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Wang, Ze – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2022
In educational and psychological research, it is common to use latent factors to represent constructs and then to examine covariate effects on these latent factors. Using empirical data, this study applied three approaches to covariate effects on latent factors: the multiple-indicator multiple-cause (MIMIC) approach, multiple group confirmatory…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Grade 8, Mathematics Achievement
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Anderson, Daniel; Farley, Dan; Tindal, Gerald – Journal of Special Education, 2015
Students with significant cognitive disabilities present an assessment dilemma that centers on access and validity in large-scale testing programs. Typically, access is improved by eliminating construct-irrelevant barriers, while validity is improved, in part, through test standardization. In this article, one state's alternate assessment data…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests