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Download full textKim, YoungKoung; DeCarlo, Lawrence T. – College Board, 2016
Because of concerns about test security, different test forms are typically used across different testing occasions. As a result, equating is necessary in order to get scores from the different test forms that can be used interchangeably. In order to assure the quality of equating, multiple equating methods are often examined. Various equity…
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Evaluation Methods, Sampling, Statistical Inference
Direct linkAbdulkadiroglu, Atila; Angrist, Joshua D.; Pathak, Parag A. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
Talented students compete fiercely for seats at Boston and New York exam schools. These schools are characterized by high levels of peer achievement and a demanding curriculum tailored to each district's highest achievers. While exam school students clearly do very well in school, the question of whether an exam school education adds value…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Selective Admission, Attendance, Academic Achievement
Lipscomb, Stephen; Gill, Brian; Booker, Kevin; Johnson, Matthew – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
At the request of Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) and the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers (PFT), Mathematica is developing value-added models (VAMs) that aim to estimate the contributions of individual teachers, teams of teachers, and schools to the achievement growth of their students. The analyses described in this report are intended as an…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, School Effectiveness, Value Added Models, Public Schools
