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Peer reviewedPowers, Stephen; And Others – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1983
The validity of the equipercentile hypothesis of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System norm-referenced evaluation model was examined using 3,224 seventh- and ninth-grade students. Findings from confidence interval procedures contradicted the equipercentile hypothesis. There was a pattern of large gains for students not receiving any special…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Hypothesis Testing
Download full textRizavi, Saba; Hariharan, Swaminathan – Online Submission, 2001
The advantages that computer adaptive testing offers over linear tests have been well documented. The Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) design is more efficient than the Linear test design as fewer items are needed to estimate an examinee's proficiency to a desired level of precision. In the ideal situation, a CAT will result in examinees answering…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Test Construction, Test Length, Computer Assisted Testing
