Test Equating, Scaling, and Linking

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Methods and Practices

Michael J. Kolen Robert L. Brennan(Author)

Springer (Publisher)

2nd Edition

Published on 30. August 2004

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XXVI, 549 pages

978-0-387-40086-0 (ISBN)

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Test equating methods are used with many standardized tests in education and psychology to ensure that scores from multiple test forms can be used interchangeably. In recent years, researchers from the education, psychology, and statistics communities have contributed to the rapidly growing statistical and psychometric methodologies used in test equating. This book provides an introduction to test equating which both discusses the most frequently used equating methodologies and covers many of the practical issues involved.

This second edition expands upon the coverage of the first edition by providing a new chapter on test scaling and a second on test linking. Test scaling is the process of developing score scales that are used when scores on standardized tests are reported. In test linking, scores from two or more tests are related to one another. Linking has received much recent attention, due largely to investigations of linking similarly named tests from different test publishers or tests constructed for different purposes. The expanded coverage in the second edition also includes methodology for using polytomous item response theory in equating.

The themes of the second edition include:

* the purposes of equating, scaling and linking and their practical context

* data collection designs

* statistical methodology

* designing reasonable and useful equating, scaling, and linking studies

* importance of test development and quality control processes to equating

* equating error, and the underlying statistical assumptions for equating

"Given the perennial debates about academic standards and grade inflation, it is my view that tools such as those described in this book should be adopted much more widely by the academic community than they are at present. This book provides an excellent overview, and I strongly recommend it." Short Book Reviews of the ISI, April 2005

"I highly recommend this book to everybody who has any interest in equating and linking, be they a student, practitioner, or researcher." Psychometrika, 2006

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"I highly recommend this book to everybody who has any interest in equating and linking, be they a student, practitioner, or researcher." Psychometrika, 2006

From the reviews of the second edition:

"This is an extended edition of the book . . It provides an introduction to test equating that both discusses frequently used equating methodologies and covers many of practical issues involved. . Each chapter contains a number of exercises. . It can be used as a textbook for advanced graduate students, entry-level professionals and persons preparing to conduct equating, scaling or linking at the first time. For experienced professionals the book will certainly provide information on recent progress in the field and also a long list of useful references." (Marie Huskova, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1059 (10), 2005)

"Equating is a statistical tool which adjusts for differences between tests which are intended to be similar in difficulty and content. This book describes such tools. . This second edition . has new chapters on test scaling and on test linking. . This book provides an excellent overview, and I strongly recommend it." (D.J. Hand, Short Book Reviews, Vol. 25 (1), 2005)

"With the increasing emphasis on assessment and accountability in education, it would benefit those in academia to have some knowledge of the issues, and their complexities, in assessment. This text provides a reasonable introduction to these topics and suggests there are contgributions to be made by statisticians in this area. Statisticians who collaborate or may collaborate with those in the measurement community, or who perhaps seek to develop a new specialty, would be well served by this book." Thomas R. Boucher, JASA, Vol. 102, No. 478, June 2007

"For psychometricians working in testing organizations or as researchers, this book is a must-have. Most practitioners will not need to know all the methods presented in the book, but when you need to know how to carry out a specific method, you will likely find it here with practicial considerations about evaluating how well the method works. From personal experience, this reviewer has found this book to be most useful at the planning stages of a new testing program or an equating research study when various deisgn and method options are considered." Gary Skaggs, Applied Psychological Measurement, Vol. 30, No. 6, November 2006

"...[T]he first edition of this book represented an important contribution to the field. The second edition takes this level of contribution even further. There is nothing better out there than this book for learning about equating, scaling, and linking. If you have not already done so, it may be time to consider updating your personal equating library." Daniel R. Eignor, Journal of Educational Measurement, Vol. 43, No. 2, Summer 2006

"...[I]t is a joy to read the second edition of Kolen and Brennan's book. They did a meticulous job detailing a complex and challenging topic on test equating, scaling, and linking. The book is well written, easy to read, comprehensive, and technically sound." Chris Chiu, Peggy Carr, Ivy Li, Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, Vol. 32, No. 2, June 2007

"This book is part of the Statistics for Social Science and Public Policy series . . It is mainly written for advanced graduate students in applied statistics, beginning professionals in academic testing agencies, and researchers preparing to conduct equating. . 'for the reader to understand the principles of equating, scaling, and linking; to be able to conduct equating, scaling, and linking; and to interpret the results in reasonable ways.' . an excellent volume which will last for long time as a standard textbook on equating." (Seock-Ho Kim, Journal of Applied Statistics, Vol. 34 (10), 2008)

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Contents Preface Notation 1 Introduction and Concepts 1.1 Equating and Related Concepts 1.1.1 Test Forms and Test Specifications 1.1.2 Equating 1.1.3 Processes That Are Related to Equating 1.1.4 Equating and Score Scales 1.1.5 Equating and the Test Score Decline of the 1960s and 1970s 1.2 Equating and Scaling in Practice-A Brief Overview of This Book 1.3 Properties of Equating 1.3.1 Symmetry Property 1.3.2 Same Specifications Property 1.3.3 Equity Properties 1.3.4 Observed Score Equating Properties 1.3.5 Group Invariance Property 1.4 Equating Designs 1.4.1 Random Groups Design 1.4.2 Single Group Design 1.4.3 Single Group Design with Counterbalancing 1.4.4 ASVAB Problems with a Single Group Design 1.4.5 Common-Item Nonequivalent Groups Design 1.4.6 NAEP Reading Anomaly-Problems with Common Items 1.5 Error in Estimating Equating Relationships 1.6 Evaluating the Results of Equating 1.7 Testing Situations Considered 1.8 Preview 1.9 Exercises 2 Observed Score Equating Using the Random Groups Design 2.1 Mean Equating 2.2 Linear Equating 2.3 Properties of Mean and Linear Equating 2.4 Comparison of Mean and Linear Equating 2.5 Equipercentile Equating 2.5.1 Graphical Procedures 2.5.2 Analytic Procedures 2.5.3 Properties of Equated Scores in Equipercentile Equating 2.6 Estimating Observed Score Equating Relationships 2.7 Scale Scores 2.7.1 Linear Conversions 2.7.2 Truncation of Linear Conversions 2.7.3 Nonlinear Conversions 2.8 Equating Using Single Group Designs 2.9 Equating Using Alternate Scoring Schemes 2.10 Preview of What Follows 2.11 Exercises 3 Random Groups-Smoothing in Equipercentile Equating 3.1 A Conceptual Statistical Framework for Smoothing 3.2 Properties of Smoothing Methods 3.3 Presmoothing Methods 3.3.1 Polynomial Log-linear Method 3.3.2 Strong True Score Method 3.3.3 Illustrative Example 3.4 Postsmoothing Methods 3.4.1 Illustrative Example 3.5 Practical Issues in Equipercentile Equating 3.5.1 Summary of Smoothing Strategies 3.5.2 Equating Error and Sample Size 3.6 Exercises 4 Nonequivalent Groups-Linear Methods 4.1 Tucker Method 4.1.1 Linear Regression Assumptions 4.1.2 Conditional Variance Assumptions 4.1.3 Intermediate Results 4.1.4 Final Results 4.1.5 Special Cases 4.2 Levine Observed Score Method 4.2.1 Correlational Assumptions 4.2.2 Linear Regression Assumptions 4.2.3 Error Variance Assumptions 4.2.4 Intermediate Results 4.2.5 General Results 4.2.6 Classical Congeneric Model Results 4.3 Levine True Score Method 4.3.1 Results 4.3.2 First-Order Equity 4.4 Illustrative Example and Other Topics 4.4.1 Illustrative Example 4.4.2 Synthetic Population Weights 4.4.3 Mean Equating 4.4.4 Decomposing Observed Di.erences in Means and Variances 4.4.5 Relationships Among Tucker and Levine Equating Methods 4.4.6 Scale Scores 4.5 Appendix Proof that ó2 s (TX) = ã2 1ó2 s (TV ) Under the Classical Congeneric Model 4.6 Exercises 5 Nonequivalent Groups-Equipercentile Methods 5.1 Frequency Estimation Equipercentile Equating 5.1.1 Conditional Distributions 5.1.2 Frequency Estimation Method 5.1.3 Evaluating the Frequency Estimation Assumption 5.1.4 Numerical Example 5.1.5 Estimating the Distributions 5.2 Braun-Holland Linear Method 5.3 Chained Equipercentile Equating 5.4 Illustrative Example 5.4.1 Illustrative Results 5.4.2 Comparison Among Methods 5.4.3 Practical Issues in Equipercentile Equating with Common Items 5.5 Exercises 6 Item Response Theory Methods 6.1 Some Necessary IRT Concepts 6.1.1 Unidimensionality and Local Independence Assumptions 6.1.2 IRT Models 6.1.3 IRT Parameter Estimation

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