Equated WCPM scores show much less within-student variance than raw WCPM scores, indicating reduced passage-difficulty fluctuations¶

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q2 i? The average within-student SD of a student's three WCPM scores is smaller for equated than raw scores in each term. → Chen 2020

Evidence¶

Chen 2020¶

Chen, J., & Simpson, M. A. (2020). Equating words-correct-per-minute (WCPM) scores across passages of MAP Reading Fluency. Portland, OR: NWEA. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/equating-words-correct-per-minute-wcpm-scores-across-passages-of-map-reading-fluency/

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Descriptive analysis of the standard deviation of each student's three WCPM scores averaged across students (Table 3.2: within-student SD of 12.19 raw versus 7.59 equated in Fall 2018). The report describes that scores were "much less variable."

"Compared with raw scores, students’ equated WCPM scores were much less variable. This suggests that the equating process has eliminated some fluctuations driven by text difficulty."

Discussion¶

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