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Enhancing Validity and Reliability in Educational Measurement and Assessments
Sat, April 26, 9:50 to 11:20am MDT (9:50 to 11:20am MDT), The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 702Session Type: Paper Session
Abstract
This session presents recent innovations in psychometric research and educational testing practices. It covers a range of topics, including cognitive modeling for verbal analogy tasks, new development of validity method, multilevel reliability estimates for school-based behavioral measures, insights from analysis of state testing programs on the diversity of testing purposes across the U.S., and the ongoing discussion around test-optional college admissions. This session aims to enhance our understanding of assessment design, validity, and reliability.
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Assessing Sources of Cognitive Complex for Verbal Analogical Reasoning Items - qing chen, East China Normal University; Xiangdong Yang, East China Normal University
Criterion Measures Are Not Always Continuous: Consequential Validity Ratio for Logistic Regression - Yixiao Dong, University of California - Santa Barbara; Kushmakar Baral, University of Denver; Denis Dumas, University of Georgia
Estimating Multilevel Reliability for School-Based Behavioral Measures - Katie Scarlett Lane Pelton, University of Connecticut; D. Betsy Mccoach, University of Connecticut
Mapping U.S. States' Testing Programs to Unveil Testing Purposes: Insights and Lesson Learned - Eunjung Myoung, Stanford University; Maria Araceli Ruiz-Primo, Stanford University
The Test-Optional Zombie: Is It a Good Idea to Ignore Relevant Information? - Daniel H. Robinson, University of Texas - Arlington; Howard Wainer, Independent