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Holmes, Susan E.; Doody-Bogan, Evelyn N. – 1983
The accuracy of trait estimates obtained from three vertical equating methods was examined. The procedures studied included two anchor test designs and a single-group design. Data from two content areas and two grade combinations were studied. A three-parameter logistic model was used to perform the equatings. The results obtained were used to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Equated Scores, Estimation (Mathematics), Latent Trait Theory
Download full textLi, Yuan H. – 2001
The primary objective of this study was to examine the construct validity of two multiple-content testing programs, the multiple-choice Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS/5) and the performance-based Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP), by evaluating the true-score longitudinal associations among multiple-content scores…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Construct Validity, Correlation, Elementary Education
Li, Yuan H.; Ford, Valeria; Tompkins, Leroy J. – 1999
The purpose of this study was to examine the construct validity of a performance assessment program, the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP). Based on analyses of the longitudinal associations of Grade 5 MSPAP data in 1996 with Grade 3 MSPAP data in 1994, the following hypothesis was examined: the unattentuated correlation or…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Correlation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Estes, Gary D. – 1979
Normative data reported by publishers of the California Achievement Test, the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, and the SRA Assessment Survey were used to illustrate a procedure for specifying goals for Title I programs in terms of normal curve equivalent (NCE) gains. The procedure was based on the amount of growth reflected in student reading…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Educational Objectives
PDF pending restorationArter, Judith A.; Estes, Gary D. – 1978
The validity of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) and problems associated with inappropriate norms were investigated in eleven senior high schools in Phoenix, Arizona. CTBS validity was assessed in three ways: (1) correlation between test scores and number of courses taken in that subject; (2) correlation between CTBS scores and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, High Schools
Noble, Julie; Sawyer, Richard – 1992
The purpose of the study was to compare two regression-based approaches for measuring educational effectiveness in Tennessee high schools: the mean residual approach (MR), and a more general linear models (LM) approach. Data were obtained from a sample of 1,011 students who were enrolled in 48 high schools, and who had taken the Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change
Faddis, Bonnie J.; And Others – 1979
Ninth grade Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I evaluation results in reading and English-writing projects were compared, using the RMC Model A with local empirical norms, Model A with national interpolated norms, and Model B. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS)--Total Reading and Total Language subtests--were administered…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Control Groups
