Equating 2008
Michael C. Rodriguez

Goal:

This course will enable students to understand the principles of equating, scaling, and linking; to conduct equating; and to interpret results in reasonable ways.  The course will focus on equating.  Students will engage in equating exercises employing real data from national and international testing programs.

Students will be able to:

• Understand the purposes of equating, scaling, and linking and the context in which they are conducted;
• Distinguish between equating, scaling, and linking methodologies;
• Appreciate the importance of equating to test development and quality control procedures;
• Understand the distinctions among equating properties, equating designs, and equating methods;
• Interpret results from equating analyses;
• Design reasonable and useful equating studies;
• Conduct equating in realistic testing situations.