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Download full textDeMauro, Gerald E. – 1992
The feasibility of using linear and equipercentile equating methods (W. H. Angoff, 1984) to equate forms of the Test of Written English (TWE) by using the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) as an anchor was explored. These two equating methods assume that either the TOEFL test and TWE test measure the same skills or that the examinee…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Equated Scores, Evaluation Methods, Test Format
Auchter, Joan E.; Stansfield, Charles – 1997
Is it possible to translate an existing test from the source language to a target language and then to empirically link the translated test to the source language standard? Some tests are amenable to translation of their content and some are not. Within tests, some items may be translatable and others may not. Some items may measure meaningful…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, English, Equated Scores, Equivalency Tests
Bielinski, John; Thurlow, Martha; Minnema, Jane; Scott, Jim – 2000
This report is a review and analysis of the psychometric literature on the topic of out-of-level testing. Out-of-level testing refers to the practice of using a level of the test other than the test taken by most of the students in a student's current grade level. Much of the research on out-of-level testing was conducted in the 1970s and 1980s,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores, Error of Measurement
Schaeffer, Gary A.; And Others – 1995
This report summarizes the results from two studies. The first assessed the comparability of scores derived from linear computer-based (CBT) and computer adaptive (CAT) versions of the three Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test measures. A verbal CAT was taken by 1,507, a quantitative CAT by 1,354, and an analytical CAT by 995…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Equated Scores
Staples, Jane G.; Luzzo, Darrell Anthony – 1999
The purpose of this study was to determine the measurement comparability of paper-and-pencil and multimedia versions of two career assessment components in the DISCOVER multimedia career and education planning system. Students in grade 9 (N=606) and 11 (N=416) completed paper-and-pencil and Compact Disc-interactive (CD-i) versions of the Unisex…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Equated Scores
