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Peer reviewedSlinde, Jeffrey A.; Linn, Robert L. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1979
The Rasch model was used to equate reading comprehension tests of widely different difficulty for three groups of fifth grade students of widely different ability. Under these extreme circumstances, the Rasch model equating was unsatisfactory. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Bias, Difficulty Level, Equated Scores
