Dakota State Test of Educational Progress (STEP)

The 2006-2007 Dakota State Test of Educational Progress (Dakota STEP) test was given to students in grades 3 though 8 and 11. The Dakota STEP test is based on the South Dakota state standards, which define what students should be learning each year. The goal is for all students to score at or above the proficient level on the Dakota STEP exam. Dakota STEP will be given at Grades 3-8 and 11. The augmented Stanford 10 Abbreviated will be un-timed and will yield both norm-referenced and standards-based scores. Subjects that will be assessed by the abbreviated form of the Stanford 10 Abbreviated (norm-referenced) will include Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts. Standards that will be assessed by the add-on augmentation are the SD Content Standards in Reading and Mathematics for each grade (2003), and eventually the SD Content Standards in Science for each grade (by 2007)

The Assistance will include:

Chapter 3: Method Section

• Research question clarification
• Develop testable hypotheses
• Select appropriate statistical tests
• Sample size determination
• Power analysis

Chapter 4: Results Section

• Collect, Enter, Code, and Clean Data
• Statistical analysis
• Write Results
• Explain Statistics
• Dissertation Editing
• Use of SPSS, SAS, LISREL, AMOS, package