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Direct linkEducation Commission of the States (NJ3), 2010
In recent years, criticism of high school graduates' lack of readiness for college and work has led a number of states to raise high school graduation requirements--particularly in terms of the number and rigor of courses students must pass. This issue of "The Progress of Education Reform" addresses end-of-course assessments at the high…
Descriptors: High Schools, High School Graduates, Exit Examinations, Graduation Requirements
Cantrell, Catherine E. – 1997
This paper discusses the limitations of Classical Test Theory, the purpose of Item Response Theory/Latent Trait Measurement models, and the step-by-step calculations in the Rasch measurement model. The paper explains how Item Response Theory (IRT) transforms person abilities and item difficulties into the same metric for test-independent and…
Descriptors: Ability, Difficulty Level, Estimation (Mathematics), Item Response Theory
Li, Yuan H.; Griffith, William D.; Tam, Hak P. – 1997
This study explores the relative merits of a potentially useful item response theory (IRT) linking design: using a single set of anchor items with fixed common item parameters (FCIP) during the calibration process. An empirical study was conducted to investigate the appropriateness of this linking design using 6 groups of students taking 6 forms…
Descriptors: Ability, Difficulty Level, Equated Scores, Error of Measurement
