The Comparability of Equal Raw Scores Obtained from In-Level and Out-Of-Level Testing: One Source of the Discrepancy between In-Level and Out-of-Level Grade Equivalent Scores.

Plake, Barbara S.; Hoover, H. D.

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Publication Date: 1979

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The Comparability of Equal Raw Scores Obtained from In-Level and Out-Of-Level Testing: One Source of the Discrepancy between In-Level and Out-of-Level Grade Equivalent Scores.

Plake, Barbara S.; Hoover, H. D.

Journal of Educational Measurement, v16 n4 p271-78 Win 1979

An experiment investigated the extent to which the results of out-of-level testing may be biased because the child given an out of level test may have had a significantly different curriculum than the children given in-level tests. Item analysis data suggested this was unlikely. (CTM)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Grade Equivalent Scores, Item Analysis, Norm Referenced Tests, Norms, Raw Scores, Test Interpretation, Test Items, Test Selection, Test Validity, Testing Problems

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Iowa Tests of Basic Skills

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