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University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2014
Districts now have access to a wealth of new information that can help target students with appropriate supports and bring focus and coherence to college readiness efforts. However, the abundance of data has brought its own challenges. Schools and school systems are often overwhelmed with the amount of data available. The capacity of districts to…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Educational Indicators, College Preparation, School Districts
Carlson, James E.; Spray, Judith A. – 1986
This paper discussed methods currently under study for use with multiple-response data. Besides using Bonferroni inequality methods to control type one error rate over a set of inferences involving multiple response data, a recently proposed methodology of plotting the p-values resulting from multiple significance tests was explored. Proficiency…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Data Analysis, Difficulty Level, Error of Measurement
Reckase, Mark D.; McKinley, Robert L. – 1982
This paper reviews the existing multidimensional item response theory (IRT) models and demonstrates how one of the models can be applied to estimation of abilities from a test measuring more than one dimension. The purposes of this paper were threefold. First, the fundamental concepts required when considering multidimensional models for the…
Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), Higher Education, Latent Trait Theory, Mathematical Models
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Reckase, Mark D. – 1986
The work presented in this paper defined conceptually the concepts of multidimensional discrimination and information, derived mathematical expressions for the concepts for a particular multidimensional item response theory (IRT) model, and applied the concepts to actual test data. Multidimensional discrimination was defined as a function of the…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Difficulty Level, Discriminant Analysis, Item Analysis
DesJardins, Stephen L.; And Others – 1997
This study used a logistic probability model to investigate the effects of variables relating student characteristics and institutional factors on the decision to apply to a large land-grant research university. The study used the entire data set from American College Testing (ACT) program test-takers in the fall of 1995 and institutional data on…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Bound Students, College Choice, College Entrance Examinations
Reckase, Mark D.; Ackerman, Terry A. – 1986
This paper demonstrates the relationship between the concept of unidimensionality and direction of an item in a multidimensional space. The basic premise is that if items that measure in the same direction are combined to form a test, that test will meet the item response theory requirements of unidimensionality. This will be true even if the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Estimation (Mathematics), Goodness of Fit