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Petscher, Yaacov; Foorman, Barbara R.; Truckenmiller, Adrea J. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2017
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the extent to which students who took a computer adaptive test of reading comprehension accounting for testlet effects were administered fewer passages and had a more precise estimate of their reading comprehension ability compared to students in the control condition. A randomized controlled…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Comparative Analysis, Randomized Controlled Trials, Control Groups
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Koon, Sharon; Petscher, Yaacov; Hughes, John – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which the measures that make up each of the three separate accountability indices of school performance in South Carolina could be used to create an overall, reliable index of school performance. Data from public elementary, middle, and high schools in 2012/13 were used in confirmatory factor…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Accountability, Educational Indicators, Performance Factors
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Sabatini, John; Petscher, Yaacov; O'Reilly, Tenaha; Truckenmiller, Adrea – Grantee Submission, 2015
For decades, standardized reading comprehension tests have consisted of a series of passages and associated multiple-choice questions. Although widely used in and out of the classroom, there continues to be considerable disagreement regarding how or whether such tests have net value in the service of advancing educational progress in reading. This…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests