I was part of a team conducting the ROC Curve Analysis using the state of Delaware's education data. We put a lot of details in this paper, so people can replicate what we did. Appendix section has a lot of explanations regarding statistical models and concepts.
http://www.doe.k12.de.us/cms/lib09/DE01922744/Centricity/Domain/91/MA1275TAFINAL508.pdf