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Peer reviewedRudner, Lawrence M.; And Others – Applied Measurement in Education, 1996
An analysis of data from the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress Trial State Assessment suggests that person-fit statistics may not provide additional information about results of psychometrically strong achievement tests. More research is needed before person-fit statistics can be used routinely in analysis of item response data.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Individual Differences, Item Response Theory, Psychometrics
Peer reviewedMehrens, William A. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2000
Presents conclusions of an independent measurement expert that the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) was constructed according to acceptable professional standards and tests curricular material considered by the Texas Board of Education important for graduates to have mastered. Also supports the validity and reliability of the TAAS and…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Psychometrics, Reliability, Standards
Peer reviewedMcBee, Maridyth M.; Barnes, Laura L. B. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1998
The temporal stability and intertask consistency of an eighth-grade mathematics performance assessment and how task similarity affects the ability to generalize results of the assessments were studied with results from 101 eighth graders. Results support the suggestion that large-scale performance assessments be used with considerable caution…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedBehuniak, Peter; Tucker, Charlene – Applied Measurement in Education, 1992
Psychometrically linking a state criterion-referenced test (CRT) and a norm-referenced test (NRT) to yield NRT information through the CRT was studied with samples of 1,500 to 3,000 elementary school students per subject and grade level in Connecticut. A CRT/NRT link can create a focused and coherent assessment system. (SLD)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
