Assessing the Comparability of School Scores across Test Forms That Are Not Parallel.

Fitzpatrick, Anne R.; Lee, Guemin; Gao, Furong

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ERIC Number: EJ636355

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Assessing the Comparability of School Scores across Test Forms That Are Not Parallel.

Fitzpatrick, Anne R.; Lee, Guemin; Gao, Furong

Applied Measurement in Education, v14 n3 p285-306 2001

Used generalizability theory to assess the variation in school scores across very short test forms that measured mathematics scores in grades 4 and 8. More than 25,000 students took each form of the 3 tests for each grade. Results demonstrate the lack of comparability in school scores across short, nonparallel tests forms and the importance of taking error into account when school scores are interpreted. (SLD)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Generalizability Theory, Institutional Characteristics, Intermediate Grades, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Tests, Scores, Test Format

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Based on a report prepared under contract with the Council of Chief State School Officers funded by Grant R279A50006 from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement.