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Practical Assessment
Research & Evaluation
A peer-reviewed electronic journal. ISSN 1531-7714 
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green dot  2018 Addressing the Shortcomings of Traditional Multiple-Choice Tests: Subset Selection Without Mark Deductions.  Otoyo, Lucia, & Bush, Martin
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green dot  2018 Fairness Concerns of Discrete Option Multiple Choice Items  Eckerly, Carol,   Smith, Russell, & Sowles, John
Viewed 570 times since 11/2/2018.
green dot  2018 From Simulation to Implementation: Two CAT Case Studies.  Barnard, John J.
Viewed 380 times since 10/6/2018.
green dot  2018 An Effective Rubric Norming Process   Schoepp, Kevin, Danaher, Maurice, & Ater Kranov, Ashley
Viewed 682 times since 9/12/2018.
green dot  2018 A Comparison of Subject Matter Experts’ Perceptions and Job Analysis Surveys.  Wyse, Adam E., & Babcock, Ben
Viewed 481 times since 9/6/2018.
green dot  2018 Rounding in Angoff Ratings   Adam E. Wyse
Viewed 613 times since 5/2/2018.
green dot  2018 Scale Pretesting  Matt C. Howard
Viewed 957 times since 4/5/2018.
green dot  2017 A Note on Using Eigenvalues in Dimensionality Assessment.   Zopluoglu, Cengiz & Davenport Jr., Ernest C.
Viewed 1,616 times since 9/6/2017.
green dot  2017 Estimating Operational Validity Under Incidental Range Restriction: Some Important but Neglected Issues.   Brown, Reagan D., Oswald, Frederick L. & Converse, Patrick D.
Viewed 1,395 times since 8/6/2017.
green dot  2017 Constructing Multiple-Choice Items to Measure Higher-Order Thinking  Scully, Darina
Viewed 6,846 times since 5/16/2017.
green dot  2017 Negatively-Worded Multiple Choice Questions: An Avoidable Threat to Validity.   Chiavaroli, Neville
Viewed 3,326 times since 5/4/2017.
green dot  2017 Developing a Strategy for Using Technology-Enhanced Items in Large-Scale Standardized Tests  Bryant, William
Viewed 3,217 times since 2/2/2017.
green dot  2016 Investigating Causal DIF via Propensity Score Methods.  Liu, Y., Zumbo, B., Gustafson, P., Huang, Y., Kroc, E., & Wu, A.
Viewed 2,372 times since 12/20/2016.
green dot  2016 Macro- and Micro-Validation: Beyond the ‘Five Sources’ Framework for Classifying Validation Evidence and Analysis  Newton, Paul, E.
Viewed 2,662 times since 12/7/2016.
green dot  2016 Accuracy of range restriction correction with multiple imputation in small and moderate samples: A simulation study  Pfaffel, Andreas, & Spiel, Christiane
Viewed 2,123 times since 9/13/2016.
green dot  2016 Accuracy of Bayes and Logistic Regression Subscale Probabilities for Educational and Certification Tests.   Rudner, Lawrence
Viewed 2,104 times since 7/26/2016.
green dot  2016 Getting Lucky: How Guessing Threatens the Validity of Performance Classifications.   Foley, Brett P
Viewed 3,544 times since 2/10/2016.
green dot  2015 Methods for examining the psychometric quality of subscores: A review and application.  Wedman, Jonathan, and Lyrén, Per-Erik
Viewed 3,721 times since 11/26/2015.
green dot  2015 Evaluating Common Item Block Options when Faced with Practical Constraints.  Wolkowitz, Amanda & Davis-Becker, Susan
Viewed 2,377 times since 9/30/2015.
green dot  2015 Practical Issues in Estimating Classification Accuracy and Consistency with R Package cacIRT.  Lathrop, Quinn
Viewed 3,688 times since 8/28/2015.
green dot  2015 Effect of Adjusting Pseudo-Guessing Parameter Estimates on Test Scaling When Item Parameter Drift Is Present  Han, Kyung T., Wells, Craig S., & Hambleton, Ronald K.
Viewed 3,100 times since 7/4/2015.
green dot  2015 Linking Errors Between Two Populations and Tests: A Case Study in International Surveys in Education  Hastedt, Dirk, & Desa, Deana
Viewed 3,311 times since 6/29/2015.
green dot  2015 An Introduction to Missing Data in the Context of Differential Item Functioning  Banks, Kathleen
Viewed 3,421 times since 4/25/2015.
green dot  2015 Item Response Theory Using Hierarchical Generalized Linear Models.  Ravand, Hamdollah
Viewed 6,399 times since 3/20/2015.
green dot  2015 Psychometric changes on item difficulty due to item review by examinees.   Papanastasiou, Elena C.
Viewed 3,528 times since 1/7/2015.
green dot  2014 A Comparison of Three Conditional Growth Percentile Methods: Student Growth Percentiles, Percentile Rank Residuals, and a Matching Method  Wyse, Adam E. & Seo, Dong Gi
Viewed 4,441 times since 11/12/2014.
green dot  2014 Editorial Changes and Item Performance: Implications for Calibration and Pretesting   Stoffel, Heather, Raymond, Mark R., Bucak, S. Deniz & Haist, Steven A.
Viewed 3,260 times since 11/11/2014.
green dot  2014 Improving Multiple-Group confirmatory factor analysis in R – A tutorial in measurement invariance with continuous and ordinal indicators.   Hirschfeld, Gerrit & von Brachel, Ruth
Viewed 16,170 times since 7/9/2014.
green dot  2014 Improving Your Exploratory Factor Analysis for Ordinal Data: A Demonstration Using FACTOR.   Baglin, James
Viewed 20,100 times since 6/14/2014.
green dot  2014 Impact of Violation of the Missing-at-Random Assumption on Full-Information Maximum Likelihood Method in Multidimensional Adaptive Testing.  Han, Kyung T. & Fanmin Guo
Viewed 4,042 times since 5/19/2014.
green dot  2013 Test Administration Models  Becker, Kirk A. & Bergstrom, Betty A.
Viewed 7,469 times since 12/12/2013.
green dot  2013 Validity Semantics in Educational and Psychological Assessment.   Hathcoat, John D.
Viewed 7,842 times since 6/25/2013.
green dot  2013 Determining the Number of Factors to Retain in EFA: Using the SPSS R-Menu v2.0 to Make More Judicious Estimations  Courtney, Matthew Gordon Ray
Viewed 23,006 times since 4/30/2013.
green dot  2013 Fitting the Mixed Rasch Model to a Reading Comprehension Test: Identifying Reader Types.  Baghaei, Purya & Carstensen, Claus H.
Viewed 6,957 times since 3/5/2013.
green dot  2013 Unit-weighted scales imply models that should be tested!   Beauducel, André & Leue, Anja
Viewed 5,369 times since 2/18/2013.
green dot  2012 Repositioning Formative Assessment from an Educational Assessment Perspective: A Response to Dunn & Mulvenon (2009)  Filsecker, Michael & Kerres, Michael
Viewed 7,209 times since 12/10/2012.
green dot  2012 A Meta-Analysis of Growth Trends from Vertically Scaled Assessments  Dadey, Nathan & Derek. C. Briggs
Viewed 4,764 times since 11/1/2012.
green dot  2012 Evaluating the appropriateness and use of domain critical errors  Buckendahl, C. W. & Davis-Becker, S. L.
Viewed 4,418 times since 10/17/2012.
green dot  2012 Item Overexposure in Computerized Classification Tests Using Sequential Item Selection.  Huebner, Alan
Viewed 5,073 times since 6/6/2012.
green dot  2012 Making Use of District and School Data  Parke, Carol S.
Viewed 7,213 times since 5/16/2012.
green dot  2011 Exploring Item Order in Anxiety-Related Constructs: Practical Impacts of Serial Position.   Carleton, R. Nicholas, Thibodeau, Michel A., Osborne, Jason W. & Asmundson, Gordon J. G.
Viewed 6,337 times since 4/21/2012.
green dot  2012 Fixing the c Parameter in the Three-Parameter Logistic Model.  Han, Kyung T.
Viewed 11,716 times since 1/9/2012.
green dot  2011 Quality Control Charts in Large-Scale Assessment Programs  Schafer, William D., Coverdale, Bradley J., Luxenberg, Harlan & Jin, Ying
Viewed 9,649 times since 10/19/2011.
green dot  2011 Test Score Reporting Referenced to Doubly-Moderated Cut Scores Using Splines.   Schafer, William D & Xiaodong Hou
Viewed 5,724 times since 10/12/2011.
green dot  2011 A Graphical Transition Table for Communicating Status and Growth  Wyse, Adam E., Zeng, Ji, & Joseph A. Martineau
Viewed 5,148 times since 6/28/2011.
green dot  2011 Too reliable to be true? Response bias as a potential source of inflation in paper-and-pencil questionnaire reliability  Peer, Eyal & Gamliel, Eyal
Viewed 16,774 times since 6/20/2011.
green dot  2011 Is a picture is worth a thousand words? Creating effective questionnaires with pictures.  Reynolds, Laura & Robert Johnson
Viewed 24,325 times since 5/5/2011.
green dot  2011 Evaluating the Quantity-Quality Trade-off in the Selection of Anchor Items: a Vertical Scaling Approach.  Pibal, Florian & Hermann S. Cesnik
Viewed 5,732 times since 4/25/2011.
green dot  2011 Termination Criteria for Computerized Classification Testing  Thompson, Nathan A.
Viewed 6,818 times since 2/24/2011.
green dot  2011 Formative Use of Assessment Information: It’s a Process, So Let’s Say What We Mean  Good, Robert
Viewed 12,738 times since 2/22/2011.
green dot  2011 A Framework for the Development of Computerized Adaptive Tests  Thompson, Nathan A., & Weiss, David A.
Viewed 22,001 times since 1/10/2011.
green dot  2010 Detecting Differential Item Functioning and Differential Step Functioning Due to Differences that Should Matter  Miller, Tess, Chahine, Saad & Childs, Ruth A.
Viewed 9,005 times since 7/13/2010.
green dot  2010 An Overview of Recent Developments in Cognitive Diagnostic Computer Adaptive Assessments  Huebner, Alan
Viewed 21,159 times since 1/19/2010.
green dot  2010 Use of Robust z in Detecting Unstable Items in Item Response Theory Models  Huynh, Huynh & Meyer, Patrick
Viewed 11,135 times since 1/19/2010.
green dot  2010 Mixing interview and questionnaire methods: Practical problems in aligning data  Harris, Lois R. & Brown, Gavin T.L.
Viewed 149,730 times since 1/12/2010.
green dot  2009 Understanding and Using Factor Scores: Considerations for the Applied Researcher  DiStefano, Christine, Zhu, Min & Mîndrilã, Diana
Viewed 104,683 times since 10/26/2009.
green dot  2009 Differential Item Functioning Amplification and Cancellation in a Reading Test  Bao, Han, Dayton, C. Mitchell, & Hendrickson, Amy B.
Viewed 8,491 times since 10/26/2009.
green dot  2009 Item Banking with Embedded Standards  MacCann, Robert G. and Stanley, Gordon
Viewed 10,231 times since 10/14/2009.
green dot  2009 Three Applications of Automated Test Assembly within a User-Friendly Modeling Environment.  Cor, Ken, Alves, Cecilia., & Gierl, Mark. J.
Viewed 11,239 times since 6/21/2009.
green dot  2009 Gating items: Definition, significance, and need for further study  Judd, Wallace
Viewed 28,355 times since 5/18/2009.
green dot  2009 Scoring and classifying examinees using measurement decision theory  Rudner, Lawrence M.
Viewed 12,967 times since 4/11/2009.
green dot  2009 A comparison of two approaches to correction of restriction of range in correlation analysis  Wiberg, Marie and Sundström, Anna
Viewed 24,801 times since 3/18/2009.
green dot  2009 Reporting Subscores from College Admission Tests  Lyrén, Per-Erik
Viewed 8,684 times since 3/17/2009.
green dot  2009 How to Treat Omitted Responses in Rasch Model-Based Equating  Shin, Seon-Hi
Viewed 10,508 times since 1/26/2009.
green dot  2008 A comparison of two different methods for setting performance standards for a test with constructed-response items  Näsström, Gunilla & Peter Nyström
Viewed 22,470 times since 9/15/2008.
green dot  2008 An Illustration of a Mantel-Haenszel Procedure to Flag Misbehaving Common Items in Test Equating  Michaelides, Michalis P.
Viewed 16,568 times since 9/11/2008.
green dot  2008 Performance Assessment and Authentic Assessment: A Conceptual Analysis of the Literature  Palm, Torulf
Viewed 50,354 times since 4/11/2008.
green dot  2007 An Investigation of Item Type in a Standards-Based Assessment.  Hollingworth, Liz, Beard, Jonathan J., & Proctor, Thomas P.
Viewed 18,488 times since 12/10/2007.
green dot  2007 On the Performance of the lZ Person-Fit Statistic  Armstrong, Ronald D., Stoumbos, Zachary G., Kung, Mabel T., & Shi, Min
Viewed 39,969 times since 12/5/2007.
green dot  2007 Assessing unidimensionality: A comparison of Rasch Modeling, Parallel Analysis, and TETRAD  Yu, Chong Ho, Sharon Osborn Popp, Samuel DiGangi, and Angel Jannasch-Pennell
Viewed 18,465 times since 10/8/2007.
green dot  2007 The Performance Effects of Word Locator Cues on the NAEP Reading Assessment  Everson, Howard T., Steven J. Osterlind, Enis Dogan and William Tirre
Viewed 10,772 times since 10/4/2007.
green dot  2007 Content and Grade Trends in State Assessments and NAEP.  Schafer, William D., Liu, Min & Hsiu-fei (Joyce) Wang
Viewed 14,096 times since 8/27/2007.
green dot  2007 An Introduction To Multi-Battery Factor Analysis: Overcoming Method Artefacts.  Brown, Gavin T L
Viewed 16,278 times since 5/29/2007.
green dot  2007 Decoding the Meaning of Factorial Invariance and Updating the Practice of Multi-group Confirmatory Factor Analysis: A Demonstration With TIMSS Data  Wu, Amery D., Li, Zhen and Bruno D. Zumbo
Viewed 21,659 times since 2/11/2007.
green dot  2007 A Practitioner’s Guide for Variable-length Computerized Classification Testing   Thompson, Nathan A.
Viewed 16,949 times since 1/30/2007.
green dot  2006 The Reliability, Validity, and Utility of Self-Assessment  Ross, John A.
Viewed 48,095 times since 11/17/2006.
green dot  2006 A Comparison of Conventional and Liberal (Free-Choice) Multiple-Choice Tests  Jennings, Sylvia & Martin Bush
Viewed 16,460 times since 10/26/2006.
green dot  2006 Expected Classification Accuracy using the Latent Distribution  Guo, Fanmin
Viewed 12,526 times since 10/17/2006.
green dot  2006 Elementary school teachers' perceptions of curriculum-based measures of written expression  Gansle, Kristin A., Gilbertson, Donna N. & Amanda M. VanDerHeyden
Viewed 24,684 times since 3/29/2006.
green dot  2006 Growth Scales as an Alternative to Vertical Scales  Schafer, William D.
Viewed 15,674 times since 3/26/2006.
green dot  2006  Limitations of web-based rubric resources: Addressing the challenges  Dornisch, Michele M. & Andrea Sabatini McLoughlin
Viewed 18,831 times since 3/7/2006.
green dot  2006 The Use of Rasch Modeling To Improve Standard Setting  MacCann, Robert G. & Gordon Stanley
Viewed 19,826 times since 1/24/2006.
green dot  2005 Enhancing Validity in Phonological Awareness Assessment through Computer-Supported Testing.  Cassady, Jerrell C., Smith, Lawrence L. & Huber, Linda K.
Viewed 28,726 times since 11/19/2005.
green dot  2005 Expected Classification Accuracy  Rudner, Lawrence M.
Viewed 18,904 times since 8/29/2005.
green dot  2005 Growth Models in Action: Selected Case Studies  Goldstein, Jessica & Behuniak, Peter
Viewed 12,295 times since 8/25/2005.
green dot  2005 Technical Documentation for Alternate Assessments  Schafer, William D.
Viewed 17,679 times since 8/23/2005.
green dot  2005 Extended Time Test Accommodation: Directions for Future Research and Practice.  Stretch, LoriAnn S. & Jason Osborne
Viewed 30,123 times since 7/15/2005.
green dot  2005 The Standard Error of a Proportion for Different Scores and Test Length.  Walker, David A.
Viewed 18,590 times since 6/5/2005.
green dot  2005 Test Equating by Common Items and Common Subjects: Concepts and Applications.  Yu, Chong Ho & Sharon E. Osborn Popp
Viewed 32,962 times since 5/15/2005.
green dot  2005 Student perspectives on rubric-referenced assessment  Andrade, Heidi and Ying Du
Viewed 31,627 times since 4/20/2005.
green dot  2004 Toward a More Complete Picture of Student Learning: Assessing Students’ Motivational Beliefs  Beghetto, Ronald A.
Viewed 60,137 times since 8/8/2004.
green dot  2004 Designing Accountability Assessments for Teaching  Schafer, William D. & Mark Moody
Viewed 36,717 times since 7/25/2004.
green dot  2004 IRT-Linked Standard Errors of Weighted Composites   Childs, Ruth A., Susan Elgie, Tahany Gadalla, Ross Traub & Andrew P. Jaciw
Viewed 22,671 times since 6/25/2004.
green dot  2004 The Influence of Computer-Print on Rater Scores  Russell, Michael and Wei Tao
Viewed 24,276 times since 5/11/2004.
green dot  2004 Classroom Assessment in Web-Based Instructional Environment: Instructors’ Experience   Liang, Xin & Kim Creasy
Viewed 79,086 times since 3/2/2004.
green dot  2004 Estimating the Standard Error of the Judging  in a modified-Angoff Standards Setting Procedure  MacCann, Robert G. & Gordon Stanley
Viewed 31,008 times since 3/1/2004.
green dot  2004 The Contributions of Reliability and Pretests to Effective Assessment  Bacon, Donald
Viewed 35,397 times since 2/26/2004.
green dot  2004 What's still wrong with rubrics: Focusing on the consistency of performance criteria across scale levels  Tierney, Robin & Marielle Simon
Viewed 108,128 times since 1/28/2004.
green dot  2004 Effects of Handwriting and Computer-Print on Composition Scores:  A Follow-up to Powers, Fowles, Farnum, & Ramsey.  Michael Russell & Wei Tao
Viewed 33,591 times since 1/20/2004.
green dot  2003 A Practical Use of Vertical Equating by Combining IRT Equating and Linear Equating  Leung, Shing On
Viewed 20,749 times since 11/10/2003.
green dot  2003 Matrix Sampling of Items in Large-Scale Assessments  Childs, Ruth A. and Andrew P. Jaciw
Viewed 32,717 times since 7/15/2003.
green dot  2003 Recommendations for Developing Classroom Performance Assessments and Scoring Rubrics  Moskal, Barbara M.
Viewed 200,914 times since 5/29/2003.
green dot  2003 Vertical Equating for State Assessments: Issues and Solutions in Determination of Adequate Yearly Progress and School Accountability   Lissitz, Robert W. & Huynh Huynh
Viewed 33,299 times since 4/30/2003.
green dot  2002 The Concept of Formative Assessment  Boston, Carol
Viewed 464,600 times since 8/6/2002.
green dot  2002 Evaluating Classroom Communication: In Support of Emergent and Authentic Frameworks in Second Language Assessment  Mantero, Miguel
Viewed 52,697 times since 7/25/2002.
green dot  2002 Linguistic Simplification: A Promising Test Accommodation for LEP Students?  Stansfield, Charles W.
Viewed 29,146 times since 7/23/2002.
green dot  2002 Language ability assessment of Spanish-English bilinguals: Future directions  Kester, Ellen Stubbe and Elizabeth D. Peña
Viewed 63,529 times since 5/18/2002.
green dot  2001 An overview of three approaches to scoring written essays by computer  Rudner, Lawrence and Phill Gagne
Viewed 42,561 times since 12/12/2001.
green dot  2001 Designing scoring rubrics for your classroom  Mertler, Craig A.
Viewed 540,603 times since 12/11/2001.
green dot  2001 Consequences of (mis)use of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) for high-stakes decisions: A comment on Haney and the Texas miracle in education  Kellow, J. Thomas & Victor L. Willson
Viewed 22,874 times since 12/7/2001.
green dot  2001 Effects of Removing the Time Limit on First and Second Language Intelligence Test Performance  Mullane, Jennifer & Stuart J. McKelvie
Viewed 39,469 times since 11/6/2001.
green dot  2001 Alignment of standards and assessments as an accountability criterion  La Marca, Paul M.
Viewed 59,734 times since 9/17/2001.
green dot  2001 The stability of undergraduate students' cognitive test anxiety levels  Cassady, Jerrell C.
Viewed 62,759 times since 8/23/2001.
green dot  2001 Replication: A Design Principle for Field Research  Schafer, William D.
Viewed 65,468 times since 4/18/2001.
green dot  2001 Computing the expected proportions of misclassified examinees  Rudner, Lawrence M.
Viewed 25,247 times since 3/30/2001.
green dot  2001 Assessments and Accountability (Condensed version).  Linn, Robert L.
Viewed 66,452 times since 1/16/2001.
green dot  2000 Scoring Rubric Development: Validity and Reliability  Moskal, Barbara M. & Jon A. Leydens
Viewed 226,803 times since 11/6/2000.
green dot  2000 Using Expected Growth Size Estimates to Summarize Test Score Changes.  Russell, Michael
Viewed 33,270 times since 5/26/2000.
green dot  2000 Summarizing Change in Test Scores: Shortcomings of Three Common Methods.  Russell, Michael
Viewed 56,498 times since 5/26/2000.
green dot  2000 Scoring Rubrics: What, When and How?  Moskal, Barbara M.
Viewed 517,089 times since 3/29/2000.
green dot  1999 Strategies for Improving the Process of Educational Assessment  Matter, M. Kevin
Viewed 60,899 times since 11/13/1999.
green dot  1998 Item Banking.  Rudner, Lawrence
Viewed 39,530 times since 11/13/1999.
green dot  1996 Guidelines for the Development and Management of Performance Assessments.  Roeber, Edward D.
Viewed 72,955 times since 11/13/1999.
green dot  1996 Eight Questions about Implementing Standards-Based Education.  Marzano, Robert J.
Viewed 94,629 times since 11/13/1999.
green dot  1996 Norm- and Criterion-Referenced Testing.  Bond, Linda A.
Viewed 337,125 times since 11/13/1999.
green dot  1995 More Multiple-Choice Item Writing Do's and Don'ts.  Frary, Robert B.
Viewed 85,108 times since 11/13/1999.
green dot  1995 Basic Item Analysis for Multiple-Choice Tests.  Kehoe, Jerard
Viewed 134,307 times since 11/13/1999.
green dot  1995 Writing Multiple-Choice Test Items.  Kehoe, Jerard
Viewed 149,169 times since 11/13/1999.
green dot  1995 Item Bias Review.  Hambleton, Ronald & Rodgers, Jane
Viewed 135,837 times since 11/13/1999.
green dot  1994 Questions To Ask When Evaluating Tests.  Rudner, Lawrence M.
Viewed 144,080 times since 11/13/1999.
green dot  1992 A Precedent for Test Validation.  Rudner, Lawrence & Farris, Michael P.
Viewed 25,499 times since 11/13/1999.
green dot  1992 Assessing Language-Minority Students.  Geisinger, Kurt F. & Carlson, Janet F.
Viewed 43,331 times since 11/13/1999.
green dot  1991 Steps in Designing an Indicator System.  Shavelson, Richard J. & McDonnell, L. & J. Oakes
Viewed 33,152 times since 11/13/1999.
green dot  1991 What Are Educational Indicators and Indicator Systems?  Shavelson, Richard J. & McDonnell, L. & J. Oakes
Viewed 60,852 times since 11/13/1999.
green dot  1989 Preparing Students To Take Standardized Achievement Tests.  Mehrens, William A.
Viewed 65,974 times since 11/13/1999.
green dot  1989 Writing RFPs for Assessment Programs.  Aschbacher, Pamela E.
Viewed 26,293 times since 11/13/1999.