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Modified Robust Z method for equating and detecting item parameter drift

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education), 2015
This study is aimed at: (1) revising the criterion used in Robust Z Method for detecting Item Parameter Drift (IPD), (2) identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the modified Robust Z Method, and (3) investigating the effect of IPD on examinees ...
Rahmawati Rahmawati, Djemari Mardapi
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The Value of Literacy Practices [PDF]

, 2015
The concepts of literacy events and practices have received considerable attention in educational research and policy. In comparison, the question of value, that is, ‘which literacy practices do people most value?’ has been neglected.
Ahearn L., Angelini V., Baker D., Barton D., Basu K., Bereket Kebede, Blommaert J., Bryan Maddox, Gee J. P., Gee J. P., Hamilton M., Heath S. B., Hockett R. C., Holland P. W., IAF, IAF, Latour B., Lucio Esposito, Mascherini M., Moldan B., Rawls J., Rizvi F., Ruta D. A., Street B. V., Street B. V., Street B. V.   +25 more
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Effects of New Hampshire’s innovative assessment and accountability system on student achievement outcomes after three years

Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
New Hampshire’s Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE) pilot received a waiver from federal statutory requirements related to state annual achievement testing starting in the 2014-15 school year.
Carla M. Evans
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Quality and Usefulness of Data: Investigating the Discrepancies in Pakistani Public School Data and Implications for the Way Forward

Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 2020
The quality school data contributes to reliable decision making in the school education system. The data provided by different organizations should be consistent, valid and complement each other to establish its quality and usefulness.
Syed Abdul Waheed
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Bayesian historical borrowing with longitudinal large-scale assessments

Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2023
The purpose of this paper is to extend and evaluate methods of Bayesian historical borrowing applied to longitudinal data with a focus on parameter recovery and predictive performance.
David Kaplan, Jianshen Chen, Weicong Lyu, Sinan Yavuz   +3 more
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A Lognormal Ipsative Model for Multidimensional Compositional Items

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Compositional items – a form of forced-choice items – require respondents to allocate a fixed total number of points to a set of statements. To describe the responses to these items, the Thurstonian item response theory (IRT) model was developed. Despite
Chia-Wen Chen, Wen-Chung Wang, Magdalena Mo Ching Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching Mok, Ronny Scherer   +4 more
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Utility of Computed Tomography Surveillance of Asymptomatic Infection in Children and Young Adults Before Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Asymptomatic infection poses a significant risk for children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Pre‐transplant surveillance computed tomography (CT) is commonly used to identify occult infection, though its diagnostic yield remains uncertain.
Tyler Obermark, Pradipta Debnath, Rama S. Ayyala, Lara A. Danziger‐Isakov, Jane Koo, Kasiani C. Myers, William R. Otto, Aki Tanimoto, Andrew T. Trout, Cara E. Morin   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-level manifestations of sexual stigma among men with same-gender sexual experience in Ghana

BMC Public Health, 2023
Sexual stigma and discrimination toward men who have same-gender sexual experiences are present across the globe. In Ghana, same-gender sexual desires and relationships are stigmatized, and the stigma is sanctioned through both social and legal processes.
Khalida Saalim, Prince Amu-Adu, Richard Panix Amoh-Otu, Ransford Akrong, Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are, Melissa A. Stockton, Richard Vormawor, Kwasi Torpey, Laura Nyblade, LaRon E. Nelson   +9 more
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The impact of computer game-making on the creativity of elementary students [PDF]

Fanāvarī-i āmūzish, 2020
Background and Objectives: Today Computer games are one of the most effective media among various educational media. However, playing games can be used as a training method in education process. But in the opinion of many researchers, the making the game
M. Roshanian Ramin, K. Aliabadi, A. Delavar   +2 more
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Utility of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) for educational psychologists’ work [PDF]

, 2014
Despite embracing a bio-psycho-social perspective, the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) assessment framework has had limited application to date with children who have special ...
Aljunied, M, Frederickson, N
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