75	331	1	her	her	PRON
epaa-75	331	2	interests	interest	NOUN
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