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Linking and Aligning Scores and Scales
The comparability of measurements made in differing circumstances by different methods and investigators is a fundamental pre-condition for all of science. Successful applications of technology require comparable measurements. While the applications herefocus on educational tests, score linking issu...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007. |
| Series: | Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences,
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| Online Access: | Texto Completo |
Table of Contents:
- Overview
- Overview
- Foundations
- A Framework and History for Score Linking
- Data Collection Designs and Linking Procedures
- Equating
- Equating: Best Practices and Challenges to Best Practices
- Practical Problems in Equating Test Scores: A Practitioner's Perspective
- Potential Solutions to Practical Equating Issues
- Tests in Transition
- Score Linking Issues Related to Test Content Changes
- Linking Scores Derived Under Different Modes of Test Administration
- Tests in Transition: Discussion and Synthesis
- Concordance
- Sizing Up Linkages
- Concordance: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Some Further Thoughts on Concordance
- Vertical Scaling
- Practical Issues in Vertical Scaling
- Methods and Models for Vertical Scaling
- Vertical Scaling and No Child Left Behind
- Assessments Linking Group Assessments to Individual
- Linking Assessments Based on Aggregate Reporting: Background and Issues
- An Enhanced Method for Mapping State Standards onto the NAEP Scale
- Using Aggregate-Level Linkages for Estimation and Validation: Comments on Thissen and Braun & Qian
- Postscript.