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Zheng, Xiaying; Yang, Ji Seung – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2021
The purpose of this paper is to briefly introduce two most common applications of multiple group item response theory (IRT) models, namely detecting differential item functioning (DIF) analysis and nonequivalent group score linking with a simultaneous calibration. We illustrate how to conduct those analyses using the "Stata" item…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Bias, Computer Software, Statistical Analysis
Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed.; Martin, Michael O., Ed.; von Davier, Matthias, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2021
TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) is a long-standing international assessment of mathematics and science at the fourth and eighth grades that has been collecting trend data every four years since 1995. About 70 countries use TIMSS trend data for monitoring the effectiveness of their education systems in a global…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Science Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
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Schneider, Thorsten – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2004
Selecting elite students out of a huge collective is a difficult task. The main problem is to provide automated processes to reduce human work. ECMS (Educational Contest Management System) is an online tool approach to help--fully or partly automated--with the task of selecting such elite students out of a mass of candidates. International tests…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Selective Admission, Admission Criteria, Automation