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Peer reviewedBaker, Bruce D. – Economics of Education Review, 2001
Explores whether flexible nonlinear models (including neural networks and genetic algorithms) can reveal otherwise unexpected patterns of relationship in typical school-productivity data. Applying three types of algorithms alongside regression modeling to school-level data in 183 elementary schools proves the hypothesis and reveals new directions…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Mathematical Models
Wright, Benjamin D.; Stone, Mark H. – 1979
This handbook explains how to do Rasch measurement. The emphasis is on practice, but theoretical explanations are also provided. The Forward contains an introduction to the topic of Rasch measurement. Chapters 2, 4, 5, and 7 use a small problem to illustrate the application of Rasch measurement in detail, and methodological issues are considered…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Mathematical Models, Measurement Techniques, Psychometrics
Peer reviewedBorland, Melvin V.; Howsen, Roy M. – Education Economics, 2000
Corrects for potential bias and inconsistency in the estimated coefficient on market competition (among schools) by constructing a system of equations with endogenous expressions of student achievement and market competition. Policy makers seeking to improve student achievement should encourage market competition among schools. (Contains 13…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Competition, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Correction
Download full textFeldt, Leonard S. – 1983
This paper considers, from a theoretical point of view, two measurement approaches used in measuring success and failure in skills tests in physical education. The first, "fixed length" (FL) testing, entails counting the number of successful performances in a fixed number of trials. The second, "trials-to-criterion" (TTC)…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Mathematical Formulas, Mathematical Models, Measurement Techniques
Rasch, Georg – 1993
The psychometric research done by G. Rasch between 1951 and 1959, which is explained and illustrated in this book, takes psychometrics from being purely descriptive to being a science of objective measurement. Individual centered statistics require models in which each individual is characterized separately and from which, given adequate data,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Estimation (Mathematics), Intelligence Tests, Item Response Theory
Ingebo, George S. – 1997
This book shows the advantages of Rasch measurement (G. Rasch) for school district testing programs. The results of Rasch methods are contrasted with conventional statistics for assessing student responses to basic skills testing. Chapter 1 shows how the Rasch probability-based method produces measures that are more useful for students, parents,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Banks
