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Impact of Design Effects in Large-Scale District and State Assessments

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Phillips, Gary W. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2015

This article proposes that sampling design effects have potentially huge unrecognized impacts on the results reported by large-scale district and state assessments in the United States. When design effects are unrecognized and unaccounted for they lead to underestimating the sampling error in item and test statistics. Underestimating the sampling…

Descriptors: State Programs, Sampling, Research Design, Error of Measurement

Sources of Uncertainty Often Ignored in Adjusting State Mean SAT Scores for Differential Participation Rates: The Rules of the Game.

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Holland, Paul W.; Wainer, Howard – Applied Measurement in Education, 1990

Two attempts to adjust state mean Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores for differential participation rates are examined. Both attempts are rejected, and five rules for performing adjustments are outlined to foster follow-up checks on untested assumptions. National Assessment of Educational Progress state data are determined to be more accurate.…

Descriptors: College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, Estimation (Mathematics), Item Bias