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Title: Achievement Gap Estimates and Deviations from Cardinal Comparability
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1. Nielsen, Eric R.
Achievement Gap Estimates and Deviations from Cardinal Comparability
Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2015-040. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 2015.
Also: http://dx.doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2015.040
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: Federal Reserve Board
Keyword(s): Achievement; Educational Longitudinal Study (ELS:2002); Methods/Methodology; National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS); Test Scores/Test theory/IRT

This paper assesses the sensitivity of standard empirical methods for measuring group differences in achievement to violations in the cardinal comparability of achievement test scores.
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Nielsen, Eric R. "Achievement Gap Estimates and Deviations from Cardinal Comparability." Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2015-040. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 2015.