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Thomas, Neal – 1993
Mislevy (1984, 1985) introduced an EM algorithm for estimating the parameters of a latent distribution model that is used extensively by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Second order asymptotic corrections are derived and applied along with more common first order asymptotic corrections to approximate the expectations required by…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Evaluation Methods
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Bloxom, Bruce; And Others – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 1995
Develops and evaluates the linkage of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery to the mathematics scale of the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The accuracy of the proficiency distribution estimated from the projection was close to the accuracy of the distribution estimated from the large scale assessment. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Estimation (Mathematics), Evaluation Methods, Mathematics Tests
Reckase, Mark D. – 1994
Comparative results are presented for procedures recently appearing in literature related to standard setting on the National Assessment of Educational Progress--the paper selection method and the contrasting group method. For this comparison, a probabilistic model with normal distribution of performance and a six-point scale were assumed. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criteria, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education