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Some Contributions of the College Board SAT to Psychometric Theory and Practice
Author(s) -
Angoff William H.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
educational measurement: issues and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.158
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1745-3992
pISSN - 0731-1745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1986.tb00480.x
Subject(s) - equating , test (biology) , aptitude , standardized test , psychology , mathematics education , scaling , mathematics , developmental psychology , paleontology , geometry , rasch model , biology
The author describes the evolution of one of the nation's best‐known standardized tests–the Scholastic Aptitude Test. He describes some of the contributions to educational research made by inquiries based on the SAT and gives particular attention to the way scaling and equating procedures for the SAT have evolved over the last half century.