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Using Rasch Analysis To Design and Interpret a Test of Students' Understanding of Irony in Poetry.

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Smith, Michael W. – 1990

The insights provided by Rasch analysis of results from a literature test were explored. Students in grades 9, 10, and 11 (n=261) responded to a 28-item test before they received one of three treatments: (1) direct instruction, based on research on metacognition in reading, which attempts to give conscious control of strategies used to understand…

Descriptors: Comparative Testing, High School Students, High Schools, Irony

Psychometric Analysis of the NLS and the High School and Beyond Test Batteries. A Study of Excellence in High School Education: Educational Policies, School Quality, and Student Outcomes. Contractor Report.

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Rock, Donald A.; And Others – 1985

The Educational Testing Service (ETS) was contracted by the National Center for Education Statistics to investigate changes in tested achievement using cross-sectional comparisons between the 1972 National Longitudinal Study (NLS) seniors and the 1980 High School and Beyond (HSB) senior cohort. The ETS is also responsible for estimating the extent…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cohort Analysis, Comparative Testing, Ethnicity