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Echternacht, Gary – 1985
This paper outlines a methodology that school districts can use to enhance the presentation of district-wide testing program results to administrators, school boards, teachers, and the public. Based on John Tukey's two way analysis methodology, it involves fitting this model: test score equals overall plus year plus grade plus cohort plus…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Effect Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Models
Download full textHambleton, Ronald K.; And Others – 1983
The potential of item response theory (IRT) for solving a number of testing problems in the Maryland Functional Reading Program would appear to be substantial in view of the many other promising applications of the theory. But, it is well-known that the advantages derived from an IRT model cannot be achieved when the fit between an item response…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Goodness of Fit, Latent Trait Theory, Mathematical Models
