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Raudenbush, Stephen W.; Fotiu, Randall P.; Cheong, Yuk Fai – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 1999
Uses data from the Trial State Assessment of the National Assessment of Educational Progress to describe and illustrate a two-stage statistical model for investigating state-to-state variation in mathematics achievement. Results reveal considerable state-to-state heterogeneity in mathematics proficiency, but most heterogeneity is explainable on…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Achievement
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Mislevy, Robert J.; And Others – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1992
Scaling methodologies used in analysis of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) surveys since 1984 are reviewed. The plausible values methodology developed for NAEP scale-score analyses is described in the contexts of item response theory and average response method scaling. Current NAEP research in scaling is discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Equations (Mathematics)
Johnson, Eugene G. – 1991
Procedures used to map the achievement levels, expressed as total expected scores on the full set of items presented to a grade, onto the Mathematics Composite of the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are described. The Composite, defined as a weighted average of subdomain scores, provides a global measure of mathematics…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cutting Scores, Equations (Mathematics), Grade 12