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Camp-McCoy, Debra – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2012
The Ability-Achievement Model is reviewed for efficacy in comparison to the Response to Intervention Model when diagnosing students with possible learning disabilities. The research will address the success of Ability-Achievement Model versus the Response to Intervention Model when successfully diagnosing students with learning disabilities was…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Models, Learning Disabilities, Diagnostic Tests
De Ayala, R. J.; And Others – 1990
Computerized adaptive testing procedures (CATPs) based on the graded response method (GRM) of F. Samejima (1969) and the partial credit model (PCM) of G. Masters (1982) were developed and compared. Both programs used maximum likelihood estimation of ability, and item selection was conducted on the basis of information. Two simulated data sets, one…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adaptive Testing, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
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Tsutakawa, Robert K.; Johnson, Jane C. – Psychometrika, 1990
The conventional method of measuring ability--based on items with assumed true parameter values obtained from a pretest--is compared to a Bayesian method that deals with the uncertainties of such items. Data from a 1987 American College Testing Program mathematics test indicate that maximum likelihood/Bayesian techniques underestimate uncertainty.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Bayesian Statistics, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis