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Bock, R. Darrell; Mislevy, Robert J. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
California Assessment Program's application of matrix sampling and item response curve theory to the scaling and reporting of state assessment data is described. It is designed to express educational outcomes in an efficient and interpretable form that is both immediately informative and suited to analysis over extended periods of time.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Factor Analysis, Item Banks
Download full textMislevy, Robert J.; And Others – 1982
An approach was developed based on item-response models defined at the level of salient subject groups rather than at the level of individuals, designed for use with multiple-matrix sampling designs. In each of three National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics subtopics, Reiser's group-effects latent trait model was fitted to…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Item Analysis, Item Sampling, Latent Trait Theory
Beaton, Albert E. – 1987
In 1982, the Educational Testing Service (ETS) proposed to implement a new, complex design for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The major features of this design are described in "A New Design for a New Era" (Messick, Beaton, and Lord, 1983). The purpose of this document is to describe the actual implementation of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Interpretation
