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Combining Scores in Multiple-Criteria Assessment Systems: The Impact of Combination Rule
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McBee, Matthew T.; Peters, Scott J.; Waterman, Craig – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2014
Best practice in gifted and talented identification procedures involves making decisions on the basis of multiple measures. However, very little research has investigated the impact of different methods of combining multiple measures. This article examines the consequences of the conjunctive ("and"), disjunctive/complementary…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Correlation
Using Performance Standards to Link Statewide Achievement Results to NAEP.
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Waltman, Kristie K. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1997
A socially moderated link was established between statewide achievement results and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) by using the same achievement level descriptions in an Iowa Test of Basic Skills standard-setting and an NAEP standard setting study. A statistically moderated link was established through an equipercentile…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Equated Scores, National Surveys
Recent Trends in Achievement Test Scores: Which Students Are Improving, and on What Levels of Skill Complexity?
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Witt, Elizabeth A.; And Others – 1990
Recent trends in achievement test scores among elementary and secondary school students in Iowa are examined. Form 7 of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) was used to measure the achievement of students in grades 3 and 7; and Form X-7 of the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED) was used for 11th graders. These grade levels were chosen…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Educational Trends, Elementary School Students