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There are many important steps in carrying out the New Jersey statewide assessment program. The first steps in the process include having a coherent test design, writing items that accurately represent the test design, and field testing the items to obtain statistical information on each item.  After the test is assembled, and the students take the test, then the results are obtained.  Reporting the results in an educationally useful manner makes the entire process a beneficial experience for students, parents and educators. 
In this section you can explore in a step-by step manner how a question may be included in a test
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Three items are followed from initial creation through field test and then to the test booklet