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Peer reviewedWilliams, Valerie S. L.; Rosa, Kathleen Rees; McLeod, Lori D.; Thissen, David; Sanford, Eleanor E. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1998
Uses data from the North Carolina End-of-Grade test of eighth-grade mathematics to estimate the achievement results on the scale of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Trial State Assessment. Uses linear regression models to develop projection equations to predict state NAEP results. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedWilliams, Valerie S. L.; Pommerich, Mary; Thissen, David – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1998
Created a developmental scale for the North Carolina End-of-Grade Mathematics Tests using a subset of identical test forms administered to adjacent grade levels with Thurstone scaling and Item Response Theory methods. Discusses differences in patterns produced. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
