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Schumacker, Randall – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2019
The R software provides packages and functions that provide data analysis in classical true score, generalizability theory, item response theory, and Rasch measurement theories. A brief list of notable articles in each measurement theory and the first measurement journals is followed by a list of R psychometric software packages. Each psychometric…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Computer Software, Measurement, Item Response Theory
Minchen, Nathan D.; de la Torre, Jimmy; Liu, Ying – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2017
Nondichotomous response models have been of greater interest in recent years due to the increasing use of different scoring methods and various performance measures. As an important alternative to dichotomous scoring, the use of continuous response formats has been found in the literature. To assess finer-grained skills or attributes and to…
Descriptors: Models, Psychometrics, Test Theory, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
Baird, Jo-Anne; Andrich, David; Hopfenbeck, Therese N.; Stobart, Gordon – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2017
In response to the commentaries to their original article, the authors thank the commentators for their remarks and note that there is some general consensus across the commentaries around some major themes: (1) the lack of articulation between assessment and learning theories, particularly in relation to large-scale testing used for…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Learning Theories, Test Theory, International Assessment
Improving Comprehension Assessment for Middle and High School Students: Challenges and Opportunities
Sabatini, John; Petscher, Yaacov; O'Reilly, Tenaha; Truckenmiller, Adrea – Grantee Submission, 2015
For decades, standardized reading comprehension tests have consisted of a series of passages and associated multiple-choice questions. Although widely used in and out of the classroom, there continues to be considerable disagreement regarding how or whether such tests have net value in the service of advancing educational progress in reading. This…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
Baird, Jo-Anne; Black, Paul – Research Papers in Education, 2013
Much has already been written on the controversies surrounding the use of different test theories in educational assessment. Other authors have noted the prevalence of classical test theory over item response theory in practice. This Special Issue draws together articles based upon work conducted on the Reliability Programme for England's…
Descriptors: Test Theory, Foreign Countries, Test Reliability, Item Response Theory
Chapman, Jason E.; Sheidow, Ashli J.; Henggeler, Scott W.; Halliday-Boykins, Colleen A.; Cunningham, Phillippe B. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2008
A unique application of the Many-Facet Rasch Model (MFRM) is introduced as the preferred method for evaluating the psychometric properties of a measure of therapist adherence to Contingency Management (CM) treatment of adolescent substance use. The utility of psychometric methods based in Classical Test Theory was limited by complexities of the…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Contingency Management, Rating Scales, Psychometrics
Molenaar, Peter C. M. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2004
Psychology is focused on variation between cases (interindividual variation). Results thus obtained are considered to be generalizable to the understanding and explanation of variation within single cases (intraindividual variation). It is indicated, however, that the direct consequences of the classical ergodic theorems for psychology and…
Descriptors: Psychology, Psychometrics, Developmental Psychology, Personality Theories
Mislevy, 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

Lewis, Charles – Psychometrika, 1986
On the occasion of Psychometrika's fiftieth anniversary, the past twenty-five years' developments in mental test theory are reviewed. Psychometrika articles treating topics in test theory are listed in a bibliography. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Mathematical Models, Psychological Testing, Psychometrics
Reeve, Charlie L.; Lam, Holly – Intelligence, 2005
The simple practice effects commonly observed when retaking general cognitive ability tests present a potential paradox. If observed score changes reflect real changes in g, we must revisit our understanding of its stability. Conversely, if observed score changes reflect something other than a true change in the underlying latent construct, this…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Test Theory
Cizek, Gregory J.; Crocker, Linda; Frisbie, David A.; Mehrens, William A.; Stiggins, Richard J. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2006
The authors describe the significant contributions of Robert Ebel to educational measurement theory and its applications. A biographical sketch details Ebel's roots and professional resume. His influence on classroom assessment views and procedures are explored. Classic publications associated with validity, reliability, and score interpretation…
Descriptors: Test Theory, Educational Assessment, Psychometrics, Test Reliability
Oxford-Carpenter, Rebecca L.; Schultz-Shiner, Linda J. – 1985
This paper addresses practical Army problems in reading assessment from a theory base reflecting the most recent research on reading comprehension. Military and occupational research shows that reading proficiency is related to job performance. Reading assessment is a key issue in the Army due to changes in the reading ability levels of the Army…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Military Personnel, Postsecondary Education, Psychometrics

Beck, Michael D. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1986
Tracing the development of the Otis test series, the author argues that there will be a continuing demand for group-administered general mental ability tests in education. He foresees a need for better ways of relating ability test scores with skills and achievements to make them more educationally useful. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Educational History
McDonald, Roderick P. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2003
The concept of a behavior domain is a reasonable and essential foundation for psychometric work based on true score theory, the linear model of common factor analysis, and the nonlinear models of item response theory. Investigators applying these models to test data generally treat the true scores or factors or traits as abstractive psychological…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Error of Measurement, True Scores, Psychometrics
McArthur, David L. – 1985
The use of computers to build diagnostic inferences is presented in two contexts: (1) closed world, exemplified by the space shuttle launch monitoring system; and (2) open world, represented by computerized diagnostic testing of reading comprehension. The analysis shows that the closed world provides a substantially cleaner environment within…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science