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Fitting and Testing Conditional Multinormal Partial Credit Models
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Hessen, David J. – Psychometrika, 2012
A multinormal partial credit model for factor analysis of polytomously scored items with ordered response categories is derived using an extension of the Dutch Identity (Holland in "Psychometrika" 55:5-18, 1990). In the model, latent variables are assumed to have a multivariate normal distribution conditional on unweighted sums of item…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Factor Analysis, Testing, Scoring
Developing and Validating a Design for Teacher Portfolio Assessment
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van der Schaaf, M. F.; Stokking, K. M. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2008
Developing and using a design for teacher portfolio assessment is a complex process including several components: the domain to be assessed (the teacher competences), the content standards or criteria, the portfolio format, the completion of the format (by teachers) with content, and the scoring of the portfolios (by raters). For a portfolio…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment, Scoring, Standards
The Assessment of Writing Ability: Expert Readers versus Lay Readers.
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Schoonen, Rob; And Others – Language Testing, 1997
Reports on three studies conducted in the Netherlands about the reading reliability of lay and expert readers in rating content and language usage of students' writing performances in three kinds of writing assignments. Findings reveal that expert readers are more reliable in rating usage, whereas both lay and expert readers are reliable raters of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interrater Reliability, Language Usage, Models