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Grabovsky, Irina; Wainer, Howard – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2017
In this article, we extend the methodology of the Cut-Score Operating Function that we introduced previously and apply it to a testing scenario with multiple independent components and different testing policies. We derive analytically the overall classification error rate for a test battery under the policy when several retakes are allowed for…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Weighted Scores, Classification, Testing
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Reardon, Sean F.; Ho, Andrew D. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2015
In an earlier paper, we presented methods for estimating achievement gaps when test scores are coarsened into a small number of ordered categories, preventing fine-grained distinctions between individual scores. We demonstrated that gaps can nonetheless be estimated with minimal bias across a broad range of simulated and real coarsened data…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Performance Factors, Educational Practices, Scores