Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 3 |
Descriptor
Source
ACT, Inc. | 3 |
Author
Chen, Hanwei | 1 |
Cui, Zhongmin | 1 |
Fang, Yu | 1 |
Herring, Jacob | 1 |
Monroe, Mira | 1 |
Moore, Joann L. | 1 |
Schnieders, Joyce Z. | 1 |
Topczewski, Anna | 1 |
Woodruff, David | 1 |
Publication Type
Numerical/Quantitative Data | 3 |
Reports - Research | 2 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Higher Education | 2 |
Postsecondary Education | 2 |
High Schools | 1 |
Junior High Schools | 1 |
Middle Schools | 1 |
Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
ACT Assessment | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Schnieders, Joyce Z.; Moore, Joann L.; Herring, Jacob; Monroe, Mira – ACT, Inc., 2023
In recent years, schools and large-scale assessment developers across the United States have been providing English learners with language supports when they take tests to reduce construct-irrelevant variance, or errors in test scores due to factors that are extraneous to the construct being assessed (Thorndike et al., 1991). Some of these…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Language Tests, Student Experience, Student Attitudes
Topczewski, Anna; Cui, Zhongmin; Woodruff, David; Chen, Hanwei; Fang, Yu – ACT, Inc., 2013
This paper investigates four methods of linear equating under the common item nonequivalent groups design. Three of the methods are well known: Tucker, Angoff-Levine, and Congeneric-Levine. A fourth method is presented as a variant of the Congeneric-Levine method. Using simulation data generated from the three-parameter logistic IRT model we…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Equated Scores, Methods, Simulation
ACT, Inc., 2009
The ACT National Curriculum Survey is a one-of-a-kind nationwide survey of educational practices and expectations conducted by ACT every 3 to 5 years. ACT surveys thousands of middle school/junior high school, secondary, and postsecondary teachers in English/writing, reading (including English language arts and social studies teachers),…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, English Curriculum