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Peer reviewedBeaton, Albert E.; Johnson, Eugene G. – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1990
The average response method (ARM) of scaling nonbinary data was developed to scale data from the assessments of writing conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The method is described and illustrated with data from the 1983-84 NAEP. (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equations (Mathematics), Mathematical Models, Scaling
Download full textBeaton, Albert E.; Johnson, Eugene G. – 1990
When the Educational Testing Service became the administrator of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in 1983, it introduced scales based on item response theory (IRT) as a way of presenting results of the assessment to the general public. Some properties of the scales and their uses are discussed. Initial attempts at presenting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Interpretation, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBeaton, Albert E.; Johnson, Eugene G. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1992
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) uses item response theory (IRT) based scaling methods to summarize information in complex data sets. The necessity of global scores or more detailed subscores, creation of developmental scales for different ages, and use of scale anchoring for scale interpretation are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBeaton, Albert E.; Allen, Nancy L. – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1992
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) makes possible comparison of groups of students and provides information about what these groups know and can do. The scale anchoring techniques described in this chapter address the latter purpose. The direct method and the smoothing method of scale anchoring are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level
Beaton, Albert E. – 1985
This paper overviews technical developments in data analysis procedures for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading data during 1984. The highlight of the reshaping of the NAEP data has been the scaling using item response theory (IRT). AT this point in the data analysis, an IRT-based scale appears appropriate for reading…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores, Item Analysis
Beaton, Albert E.; And Others – 1988
This report supplies details of the design and data analysis of the 1986 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to allow the reader to judge the utility of the design, data quality, reasonableness of assumptions, appropriateness of data analyses, and generalizability of inferences made from the data. After an introduction by A. E.…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases, Field Tests
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
