Theory-Based Metrological Traceability in Education: A Reading Measurement Network

Fisher, W. P., Jr., & Stenner, A. J. (2016). Theory-based metrological traceability in education: A reading measurement network. Measurement, 92, 489-496.

9 Pages Posted: 6 Jul 2016

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William P. Fisher

University of California, Berkeley - BEAR Center

A. Jackson Stenner

MetaMetrics, Inc.

Date Written: June 21, 2016

Abstract

Huge resources are invested in metrology and standards in the natural sciences, engineering, and across a wide range of commercial technologies. Significant positive returns of human, social, environmental, and economic value on these investments have been sustained for decades. Proven methods for calibrating test and survey instruments in linear units are readily available, as are data- and theory-based methods for equating those instruments to a shared unit. Using these methods, metrological traceability is obtained in a variety of commercially available elementary and secondary English and Spanish language reading education programs in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Australia. Given established historical patterns, widespread routine reproduction of predicted text-based and instructional effects expressed in a common language and shared frame of reference may lead to significant developments in theory and practice. Opportunities for systematic implementations of teacher-driven lean thinking and continuous quality improvement methods may be of particular interest and value.

Keywords: measurement, Rasch models, metrology, education, psychometrics, traceability, reading ability, education, predictive theory, unit standards, test equating, traceability

JEL Classification: C21, C22, D83, I21, J24, J44, L86, M53, M54, O15

Suggested Citation

Fisher, William P. and Stenner, A. Jackson, Theory-Based Metrological Traceability in Education: A Reading Measurement Network (June 21, 2016). Fisher, W. P., Jr., & Stenner, A. J. (2016). Theory-based metrological traceability in education: A reading measurement network. Measurement, 92, 489-496., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2805313

William P. Fisher (Contact Author)

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A. Jackson Stenner

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