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Distributional Properties of the PIRLS-Home Resource for Learning Scale and Observed Effects on Reading Achievement: Are Measurements of Educational Inequalities by Latent Indices without Bias?
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Walzebug, Anke; Kasper, Daniel – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2018
In "Progress in International Reading Literacy Study" (PIRLS) educational inequalities are measured, amongst others, through the relationship between students' reading achievements and the home resource for learning (HRL) scale. By applying the partial credit model and using the WLE estimates for the person parameters it is accepted that…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment
The Height + Width = Area of a Rectangle Rule in Five-Year-Olds: Effects of Stimulus Distribution and Graduation of the Response Scale.
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Mullet, Etienne; Paques, Patricia – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1991
Examined the effects of type of distribution and type of response scale on observed integration patterns in five, six, and seven year olds. Findings showed that the effect of two factors, age and type of scale, were significant. (SH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Area, Foreign Countries, Geometric Concepts