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Improving the Precision of Ability Estimates Using Time-On-Task Variables: Insights From the PISA 2012 Computer-Based Assessment of Mathematics

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Log-file data from computer-based assessments can provide useful collateral information for estimating student abilities. In turn, this can improve traditional approaches that only consider response accuracy.
Denise Reis Costa   +3 more
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Investigating Planning and Non-Targeted Exploration in PIAAC 2012: Validating Their Measures Based on Process Data and Investigating Their Relationships with Problem-Solving Competency

open access: yesJournal of Intelligence, 2023
Problem-solving is a critical aspect of intelligence that has become increasingly important in modern society. Mapping out the determinants of success in problem-solving helps understand the underlying cognitive processes involved.
Maoxin Zhang   +2 more
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Measurement in Education [PDF]

open access: yesPhilosophy of Education, 2018
Data is the new gold. In education, this debate focusses specifically on test scores; whether used for evaluating schools or teachers, assessing social mobility or investigating children’s skill development. However, the perfect data do not exist. The value of any data analysis depends crucially on how the data were collected, which individuals are ...
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lsasim: an R package for simulating large-scale assessment data

open access: yesLarge-scale Assessments in Education, 2018
This article provides an overview of the R package lsasim, designed to facilitate the generation of data that mimics a large scale assessment context.
Tyler H. Matta   +3 more
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Classroom Assessment and Educational Measurement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Classroom Assessment and Educational Measurement explores the ways in which the theory and practice of both educational measurement and the assessment of student learning in classroom settings mutually inform one another.

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Measuring Education and Skill [PDF]

open access: yesThe ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2014
This article reviews recent developments in measuring education and skill that need to be taken into account in any new initiative to monitor social mobility. Over the past half-century, patterns of educational participation and attainment have become more heterogeneous, a trend that has been accompanied by increases in assessment and testing practices,
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Specifying the Three Ws in Educational Measurement: Who Uses Which Scores for What Purpose?

open access: yes, 2022
I argue that understanding and improving educational measurement requires specificity about actors, scores, and purpose: Who uses which scores for what purpose?
Andrew Ho, Ho, Andrew
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Applying the thurstonian item response approach to force choice scales: the factory structure of the kolb learning styles questionnaire

open access: yesمجله علوم روانشناختی, 2022
Background: Scoring and analysis of Forced Choice(FC) scale has caused a great deal of controversy among researchers. Most of the discussions are related to the superficiality of the obtained results due to the ipsative nature of FC scale datas.
Parviz Fadakar Gabalou   +4 more
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A Lognormal Ipsative Model for Multidimensional Compositional Items

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +4 more
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Development and Validation of a Vertical Scale for Formative Assessment in Mathematics

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2019
The regular formative assessment of students' abilities across multiple school grades requires a reliable and valid vertical scale. A vertical scale is a precondition not only for comparing assessment results and measuring progress over time, but also ...
Stéphanie Berger   +5 more
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