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achievement tests
coaching for
educational resources and
language and
as optional
as substitute for aptitude tests
ACT
coaching for
elimination of
as SAT substitute
value of
admissions exams
aptitude test substitution and
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and
National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) and
optional SAT policy and
success in predictions of
value of
Admitted Class Evaluation Service (ACES)
Advanced Placement (AP) program
calculus and
chemistry and
class size and
Detroit and
discrimination and
educational resources allocation and
Escalante and
examinee choice and
Garfield High School and
generalizations for
La Cañada High School and
language and
national projection and
placement error and
popularity of
PSAT and
recruitment and
SAT and
Spanish and
state support of
stereotypes and
student potential and
subject content and
U.S. history test of 1988 and
Affie, E.
Aiken, Howard
Alexander the Great
Ali, Muhammad
Allalouf, Avi
American Society of Podiatry
anchor items
Angoff, W. H.
Arabic
Aristotle
‘αρμovíα
armor
Army Alpha tests
Avery, Christopher
Bacon, Francis
Baldwin, Peter
Ballou, D.
barroom brawls
Bastari, B.
Bayesian theory
Beast, number of
Beaton, Albert
“Bell Curve, The” (Gawande)
Beller, Michal
Berkeley, George
Betamax
bias
examinee choice and
statistics and
tests and
Bible
big choice
biology
Blifil, Ms.
Block Design
Bloom, Benjamin
Bok, Derek
Bono
Bowdoin College
Admitted Class Evaluation Service (ACES) and
comparison to other schools
post-SAT performance analysis and
SAT study and
unsubmitted scores and
Bracey, G. W.
Bradlow, E. T.
Braun, Henry
Brigham, Carl
Britain
Brown, L.
“build it yourself” exams
bullet holes
calculus
Advanced Placement (AP) program and
Garfield High School and
potential of Detroit and
Camara, Wayne
Canada
car expenses
Carson, C. C.
Cass Technical High School
Castellano, Karen
causal inference
Celsius temperature scale
Character of Physical Law, The (Feynman)
Chase, Editha
cheating
gaming the system and
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and
“no harm, no foul” and
“point and look” method and
Squire Allworthy Elementary School and
chemistry
Advanced Placement (AP) program and
aptitude tests and
College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) and
comparative analysis and
examinee choice and
China
Civil Service Act
Civil Service of the United States (Jenckes)
Cizek, Gregory
classroom effect
class size
Clauser, Brian
Cleveland, Grover
Clyman, Stephen
coaching
Cole, Nancy
College Board
Admission Testing Program and
Admitted Class Evaluation Service (ACES) and
Advanced Placement (AP) program and
Camara and
Educational Testing Service and
New Capabilities Research project and
PSAT/NMSQT and
College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB)
colleges
cost of
early admission and
endowment per pupil and
ranking of
student/faculty ratio and
comparative analysis
anchor items and
Bayesian framework for
co-scaling and
cut-scores and
different forms of test and
error and
fairness and
gender and
language and
measurement systems and
overlap and
PSAT and
SAT and
theory and
translation and
validity-based scoring (VBS) and
“Comparing the Incomparable: An Essay on the Importance of Big Assumptions and Scant Evidence” (Wainer)
Computerized Adaptive Tests (CATs)
computer science
Confucius
connectedness
constructed response
Consumer Reports
Cook, Linda
Corrall, R.J.M
co-scaling
counterfactuals
“Counterfactuals” (Holland)
Cuddy, Monica
curving scores
cut-scores
Dash, Eric
decision making
empirical approach and
evidence-based (see also evidence) faith and
guessing and
rigid rules for scholarships and
DeMauro, G. E.
Denton, N. A.
Detroit
Advanced Placement (AP) program and
segregation and
DIBELS
discrimination
Dunn, M. C.
Durso, John
Earles, J. A.
early admission
Edsels
education
cost of
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and
“point and look” method and
resource allocation and
Educational Testing Service
comparative analysis and
co-scaling and
optional SAT policy and
Einstein, Albert
eligibility scores
empirical approach
college costs and
comparative analysis and
educational resource allocation and
examinee choice and
optional SAT policy and
value-added models and
Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science
English
aptitude tests and
comparative analysis of tests and
examinee choice and
entrance exams. See admissions exams
Ephraimites
epistemology
equating
comparative analysis and
co-scaling and
equipercentile
evidence-based
examinee choice and
faith-based
language and
as misnomer
National Institute for Testing and Evaluation (NITE) and
scaling function and
test comparison and
error
comparative analysis and
measurement scales and
value-added models and
Escalante, Jaime
Escalante effect
essays
examinee choice and
performance prediction and
evaluation
Admitted Class Evaluation Service (ACES) and
Advanced Placement (AP) program and
assessing teachers from student scores and
college rankings and
comparative analysis and
empirical approach and
equating and
error and
evidence and (see also evidence)
examinee choice and
faith and
measurement systems and
meritocratic
missing data and
multiple-choice and
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and
National Institute for Testing and Evaluation (NITE) and
outcome of interest definition and
performance prediction and
portfolios and
psychometrics and
qualifying success and
sampling and (see also statistics)
scaling function and
teaching/motivation measure and
unsubmitted scores and
value-added models and
value of admissions exams and
evidence
anecdote and
Aristotle and
Bacon and
comparative analysis and
as data related to a claim
discovery and
educational resources and
empirical approach and
examinee choice and
experiment and
faith and
gathering data and
optional SAT policy and
rigid decision rules for scholarships and
Squire Allworthy Elementary School case and
Tukey and
value-added models and
examinee choice
Advanced Placement (AP) program and
alternative questions and
alternative strategies and
amount of information and
AP chemistry test of 1968 and
AP chemistry test of 1989 and
‘αρμovíα and
bias and
big choice and
Brigham and
“build it yourself” exams and
College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) and
Computerized Adaptive Tests (CATs) and
concluding results from
connectedness and
constructed response and
difficulty assessment and
equating and
essays and
evidence on
fairness and
gaming the system and
gender and
generative processes and
historical perspective on
intransitive triad and
Ironman Triathlon and
language and
learning from choice behavior and
measurement scales and
Olympic decathlon and
performance prediction and
reliability and
sampling and
scaling and
small choice and
Squire Allworthy Elementary School case and
testlets and
transitivity and
unambiguous data on
as unnecessary
U.S. history test of 1988
Exploratory Data Analysis (Tukey) and
Fables for Our Time (Thurber)
faith
Feynman, Richard
h-twice method
Finn, C. E., Jr.
Fitzsimmons, William R.
Frazier, Joe
Fremer, J.
French
aptitude tests and
comparative analysis of tests and
examinee choice and
value-added models and
Gafni, N.
gaming the system
Garfield High School
AP Spanish and
calculus and
Garrow, J. R.
Gawande, Atul
Gelman, A.
gender
comparative analysis and
examinee choice and
general aptitude tests
demonstration of mastery and
educational resource allocation and
IQ tests and
normal distribution and
substituting achievement tests for
generative processes
Gileadites
“Glass in the Field, The” (Thurber)
God
Gödel, Kurt
Gore, Al
grade point average
GRE
group administration
guessing
Gulliksen, Harold
Hambleton, R. K.
Hanani, P.
Handbook of Statistics (Rao and Sinharay)
Hauser, R. M.
health care
Hebrew
helmets
Heubert, H.
Hilden, K.
Hock, Dee
Holland, Paul
Hoover, Herbert
Horn, S. P.
Huelskamp, R. M.
Hume, David
Hummers
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (film)
Indian civil service system
insurance
interval scales
intransitive triad
IQ tests
Ironman Triathlon
IRT model
Israel
achievement test substitution and
comparative analysis of tests and
National Institute for Testing and Evaluation (NITE) and
Jackson, R.
Jenckes, Thomas
Jensen, A. R.
Jesus Rios et al vs. Regents of the University of California
Johnson, Samuel
Jones, Jenny
Jordan River
Judges, Bible book of
Kadane, J. B.
Kant, Immanuel
Kearn, Vickie
Kelvin temperature scale
Kennen, George
Kierkegaard, Søren
La Cañada High School
language
achievement tests and
Advanced Placement (AP) program and
Arabic
Canada and
College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) and
comparative analysis and
co-scaling and
counterfactuals and
English
examinee choice and
French
Hebrew
Latin
logic and
Prueba de Aptitud Academica (PAA) and
Spanish
translation and
Laplace, Pierre-Simon
Lardner, Ring
Latin
Lawrence, I.
layered models
Lehman Brothers
Lewis, Charles
Lichten, William
Little, R.J.A.
Locke, John
logic
anecdote and
aptitude test substitution and
civil service tests and
counterfactuals and
empirical approach and
faith and
guessing and
hope and
language and
Lord's Paradox and
scientific method and
Vulcan
Lombard, H. C.
Lombard Surprise
longevity
Lord's paradox
Luce-Bradley-Terry model
Lukhele, R.
Lunz, Mary
McCaffrey
McPeek, M.
Madden, R. R.
Mangel, M.
Martin Luther King High School
mass-administered exams
Massey, D. S.
mathematics
achievement tests and
AP calculus and
aptitude tests and
College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) and
comparative analysis of tests and
DIBELS and
Escalante and
examinee choice and
SAT section of
Schmidt study and
statistics (see also statistics)
value-added models and
Mathews, J.
measurement. See evaluation
medical expenses
Melnick, Donald
Merit Scholarships
Messenger Lectures (Feynman)
metaphysics
Metropolitan test
Michigan State High School Proficiency test
Mill, John Stuart
Miller, George
Millsap, R.
missing-at-random assumption
Modu, C. C.
mortality rates
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
multiple-choice tests
music
Napoleon
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
National Board of Medical Examiners
National Institute for Testing and Evaluation (NITE)
Newrick, P. G.
New Yorker
New York Times
Nieves, E.
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act
“no harm, no foul”
nominal scale
normal distribution
Northwestern University
Nungester, Ron
Olympic decathlon
ordinal scale
overlap
Paige, Satchel
Palmer, Samuel
Papanastasiou, E. C.
Passover-like form
perfect scores
performance prediction
achievement tests and
aptitude tests and
Computerized Adaptive Tests (CATs) and
examinee choice and
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and
optional SAT policy and
statistics and
value-added models and
philosophy
physics
achievement tests and
aptitude tests and
examinee choice and
value-added models and
“point and look” method
policy
achievement test substitution and
Advanced Placement (AP) program and
Computerized Adaptive Tests (CATs) and
evaluation and (see also evaluation)
NACAC report and
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and
optional testing and
Pomplun, M.
Poortinga, Y. H.
Popham, W. J.
portfolio assessment
Powers, D. E.
Pressley, M. K.
Preuba de Aptitud Academica (PAA)
Princeton University
Proust, Marcel
PSAT
Advanced Placement (AP) program and
comparative analysis and
cut-scores and
as easier SAT
National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test and
replacement of
verbal section of
Psychometric Entrance Test (PET)
psychometrics
achievement tests and
comparative analysis of tests and
examinee choice and
statistics and
value-added models and
Quesnay, François
race
Detroit and
discrimination and
Garfield High School and
segregation and
stereotypes and
random assignment
Rao, C. R.n Ravitch, D.
Reckase, Mark
recruitment
Ree, M. J.
reliability
Renaissance High School
Rimer, Sara
Rogers, Will
Rosenbaum, P. R.
Rosenfeld, S.
Rubin, D. B.n
Russell, Bertrand
Ruth, Babe
Salganik, L. H.
Samaniego, F. J .
sampling
aptitude tests and
college costs and
examinee choice and
missing/erroneous data and
nonrandom
self-selection and
value-added models and
Sanders, William
SAT
accuracy of predictions of
Admission Testing Program and
Advanced Placement (AP) program and
Bowdoin College and
Brigham and
coaching for
college rankings and
comparative analysis and
elimination of
equating and (see also equating)
examinee choice and
math section of
National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP) and
Northwestern University and
as optional
perfect score on
post-test performance analysis and
Prueba de Aptitud Academica (PAA) and
Quantitative test and
as Scholastic Aptitude Test
as Scholastic Assessment Test
unsubmitted scores and
verbal section of
Saxton, A. M.
Schmidt, William
scholarships
cheating and
cut-scores and
gender and
Merit Scholarships and
rigid decision rules for
scientific method
Scoles, Peter
scores
Advanced Placement (AP) program and
assessing teachers from student scores and
Brigham and
comparative analysis and
Computerized Adaptive Tests (CATs) and
curved
cut-score
decathlon and
Educational Testing Service and
examinee choice and
gaming the system and
inference from
intransitive triad and
mean
Merit Scholarship program and
NAEP
normal distribution and
perfect
PSAT
reliability and
rigid decision rules for scholarships and
SAT
scale for
Squire Allworthy Elementary School and
unsubmitted
validity-based
value-added models and
security issues
self-selection
Shang Dynasty
Shankland, R.
shibboleth test
shoe sizes
shooting the messenger
Sinharay, S.
Sireci, Stephen
skipping
small choice
Social Security numbers
“Some Practical Considerations When Converting a Linearly Administered Test to an Adaptive Format” (Wainer)
Spanish
achievement tests and
aptitude tests and
comparative analysis of tests and
examinee choice and
Preuba de Aptitud Academica (PAA) and
Squire Allworthy Elementary School
cheating charges and
evidence-based approach and
use of statistics and
Stamp, Josiah Charles
Stand and Deliver (film)
statistics
bias and
college rankings and
comparative analysis and
dangerous professions and
DIBELS test and
equating and
erroneous data and
examinee choice and
h-twice method and
frequency distribution and
longevity data and
Luce-Bradley-Terry model and
Madden and
missing-at-random assumption and
missing data and
mortality rates
optional SAT policy and
Palmer and
preference and
random assignment and
sampling and
Schmidt and
Science of Uncertainty and
self-selection and
skipping and
Squire Allworthy Elementary School case and
Tukey and
value-added models and
Wald and
Steinberg, Linda
Stuart, E. A.
student/faculty ratio
Sumner, Charles
Superstars (TV show)
Tabrar, Joseph
teacher effect
teachers
assessment of from student scores
Squire Allworthy Elementary School case and
student-score assessment of
value-added models and
technology
television
Tennessee Value-Added Assessment system
testlets
tests
anchor items and
aptitude test substitution and
bias and
British system and
“build it yourself” exams and
cheating and
China and
civil service
coaching and
comparative analysis and
constructed response and
eligibility scores and
equating and
essays and
examinee choice and
future policy for
gaming the system and
gathering data and
Gileadites and
group administration and
harm from
improvement of
Indian civil service and
from individual to group administrations
IQ
item review and
language and (see also language)
large-scale
meritocratic
multiple-choice
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and
overlap and
Passover-like form and
performance prediction and
“point and look” method and
security issues and
skipping and
Squire Allworthy Elementary School and
translated
unsubmitted scores and
value-added models and
See also specific tests
Thissen, David
Thompson, D. W.
Thurber, James
Thwackum, Dr.
Traité de Mécanique Céleste (Laplace)
transitivity
Tucker, Ledyard
Tukey, John
University of California
University of Chicago
US News and World Report
validity-based scoring (VBS)
“Value-Added Assessment” (Braun and Wainer)
value-added models (VAMs)
causal inference and
claims of
classroom effect and
counterfactual conditional and
counterfactual substitution and
erroneous data and
evidence and
fairness and
layering and
Lord's Paradox and
measurement issues and
missing data and
performance prediction and
random assignment and
student effects and
teacher assessment and
van de Vijver, F.J.R.
verbal tests
Gileadites and
PSAT and
SAT and
Vispoel, W. P.
Voltaire
Von Neumann, John
Wainer, Howardnn
college costs and
comparative analysis of tests andn
examinee choice and
value-added models and
Wald, Abraham
Wang, X.
“What Happens If You Don't Require
the SAT? Bowdoin College as an
Example” (Wainer)
Willingham, W. W.
Wilson, F. T.
Woodall, T. D.
Wright, P.
Xia Dynasty
Yen, W. M.
Zakkai, Yohanan ben
Zanutto, E. L.
Zwick, Rebecca