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Cohen, Jon; Chan, Tsze; Jiang, Tao; Seburn, Mary – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2008
U.S. state educational testing programs administer tests to track student progress and hold schools accountable for educational outcomes. Methods from item response theory, especially Rasch models, are usually used to equate different forms of a test. The most popular method for estimating Rasch models yields inconsistent estimates and relies on…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Educational Testing, Item Response Theory, Computation
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Yang, Wen-Ling; Gao, Rui – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2008
This study investigates whether the functions linking number-correct scores to the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) scaled scores remain invariant over gender groups, using test data on the 16 testlet-based forms of the CLEP College Algebra exam. To be consistent with the operational practice, linking of various test forms to a common…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Algebra, Item Response Theory, Testing Programs
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Brennan, Robert L. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2008
The discussion here covers five articles that are linked in the sense that they all treat population invariance. This discussion of population invariance is a somewhat broader treatment of the subject than simply a discussion of these five articles. In particular, occasional reference is made to publications other than those in this issue. The…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Law Schools, Science Achievement, Achievement Tests
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Petersen, Nancy S. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2008
This article discusses the five studies included in this issue. Each article addressed the same topic, population invariance of equating. They all used data from major standardized testing programs, and they all used essentially the same statistics to evaluate their results, namely, the root mean square difference and root expected mean square…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Standardized Tests, Equated Scores, Evaluation Methods