Rejoinder to Burket.

Hoover, H. D.

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ERIC Number: EJ307820

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1984

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Rejoinder to Burket.

Hoover, H. D.

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v3 n4 p16-18 Win 1984

The author addresses issues raised by Burket (TM 510 174) about the Iowa Test of Basic Skills scaling procedures. Further reasons for his criticism of Thurstone scale scores and item response theory scale scores for elementary school achievement tests are given. (BS)

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

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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

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