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Nonignorable Consequences of (Partially) Ignoring Missing Item Responses: Students Omit (Constructed Response) Items Due to a Lack of Knowledge

Knowledge, 2023
In recent literature, alternative models for handling missing item responses in large-scale assessments have been proposed. Based on simulations and arguments based on psychometric test theory, it is argued in this literature that missing item responses ...
Alexander Robitzsch
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Large-Scale Portuguese Language Evaluations: A Research on the Complexity of Texts that Support Items that Assess Reading [PDF]

, 2021
This article discusses the theme of the complexity of texts that support large-scale assessment items in Portuguese language based on the results of a survey in which 763 texts used in large-scale assessment items in Portuguese were analyzed The ...
Hilda Aparecida Linhares da Silva Micarello
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
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LARGE‐SCALE ASSESSMENT OUTCOMES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1876‐1999

Canadian Journal of Education, 2006
For over 20 years, educators and administrators across North America have heatedly debated the value of large‐scale student assessment. Throughout the history of schooling in British Columbia, large‐scale student assessment outcomes have traditionally ...
Helen Raptis, Thomas Fleming
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An Alternative Vision for Large-scale Assessment in Canada

Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2006
Concern over the quality of education has prompted virtually every Canadian province and territory to develop large-scale assessment programs to measure student achievement.
Louis Volante
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Comparing Perceptual Speed Between Educational Contexts The Case of Students With Special Educational Needs

Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, 2021
. Perceptual speed is a basic component of cognitive functioning that allows people to efficiently process novel visual stimuli and quickly react to them.
Timo Gnambs, Anna Scharl, Theresa Rohm
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
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Large-scale online writing assessments: new approaches adopted in the national assessment of educational progress

, 2012
In this chapter, we outline some of the major characteristics in the current practice of large-scale writing assessment. In particular, we present the assessment practice and test framework of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the
Lee, Jihyun, Stankov, Lazar
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BlockZoom: Large-Scale Blockchain Testbed [PDF]

, 2019
peer reviewedFuture blockchain applications are anticipated to serve millions of users. Thus the evaluation of new blockchain applications have to consider large-scale assessment of the technologies behind the scene.
Jerome Francois, Shbair, Wazen,, Shbair, Wazen, M, Wazen M. Shbair, Radu State, STEICHEN, Mathis, STATE, Radu, Francois, Jerome, SHBAIR, Wazen, Mathis Steichen   +9 more
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source