Maintenance of vertical scales under conditions of item parameter drift and Rasch model-data misfit

With scant research to draw upon with respect to the maintenance of vertical scales over time, decisions around the creation and performance of vertical scales over time necessarily suffers due to the lack of information. Undetected item parameter drift (IPD) presents one of the greatest threats to...

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Main Author: O'Neil, Timothy P
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2010
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3409829