Technical Issues Related to the Introduction of the New SAT and PSAT/NMSQT IRT NMSQT PSAT SAT

Author(s):

Dorans, Neil J.; Feigenbaum, Miriam D.; Feryok, Nancy J.; Lawrence, Ida M.; Schmitt, Alicia P.; Wright, Nancy K.

Publication Year:

1994

Report Number:

RM-94-10

Source:

ETS Research Memorandum

Document Type:

Report

Page Count:

100

Subject/Key Words:

Equated Scores, Item Response Theory (IRT), National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT), Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT), Scholastic Assessment Test, Test Administration, Test Construction

Abstract

Finally, some potential shifts in equating practices are described and evaluated from theoretical and pragmatic perspectives of what constitutes acceptable equating. The last two sections of this research memorandum contain discussion papers by Barbara Dodd (University of Texas at Austin) and Robert Brennan (American College Testing).

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