Valid Normative Information from Customized Achievement Tests.

Yen, Wendy M.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ353332

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Publication Date: 1987

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Valid Normative Information from Customized Achievement Tests.

Yen, Wendy M.; And Others

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v6 n1 p7-13 Spr 1987

This paper discusses how to maintain the integrity of national nomative information for achievement tests when the test that is administered has been customized to satisfy local needs and is not a test that has been nationally normed. Alternative procedures for item selection and calibration are examined. (Author/LMO)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Goodness of Fit, Item Analysis, Latent Trait Theory, Local Norms, National Norms, Norm Referenced Tests, Scoring, Test Items, Test Validity

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