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Direct linkZwick, Rebecca; Himelfarb, Igor – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2011
Research has often found that, when high school grades and SAT scores are used to predict first-year college grade-point average (FGPA) via regression analysis, African-American and Latino students, are, on average, predicted to earn higher FGPAs than they actually do. Under various plausible models, this phenomenon can be explained in terms of…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Grades (Scholastic), Error of Measurement, White Students
Peer reviewedWainer, Howard – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1993
Focusing on educational measurement that suggests an action and has an outcome, 16 problem areas are defined and grouped into the following classes: (1) validity; (2) issues of statistical adjustment; (3) data insufficiencies; (4) other issues related to standardized testing and constructed responses; and (5) technical issues of psychometrics.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, Constructed Response, Educational Assessment
