ERIC Number: EJ1217575
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Publication Date: 2019-Jun
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Use of Adjustment by Minimum Discriminant Information in Linking Constructed-Response Test Scores in the Absence of Common Items
Lee, Yi-Hsuan; Haberman, Shelby J.; Dorans, Neil J.
Journal of Educational Measurement, v56 n2 p452-472 Sum 2019
In many educational tests, both multiple-choice (MC) and constructed-response (CR) sections are used to measure different constructs. In many common cases, security concerns lead to the use of form-specific CR items that cannot be used for equating test scores, along with MC sections that can be linked to previous test forms via common items. In such cases, adjustment by minimum discriminant information may be used to link CR section scores and composite scores based on both MC and CR sections. This approach is an innovative extension that addresses the long-standing issue of linking CR test scores across test forms in the absence of common items in educational measurement. It is applied to a series of administrations from an international language assessment with MC sections for receptive skills and CR sections for productive skills. To assess the linking results, harmonic regression is applied to examine the effects of the proposed linking method on score stability, among several analyses forĀ evaluation.
Descriptors: Scores, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items, Responses, Equated Scores, Innovation, Language Tests, International Assessment
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