Establishing Score Comparability for Tests Given in Different Languages

Author(s):

Cook, Linda L.; Schmitt, Alicia P.

Publication Year:

2005

Source:

Hambleton, R.; Meranda, P.F.; Spielberger, C.D. (eds.) Adapting Educational and Psychological Tests for Cross-Cultural Assessment. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2005

Document Type:

Chapter

Page Count:

55

Subject/Key Words:

Assessment Division (AD), Multiple Languages, Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Calibration, Prediction, Translation, Linguistics, Item Response Theory (IRT), Bilingual Tests, Prueba De Aptitud Academica (PAA), Spanish, Equating, Equating Methods, Equipercentile Method, Item Characteristic Curves, Angoff and Cook Study, Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), English as a Second Language Achievement Test