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Direct linkWalker, A. Adrienne; Engelhard, George, Jr. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2015
The idea that test scores may not be valid representations of what students know, can do, and should learn next is well known. Person fit provides an important aspect of validity evidence. Person fit analyses at the individual student level are not typically conducted and person fit information is not communicated to educational stakeholders. In…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Goodness of Fit, Educational Assessment, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Engelhard, George, Jr.; Kobrin, Jennifer L.; Wind, Stefanie A. – International Journal of Testing, 2014
The purpose of this study is to explore patterns in model-data fit related to subgroups of test takers from a large-scale writing assessment. Using data from the SAT, a calibration group was randomly selected to represent test takers who reported that English was their best language from the total population of test takers (N = 322,011). A…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Writing Tests, Goodness of Fit, English
Kobrin, Jennifer L.; Sinharay, Sandip; Haberman, Shelby J.; Chajewski, Michael – College Board, 2011
This study examined the adequacy of a multiple linear regression model for predicting first-year college grade point average (FYGPA) using SAT[R] scores and high school grade point average (HSGPA). A variety of techniques, both graphical and statistical, were used to examine if it is possible to improve on the linear regression model. The results…
Descriptors: Multiple Regression Analysis, Goodness of Fit, College Entrance Examinations, Test Validity
Peer reviewedWerts, C. E.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1977
The psychometric application of Joreskog's procedure for simultaneous factor analysis in several populations is illustrated. Using Scholastic Aptitude Test data from two samples, procedures are shown for checking test construction assumptions about units of measurement and error variance, within and between samples. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Development, Factor Analysis, Goodness of Fit, High School Students
Download full textRock, Donald A.; And Others – 1985
The comparability of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Verbal and Mathematical scores was investigated for one nonhandicapped and nine handicapped populations. The handicapped populations included hearing impaired, visually impaired, learning disabled, and physically disabled students. Special methods of test administration included Braille and large…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Disabilities, Factor Structure, Goodness of Fit
Davis, Wesley D. – 1985
This study evaluated Krell's 1981-82 Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) preparatory series software purported to raise students' scores substantially after only a short term of computer-assisted instruction (CAI). Forty-eight college-bound juniors from Escambia County (Florida) were assigned to experimental and control groups. A two-phased pre- and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Instruction
