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Download full textvan der Linden, Wim J.; Carlson, James E. – 1999
A popular design in large-scale educational assessments is the balanced incomplete block design. The design assumes that the item pool is split into a set of blocks of items that are assigned to assessment booklets. This paper shows how the technique of 0-1 linear programming can be used to calculate a balanced incomplete block design. Several…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Item Banks, Linear Programming, Research Design
Henderson, Dianne L.; Julian, Marc W.; Yen, Wendy M. – 2002
This paper discusses different perspectives associated with the use of multiple measures in educational assessment and explores some of the technical considerations for selecting and combining multiple measures. The paper concludes with an example of the use of multiple measures with regard to the recent No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2002.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Kenney, Patricia Ann; Silver, Edward A. – 1999
This paper presents an overview of the design features that were developed for the Content Analysis Project. The purpose of the project was to examine the congruence between a state's test in eighth-grade mathematics and that used by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The results of this analysis were then to be used to determine…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
Goldstein, Arnold A. – 1997
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has always included students with disabilities and limited English proficient (LEP) students in the sample to be assessed, but only in relatively limited numbers. Recent research has indicated that many students who have been excluded are in fact capable of participating. The National Center…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Katzenmeyer, Conrad G. – 1986
With the growing interest in comparing student achievement state by state, there is a need to develop better techniques for making such comparisons. Approaches available now, particularly the use of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and American College Test (ACT) scores, have obvious shortcomings but nonetheless continue to be prominent because…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing
Beaton, Albert E. – 1985
This paper overviews technical developments in data analysis procedures for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading data during 1984. The highlight of the reshaping of the NAEP data has been the scaling using item response theory (IRT). AT this point in the data analysis, an IRT-based scale appears appropriate for reading…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores, Item Analysis
