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Download full textGorad, Stephen; Hordosy, Rita; Siddiqui, Nadia – International Education Studies, 2013
This paper re-considers the widespread use of value-added approaches to estimate school "effects", and shows the results to be very unstable over time. The paper uses as an example the contextualised value-added scores of all secondary schools in England. The study asks how many schools with at least 99% of their pupils included in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Secondary Education, Educational Testing
Direct linkKluge, Annette – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2008
The use of microworlds (MWs), or complex dynamic systems, in educational testing and personnel selection is hampered by systematic measurement errors because these new and innovative item formats are not adequately controlled for their difficulty. This empirical study introduces a way to operationalize an MW's difficulty and demonstrates the…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Self Efficacy, Educational Testing, Computer Uses in Education
Gardner, John; Cowan, Pamela – Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice, 2005
This paper sets out the findings from a large-scale analysis of the Northern Ireland Transfer Procedure Tests, used to select pupils for grammar schools. As it was not possible to get completed test scripts from government agencies, over 3000 practice scripts were completed in simulated conditions and were analysed to establish whether the tests…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Testing, Error of Measurement, Test Use
