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Tarr, James E.; Ross, Daniel J.; McNaught, Melissa D.; Chavez, Oscar; Grouws, Douglas A.; Reys, Robert E.; Sears, Ruthmae; Taylan, R. Didem – Online Submission, 2010
The Comparing Options in Secondary Mathematics: Investigating Curriculum (COSMIC) project is a longitudinal study of student learning from two types of mathematics curricula: integrated and subject-specific. Previous large-scale research studies such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) indicate that numerous variables are…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Teacher Characteristics, Mathematics Achievement, Program Effectiveness
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Albanese, Mark A.; Forsyth, Robert A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
The purpose of this study was to compare the relative robustness of the one-, two-, and modified two-parameter latent trait logistic models for the Iowa Tests of Educational Development. Results suggest that the modified two-parameter model may provide the best representation of the data. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Goodness of Fit, Item Analysis
McKinley, Robert L.; Reckase, Mark D. – 1980
A study was conducted to compare the quality of the item parameter estimates obtained from the ANCILLES and LOGIST estimation procedures using goodness of fit as a criterion. Statistics used to compare the fit included a chi-square statistic and a mean square deviation statistic. Other analyses performed included comparisons of the distributions…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Programs, Difficulty Level, Goodness of Fit