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Assessment and Measurement Theories

A theory, model or named method for measuring, testing or grading student learning: the major psychometric paradigms (classical test theory, item response theory, the Rasch model, generalizability theory, diagnostic classification models), assessment formats and philosophies (formative and summative assessment, authentic and alternative assessment, criterion-referenced and norm-referenced testing, peer assessment, pre-assessment), technical measurement concepts (differential item functioning, equating, standard-setting studies, value-added modeling), and named grading and evaluation practices (contract grading, rubrics, the culminating project). This group gathers the atlas's assessment and measurement material, distinct from Instructional Design Models, which addresses how instruction itself is planned and delivered rather than how learning is measured afterward.

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Alternative Assessment

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Authentic Assessment

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Automated Essay Scoring

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Classical Test Theory

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Cognitive Rigor

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Computerized Adaptive Testing

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Contract Grading

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Criterion-Referenced Test

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Culminating Project

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Curriculum-Based Measurement

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Diagnostic Classification Models

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Differential Item Functioning

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Docimology

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Dynamic Assessment

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Equating

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Evidence-Centered Design

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Formative Assessment

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Functional Behavioral Assessment

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Generalizability Theory

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High-Stakes Testing

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Item Response Theory

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Norm-Referenced Test

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Peer Assessment

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Pre-Assessment

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Rasch Model

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Rubric (Academic)

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Standard-Setting Study

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Summative Assessment

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Value-added Modeling

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1. Classical test theory (Wikipedia)
WikipediaClassical test theory, History section
Quote, Classical test theory, History section
In 1904, Charles Spearman was responsible for figuring out how to correct a correlation coefficient for attenuation due to measurement error and how to obtain the index of reliability needed in making the correction. Spearman's finding is thought to be the beginning of classical test theory by some (Traub 1997).
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