Estimating Student Achievement in Large-Scale Assessments: Can Latent Regression Substitute Plausible Values?

• In Event: Alternative Ways of Estimating Performance in Large Scale Assessments

Abstract

Direct estimation (DE) is a latent regression approach alternative to the use of plausible values to analyze large-scale assessment data. Findings about how well DE performs are mixed. A comparison with simulated data suggests that DE is a suitable alternative to the plausible value approach.

Authors

• Danielle Siegel, University of California, Davis

• Ting Zhang, American Institutes for Research

• Paul Bailey, American Institutes for Research

• Sinan Yavuz, American Institutes for Research