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ERIC Number: EJ278460
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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The Rasch Model for Achievement Tests--Inappropriate in the Past, Inappropriate Today, Inappropriate Tomorrow.
McLean, Leslie D.; Ragsdale, Ronald G.
Canadian Journal of Education, v8 n1 p71-76 1983
Robitaille and O'Shea used the Rasch model in developing a set of 40-item mathematics achievement tests. The Rasch model is inappropriate for such a purpose; their article presents the model in a too favorable light and continued application of the model encourages less desirable educational practice and misdirects scarce resources. (BRR)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Banks, Mathematics, Models, Test Construction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada; Ontario Assessment Instrument Pool; Rasch Model