Item Response Theory Scale Linking in NAEP.

Yamamoto, Kentaro; Mazzeo, John

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Publication Date: 1992

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Item Response Theory Scale Linking in NAEP.

Yamamoto, Kentaro; Mazzeo, John

Journal of Educational Statistics, v17 n2 p155-73 Sum 1992

The need for scale linking in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is discussed, and the specific procedures used to carry out the linking in the context of the major analyses of the 1990 NAEP mathematics assessment are described. Issues remaining to be addressed are outlined. (SLD)

Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores, Estimation (Mathematics), Item Response Theory, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Tests, National Surveys, Research Needs, Scaling, Student Evaluation, Test Items

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress

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