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ERIC Number: EJ594294
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1644
School-Level IRT Assessment of Year-to-Year Performance Changes.
Tate, Richard; Heidorn, Mark
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v59 n4 p631-39 Aug 1999
Estimated year-to-year changes in average writing performance for 188 schools using a group-level version of the generalized partial credit item-response theory model. Results illustrate that technical equating adjustments can be important even when there have been rigorous efforts to make prompts and rating training equivalent to the old tests. (SLD)
Descriptors: Change, Elementary Education, Equated Scores, Evaluation Methods, Item Response Theory, Writing (Composition), Writing Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Partial Credit Model
Note: Research supported in part by Contract 371-90940-60002 from the Student Assessment Services Section of the Florida Department of Education.