Linking and aligning scores and scales

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Group Author: Pommerich Mary.; Holland Paul W.; Dorans Neil J.
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: c2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Statistics for social and behavioral sciences
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49771-6
Carrier Form: xx, 394 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780387497716 (electronic bk.)
0387497714 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: C32
CLC: C32
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
A framework and history for score linking / Paul W. Holland -- Data collection designs and linking procedures / Michael J. Kolen -- Equating : best practices and challenges to best practices / Nancy S. Petersen -- Practical problems in equating test scores : a practitioner's perspective / Linda L. Cook -- Potential solutions to practical equating issues / Alina A. von Davier -- Score linking issues related to test content changes / Jinghua Liu, Michael E. Walker -- Linking scores derived under different modes of test administration / Daniel R. Eignor -- Tests in transition : discussion and synthesis / Robert L. Brennan -- Sizing up linkages / Neil J. Dorans, Michael E. Walker -- Concordance : the good, the bad, and the ugly / Mary Pommerich -- Some further thoughts on concordance / Richard Sawyer -- Practical issues in vertical scaling / Deborah J. Harris -- Methods and models for vertical scaling / Richard J. Patz, Lihua Yao -- Vertical scaling and no child left behind / Wendy M. Yen -- Linking assessments based on aggregate reporting : background and issues / David Thissen -- An enhanced method for mapping state standards onto the NAEP scale / Henry I. Braun, Jiahe Qian -- Using aggregate-level linkages for estimation and validation : comments on Thissen and Braun & Qian / Daniel Koretz -- Postscript.