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Direct linkReardon, Sean F.; Kalogrides, Demetra; Ho, Andrew D. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2021
Linking score scales across different tests is considered speculative and fraught, even at the aggregate level. We introduce and illustrate validation methods for aggregate linkages, using the challenge of linking U.S. school district average test scores across states as a motivating example. We show that aggregate linkages can be validated both…
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Validity, Methods, School Districts
Young, John W.; Holtzman, Steven; Steinberg, Jonathan – Educational Testing Service, 2011
In this research investigation of score comparability for language minority students (English language learners [ELLs] and former English language learners), we examined 3 indicators of score comparability (reliability, internal test structure, and differential item functioning) for 4th and 8th grade students who took the NCLB-mandated content…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Second Language Learning, Grade 8, Minority Group Students
Baker, Eva L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2007
This paper will describe the relationships between research on learning and its application in assessment models and operational systems. These have been topics of research at the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) for more than 20 years and form a significant part of the intellectual foundation of…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Inferences, Hypothesis Testing, Predictive Validity
