Response to Hoover.

Burket, George R.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Response to Hoover.

Burket, George R.

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v3 n4 p15-16 Win 1984

The developer of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills scaling responds to Hoover's attacks on Thurstone and item response theory scales (TM 510 173). While agreeing that grade equivalent (GE) scores are presently the most appropriate developmental score for reporting elementary grade achievement tests, limitations and inconsistencies in the GE scales are enumerated. (BS)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Grade Equivalent Scores, Latent Trait Theory, Norm Referenced Tests, Scaling, Test Interpretation, Test Norms, Testing Problems

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills; Iowa Tests of Basic Skills

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