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Direct linkSkorupski, William P.; Carvajal, Jorge – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2010
This study is an evaluation of the psychometric issues associated with estimating objective level scores, often referred to as "subscores." The article begins by introducing the concepts of reliability and validity for subscores from statewide achievement tests. These issues are discussed with reference to popular scaling techniques, classical…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Test Validity, Achievement Tests, Scores
Sawchuk, Stephen – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
Most experts in the testing community have presumed that the $350 million promised by the U.S. Department of Education to support common assessments would promote those that made greater use of open-ended items capable of measuring higher-order critical-thinking skills. But as measurement experts consider the multitude of possibilities for an…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Test Items, Comparative Analysis, Multiple Choice Tests
Peer reviewedLinn, Robert L.; Kiplinger, Vonda L. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1995
The adequacy of linking statewide standardized test results to the National Assessment of Educational Progress by using equipercentile equating procedures was investigated using statewide mathematics data from four states. Results suggest that the linkings are not sufficiently trustworthy to make comparisons based on the tails of the distribution.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Equated Scores, Mathematics Tests
Download full textSeyfarth, John T. – 1993
Performance based assessment refers to tasks that require students to construct responses or take actions to demonstrate specific knowledge or skills. Performance assessment tasks appear in a variety of formats, but they focus on higher order skills and are nonroutine, and sometimes loosely structured, in nature. A number of concerns have been…
Descriptors: Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Services. – 1972
This explanatory booklet and the materials that accompany it have two major purposes. The first purpose is to provide local school officials with information regaing the performance on basic skills achievement of each student who took the 1971-72 Michigan Educational Assessment Battery. The second purpose is to provide local officials with…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Services. – 1973
This explanatory booklet and the materials that accompany it have two major purposes. The first purpose is to provide local school officials information regarding the performance on basic skills achievement of each student who took the 1972-73 Michigan Educational Assessment Battery. The second purpose is to provide local officials with…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
