ERIC Number: EJ1377418
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-0973
EISSN: EISSN-1940-0683
Developing a Trajectory Deviance Index for Dynamic Measurement Modeling
Journal of Experimental Education, v91 n2 p358-379 2023
Dynamic Measurement Modeling (DMM) is a recently-developed measurement framework for gauging developing constructs (e.g., learning capacity) that conventional single-timepoint tests cannot assess. The current project developed a person-specific DMM Trajectory Deviance Index (TDI) that captures the aberrance of an individual's growth from the model-implied trajectory. Four TDI candidates were formulated, and two simulation studies were conducted to investigate the distributional properties and effectiveness of those four TDI candidates. Consequently, the best functioning index was determined as the final formulation of the TDI, to be recommended for use in DMM research. The data generation model in the simulation study was based on the parameter estimates from the Technology-enhanced, Research-based, Instruction, Assessment, and professional Development (TRIAD) cluster-randomized experiment data, which contains seven waves of mathematics test scores for students from preschool through Grade 5, and which has been modeled by DMM in previous research. In addition, an empirical study was also conducted to demonstrate the uses of the developed TDI within those real-world data. Incorporating TDI into DMM analysis strengthened the validity of score use and interpretation and offered a quantitative means of determining which students in the dataset were not adequately served by the dynamic measurement model.
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Simulation, Student Development, Educational Research, Growth Models, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Error Patterns, Student Characteristics, Bilingual Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Grade 1; Grade 3; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305K05157; R305A110188; ESI9730804; REC0228440