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Direct linkvan der Linden, Wim J. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2022
The current literature on test equating generally defines it as the process necessary to obtain score comparability between different test forms. The definition is in contrast with Lord's foundational paper which viewed equating as the process required to obtain comparability of measurement scale between forms. The distinction between the notions…
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Test Items, Scores, Probability
van der Linden, Wim J. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2010
The traditional way of equating the scores on a new test form X to those on an old form Y is equipercentile equating for a population of examinees. Because the population is likely to change between the two administrations, a popular approach is to equate for a "synthetic population." The authors of the articles in this issue of the…
Descriptors: Test Format, Equated Scores, Population Distribution, Population Trends
Download full textvan der Linden, Wim J.; Luecht, Richard M. – 1997
A set of linear conditions on the item response functions is derived that guarantees identical observed-score distributions on two test forms. The conditions can be added as constraints to a linear programming model for test assembly that assembles a new test form to have an observed-score distribution optimally equated to the distribution of the…
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Item Response Theory
van der Linden, Wim J. – 1999
A constrained computerized adaptive testing (CAT) algorithm is presented that automatically equates the number-correct scores on adaptive tests. The algorithm can be used to equate number-correct scores across different administrations of the same adaptive test as well as to an external reference test. The constraints are derived from a set of…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Algorithms, Computer Assisted Testing
Peer reviewedvan der Linden, Wim J.; Luecht, Richard M. – Psychometrika, 1998
Derives a set of linear conditions of item-response functions that guarantees identical observed-score distributions on two test forms. The conditions can be added as constraints to a linear programming model for test assembly. An example illustrates the use of the model for an item pool from the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). (SLD)
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Item Banks, Item Response Theory, Linear Programming
van der Linden, Wim J. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2006
Two local methods for observed-score equating are applied to the problem of equating an adaptive test to a linear test. In an empirical study, the methods were evaluated against a method based on the test characteristic function (TCF) of the linear test and traditional equipercentile equating applied to the ability estimates on the adaptive test…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Format, Equated Scores
