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Wang, Chun; Chen, Ping; Jiang, Shengyu – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2020
Many large-scale educational surveys have moved from linear form design to multistage testing (MST) design. One advantage of MST is that it can provide more accurate latent trait [theta] estimates using fewer items than required by linear tests. However, MST generates incomplete response data by design; hence, questions remain as to how to…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Items, Adaptive Testing, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
Culpepper, Steven Andrew; Park, Trevor – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2017
A latent multivariate regression model is developed that employs a generalized asymmetric Laplace (GAL) prior distribution for regression coefficients. The model is designed for high-dimensional applications where an approximate sparsity condition is satisfied, such that many regression coefficients are near zero after accounting for all the model…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Multivariate Analysis, Item Response Theory, Regression (Statistics)
Jacob, Brian; Rothstein, Jesse – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2016
Economists often use test scores to measure a student's performance or an adult's human capital. These scores reflect non-trivial decisions about how to measure and scale student achievement, with important implications for secondary analyses. For example, the scores computed in several major testing regimes, including the National Assessment of…
Descriptors: Measurement, Academic Ability, Educational Assessment, Scores
Rutkowski, Leslie – Applied Measurement in Education, 2014
Large-scale assessment programs such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) use a sophisticated assessment administration design called matrix sampling that minimizes the testing burden on individual…
Descriptors: Measurement, Testing, Item Sampling, Computation
Wyse, Adam E.; Reckase, Mark D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2012
This study investigates how different rounding rules and ways of providing Angoff standard-setting judgments affect cut-scores. A simulation design based on data from the National Assessment of Education Progress was used to investigate how rounding judgments to the nearest whole number (e.g., 0, 1, 2, etc.), nearest 0.05, or nearest two decimal…
Descriptors: Standard Setting, Cutting Scores, Statistical Bias, Numbers
Jia, Yue; Stokes, Lynne; Harris, Ian; Wang, Yan – Educational Testing Service, 2011
Estimation of parameters of random effects models from samples collected via complex multistage designs is considered. One way to reduce estimation bias due to unequal probabilities of selection is to incorporate sampling weights. Many researchers have been proposed various weighting methods (Korn, & Graubard, 2003; Pfeffermann, Skinner,…
Descriptors: Computation, Statistical Bias, Sampling, Statistical Analysis
Jia, Yue; Stokes, Lynne; Harris, Ian; Wang, Yan – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2011
In this article, we consider estimation of parameters of random effects models from samples collected via complex multistage designs. Incorporation of sampling weights is one way to reduce estimation bias due to unequal probabilities of selection. Several weighting methods have been proposed in the literature for estimating the parameters of…
Descriptors: Sampling, Computation, Statistical Bias, Statistical Analysis
Braun, Henry; Zhang, Jinming; Vezzu, Sailesh – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2010
This article investigates plausible explanations for the observed heterogeneity among jurisdictions in the exclusion rates of students with disabilities and English language learners in administrations of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). It also examines the operating characteristics of a particular class of methods, called…
Descriptors: Statistical Bias, National Competency Tests, Reports, Test Results
Innes, Richard G. – Journal of School Choice, 2012
This article provides examples of how serious misconceptions can result when only "all student" scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are used for simplistic state-to-state comparisons. Suggestions for better treatment are presented. The article also compares Kentucky's eighth grade EXPLORE testing to NAEP…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Scoring, Misconceptions, Academic Achievement
Hebel, Sara – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Many states, and the United States as a whole, are doing a better job than they were two years ago of preparing students for college and expanding access to higher education, according to a national report card on higher education released last week. But the country continues to slip behind other nations on measures of enrollment and degree…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Policy, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators
Oranje, Andreas – ETS Research Report Series, 2006
A multitude of methods has been proposed to estimate the sampling variance of ratio estimates in complex samples (Wolter, 1985). Hansen and Tepping (1985) studied some of those variance estimators and found that a high coefficient of variation (CV) of the denominator of a ratio estimate is indicative of a biased estimate of the standard error of a…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Computation, Sampling, Statistical Bias
Tarr, James E.; Ross, Daniel J.; McNaught, Melissa D.; Chavez, Oscar; Grouws, Douglas A.; Reys, Robert E.; Sears, Ruthmae; Taylan, R. Didem – Online Submission, 2010
The Comparing Options in Secondary Mathematics: Investigating Curriculum (COSMIC) project is a longitudinal study of student learning from two types of mathematics curricula: integrated and subject-specific. Previous large-scale research studies such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) indicate that numerous variables are…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Teacher Characteristics, Mathematics Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Oranje, Andreas; Freund, David; Lin, Mei-jang; Tang, Yuxin – ETS Research Report Series, 2007
In this paper, a data perturbation method for minimizing the possibility of disclosure of participants' identities on a survey is described in the context of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The method distinguishes itself from most approaches because of the presence of cognitive tasks. Hence, a data edit should have minimal…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Risk, National Competency Tests, Data Analysis
Longford, N. T. – 1995
Model-based methods for estimating the population mean in stratified clustered sampling are described. The importance of adjusting the weights is assessed by an approach considering the sampling variation of the adjusted weights and its (variance) components. The resulting estimators are more efficient than the jackknife estimators for a variety…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Estimation (Mathematics), Models, National Surveys
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Rogers, W. Todd; And Others – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1977
The bias attributable to nonresponse in population estimates in the field of education was studied. Data were collected from responses to mathematics and science exercises administered by the National Assessment of Educational Progress to a probability sample of 17-year olds, as well as a probability sample selected from nonrespondents.…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Data Collection, High Schools, National Surveys
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