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Person-Fit to the Rasch Model Using Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced Statewide Data.
Garcia-Quintana, Roan A. – 1981
Person fit in the Rasch one parameter model is investigated. The first set of data deals with grade 3 students responding to the mathematics computation and reading vocabulary subscales of the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills Forms (CTBS/S). The second set of data deals with grade 3 students responding to the Basic Skills Assessment Program…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Goodness of Fit, Grade 3
Equating Instructional Accomplishment Inventories and Standardized Achievement Tests.
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Milazzo, Patricia; Buchanan, Aaron – 1982
Standardized achievement tests and instructional accomplishment inventories involve different methodologies and cannot be equated by using conventional psychometric methods. Instructional accomplishment inventories are descriptive, and are designed to reflect the scope, sequence, and skills and emphasis in a particular instructional program.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Education, Equated Scores
Using Simulation Results When Choosing a Latent-Trait Model.
Yen, Wendy M. – 1979
Three test-analysis models were used to analyze three types of simulated test score data plus the results of eight achievement tests. Chi-square goodness-of-fit statistics were used to evaluate the appropriateness of the models to the four kinds of data. Data were generated to simulate the responses of 1,000 students to 36 pseudo-items by…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Correlation, Goodness of Fit, Item Analysis
Procedures Used in Phase I of the IGE Evaluation to Scale, Adjust, and Aggregate Reading and Math Achievement in Grade 5. Report from the Project on Evaluation of Practices in Individualized Schooling.
Price, Gary G.; And Others – 1979
The procedures used in Phase I of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) evaluation to scale, adjust, and aggregate reading and mathematics achievement in grade 5 are described. An explanation is included of the administration procedures. The tests used (The Short Form Test of Academic Aptitude and the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills) and the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing
Procedures Used in Phase I of the IGE Evaluation to Scale, Adjust, and Aggregate Reading and Math Achievement in Grade 2. Report from the Project on Evaluation of Practices in Individualized Schooling.
Price, Gary G.; And Others – 1979
The procedures used in Phase I of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) evaluation to scale, adjust, and aggregate reading and mathematics achievement in grade 2 are described. An explanation is included of the administration procedures. The tests used (the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills and the Short Form Test of Academic Aptitude) and the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing
Attitude Adjustment and Student Achievement.
Beal, Judy – Schools in the Middle, 1997
Describes a system employed by a middle school to improve performance scores on the Comprehensive Testing of Basic Skills (CTBS), through aggressive attitude changes, to ensure fiscal and other benefits. Notes characteristics of the approach, including realistic goals, student involvement, student responsibility, community involvement, student…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Attitude Change, Educational Testing