Statistical Models for Test Equating, Scaling, and Linking

Overview.- A Statistical Perspective on Equating Test Scores (Alina A. von Davier).- Part I: Research Questions and Data Collection Designs.- Equating Test Scores: Toward Best Practices Neil J. Dorans, Tim P. Moses, and Daniel R. Eignor).- Scoring and Scaling Educational Tests Michael J. Kolen, Ye Tong, and Robert L. Brennan).- Statistical Models for Vertical Linking James E. Carlson).- An Empirical Example of Change Analysis by Linking Longitudinal Item Response Data From Multiple Tests (John J. McArdle and Kevin J. Grimm).- How to Average Equating Functions, If You Must (Paul W. Holland and William E. Strawderman).- New Approaches to Equating With Small Samples (Samuel A. Livingston and Sooyeon Kim).- Part II: Measurement and Equating Models.- Using Exponential Families for Equating (Shelby J. Haberman).- An Alternative Continuization Method: The Continuized Log-Linear Method (Tianyou Wang).- Equating Through Alternative Kernels (Yi-Hsuan Lee and Alina A. von Davier).- A Bayesian Nonparametric Model for Test Equating (George Karabatsos and Stephen G. Walker).- Generalized Equating Functions for NEAT Designs (Haiwen H. Chen, Samuel A. Livingston, and Paul W. Holland).- Local Observed-Score Equating (Wim J. van der Linden).- A General Model for IRT Scale Linking and Scale Transformations (Matthias von Davier and Alina A. von Davier).- Linking With Nonparametric IRT Models (Xueli Xu, Jeff A. Douglas, and Young-Sun Lee).- Part III: Evaluation.- Applications of Asymptotic Expansion in Item Response Theory Linking (Haruhiko Ogasawara).- Evaluating the Missing Data Assumptions of the Chain and Poststratification Equating Methods (Sandip Sinharay, Paul W. Holland, and Alina A. von Davier).- Robustness of IRT Observed-Score Equating (C. A. W. Glas and Anton A. Beguin).- Hypothesis Testing of Equating Differences in the Kernel Equating Framework (Frank Rijmen, Yanxuan Qu, and Alina A. von Davier).- Applying Time-Series Analysis to Detect Scale Drift (Deping Li, Shuhong Li, and Alina A. von Davier).