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A Comparison of the Results of Many-Facet Rasch Analyses Based on Crossed and Judge Pair Designs
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Ilhan, Mustafa – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2016
The aim of this study was to compare the results of many-facet Rasch analyses based on crossed and judge pair designs. The study was conducted with 168 eighth grade students and five judges. The study data were collected using an achievement test with open-ended questions and a holistic rubric that was used to rate the responses. In the data…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Achievement Tests, Scoring Rubrics, Judges
Adaptive Comparative Judgment as a Tool for Assessing Open-Ended Design Problems and Model Eliciting Activities
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Bartholomew, Scott R.; Nadelson, Louis S.; Goodridge, Wade H.; Reeve, Edward M. – Educational Assessment, 2018
We investigated the use of adaptive comparative judgment to evaluate the middle school student learning, engagement, and experience with the design process in an open-ended problem assigned in a technology and engineering education course. Our results indicate that the adaptive comparative judgment tool effectively facilitated the grading of the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Evaluative Thinking, Learner Engagement, Design
Requiring a Consistent Unit of Scale between the Responses of Students and Judges in Standard Setting
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Humphry, Stephen; Heldsinger, Sandra; Andrich, David – Applied Measurement in Education, 2014
One of the best-known methods for setting a benchmark standard on a test is that of Angoff and its modifications. When scored dichotomously, judges estimate the probability that a benchmark student has of answering each item correctly. As in most methods of standard setting, it is assumed implicitly that the unit of the latent scale of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standard Setting (Scoring), Judges, Item Response Theory
Judging Alignment of Curriculum-Based Measures in Mathematics and Common Core Standards
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Morton, Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Measurement literature supports the utility of alignment models for application with state standards and large-scale assessments. However, the literature is lacking in the application of these models to curriculum-based measures (CBMs) and common core standards. In this study, I investigate the alignment of CBMs and standards, with specific…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Curriculum Based Assessment, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
Interim Report on the Truancy Court Diversion Program in the District of Columbia, 2011-12
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Cahill, Meagan; Liberman, Akiva; Cramer, Lindsey – Urban Institute, 2012
The Truancy Court Diversion Program (TCDP) is a voluntary program for at risk students and their parents. It combines involvement of a Family Court judge in group and individual sessions with service provision. During the 2011-12 school year, a pilot TCDP was implemented at Kramer Middle School (M.S.) and at Johnson M.S. The program attempts to…
Descriptors: Truancy, Urban Schools, Courts, At Risk Students
Evaluation of the Truancy Court Diversion Program in the District of Columbia, 2011-12
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Cahill, Meagan; Liberman, Akiva – Urban Institute, 2012
An evaluation of the Truancy Court Diversion Program (TCDP) found that despite significant implementation challenges, parent-child communication and youths' attitudes towards school both improved. A voluntary program for middle school students at risk for chronic truancy, TCDP involves judicially-led sessions that address student attitudes…
Descriptors: Truancy, Middle School Students, At Risk Students, Parents