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Download full textMislevy, Robert J.; Wilson, Mark R.; Ercikan, Kadriye; Chudowsky, Naomi – 2002
In educational assessment, what students say, do, and sometimes make is observed, and assessors attempt to infer what students know, can do, or have accomplished more generally. Some links in the chain of inference depend on statistical models and probability-based reasoning, and it is with these links that terms such as validity, reliability, and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Inferences
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Direct linkAllen, Nancy L.; Holland, Paul W.; Thayer, Dorothy T. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2005
Allowing students to choose the question(s) that they will answer from among several possible alternatives is often viewed as a mechanism for increasing fairness in certain types of assessments. The fairness of optional topic choice is not a universally accepted fact, however, and various studies have been done to assess this question. We examine…
Descriptors: Test Theory, Test Items, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
