Beschreibung:
Test equating methods are used with many standardized tests in education and psychology to ensure that scores from multiple test forms can be used interchangeably. In recent years, researchers from the education, psychology, and statistics communities have contributed to the rapidly growing statistical and psychometric methodologies used in test equating. This book provides an introduction to test equating which both discusses the most frequently used equating methodologies and covers many of the practical issues involved.
1 Introduction and Concepts.- 2 Observed Score Equating Using the Random Groups Design.- 3 Random Groups-Smoothing in Equipercentile Equating.- 4 Nonequivalent Groups-Linear Methods.- 5 Nonequivalent Groups-Equipercentile Methods.- 6 Item Response Theory Methods.- 7 Standard Errors of Equating.- 8 Practical Issues in Equating.- 9 Score Scales.- 10 Linking.- 11 Current and Future Challenges.- References.- Appendix A: Answers to Exercises.- Appendix B: Computer Programs.