An Item Response Curve Model for Matrix-Sampling Data: The California Grade-Three Assessment.

Bock, R. Darrell; Mislevy, Robert J.

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Publication Date: 1981

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An Item Response Curve Model for Matrix-Sampling Data: The California Grade-Three Assessment.

Bock, R. Darrell; Mislevy, Robert J.

New Directions for Testing and Measurement, n10 p65-90 1981

California Assessment Program's application of matrix sampling and item response curve theory to the scaling and reporting of state assessment data is described. It is designed to express educational outcomes in an efficient and interpretable form that is both immediately informative and suited to analysis over extended periods of time. (Author/AEF)

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Factor Analysis, Item Banks, Item Sampling, Latent Trait Theory, Mathematical Models, Maximum Likelihood Statistics, Scaling, Scores, State Programs, Test Interpretation

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