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O'Neil, Timothy P. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
With scant research to draw upon with respect to the maintenance of vertical scales over time, decisions around the creation and performance of vertical scales over time necessarily suffers due to the lack of information. Undetected item parameter drift (IPD) presents one of the greatest threats to scale maintenance within an item response theory…
Descriptors: Scaling, Measures (Individuals), Item Response Theory, Educational Assessment
Johnson, Karin Pogna – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to describe my experiences as a campus principal in facilitating the use of participatory formative assessment (PFA) in an environment of accountability and high-stakes testing. The methodology I employed was autoethnography (Chang, 2008; Ellis, 2004; Reed-Danahay, 1997; Stinson, 2009). I kept journals over a period…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Accountability, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Tests