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Peer reviewedForsyth, Robert A. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1991
The scales of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), as constructed, do not yield meaningful criterion-referenced interpretations. Poorly defined NAEP goals and the present knowledge base do not allow the measurement of what examinees can and cannot do. Inappropriate interpretations of NAEP data are discussed, with specific…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Item Response Theory
Peer reviewedZwick, Rebecca – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1991
Item parameter estimates derived through item response theory methods have been considered relatively robust to changes in item position and context, but the anomaly in reading scores from the 1986 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) illustrates problems with common population equating procedures when there are test form changes.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Context Effect, Equated Scores, Estimation (Mathematics)
