This volume gathers together a set of extensions of the Rasch model, one of the most prominent models for measurement in educational research and - cial science developed by Danish mathematician Georg Rasch. The idea for this volume emerged during a meeting of the Psychometric Society in M- terey, CA. At that meeting, friends and colleagues discussed news about the impending retirement of Dr. Jurgen ] Rost, an important innovator and m- tor in this ?eld. To recognize Jurgen's ] contributions, we decided to produce a collection of research on extending the Rasch model as well as embedding the...

This volume gathers together a set of extensions of the Rasch model, one of the most prominent models for measurement in educational research and - cial science developed by Danish mathematician Georg Rasch. The idea for this volume emerged during a meeting of the Psychometric Society in M- terey, CA. At that meeting, friends and colleagues discussed news about the impending retirement of Dr. Jurgen ] Rost, an important innovator and m- tor in this ?eld. To recognize Jurgen's ] contributions, we decided to produce a collection of research on extending the Rasch model as well as embedding the...

Winner of the 2017 AERA Division D Significant Contribution to Educational Measurement and Research Methodology Award

Technological and statistical advances, along with a strong interest in gathering more information about the state of our educational systems, have made it possible to assess more students, in more countries, more often, and in more subject domains. The Handbook of International Large-Scale Assessment: Background, Technical Issues, and Methods of Data Analysis brings together recognized scholars in the field of ILSA,...