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Berk, Ronald A. – 1980
Seventeen statistics for measuring the reliability of criterion-referenced tests were critically reviewed. The review was organized into two sections: (1) a discussion of preliminary considerations to provide a foundation for choosing the appropriate category of "reliability" (threshold loss function, squared-error loss-function, or…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Scoring Formulas, Statistical Analysis
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McGrew, Kevin; Murphy, Suzanne – Journal of School Psychology, 1995
Investigates the general factor and uniqueness characteristics of the individual tests of the Woodcock-Johnson Test of Cognitive Ability-Revised (WJTCA-R). Only 2 of the 19 WJTCA-R tests examined had low general factor loadings, while 2 had low uniqueness. All other tests had medium or high uniqueness. Discusses implications for clinical…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Ability, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Congressional Budget Office. – 1987
This report analyzes possible causes of current trends in educational achievement and discusses implications for policy. It uses data described in the publication "Trends in Educational Achievement," a Congressional Budget Office study released in April 1986, which assessed data about trends in test scores. This report begins with a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests
Sirotnik, Kenneth A. – 1979
The thesis of this paper is that the decision to use one of three approaches to unit-of-analysis in educational research should be based on substantive considerations, not statistical factors. In addition to the commonly used "total analysis" (regression analysis across individuals), the within and between analyses are inherent in the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Correlation, Educational Research, Interaction
Steinheiser, Frederick H., Jr.; And Others – 1978
Alternative mathematical models for scoring and decision making with criterion referenced tests are described, especially as they concern appropriate test length and methods of establishing statistically valid cutting scores. Several of these approaches are reviewed and compared on formal-analytic and empirical grounds: (1) Block's approach to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Decision Making