[RUME] Mislevy On Approaches to Measuring Change

[Richard Hake]

The abstract of my post of 1 March 2006 "Re: ANCOVA and Pre-Group 
Differences" [Hake (2006)] was:

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ABSTRACT: "The significance of the Cronbach/Furby paper 'How should 
we measure 'change'- or should we?' is discussed in light of the 
demonstrated value of measuring the average *normalized* pre-to-post 
test gain <g> in physics education research. Anti-<g> 'ed folks' and 
psychometicians are urged to voice their objections to <g>."
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One psychometrician who was kind enough to communicate his reactions 
to the average normalized gain <g> was the well regarded Bob Mislevy 
<http://www.education.umd.edu/EDMS/mislevy/index.html> of the 
University of Maryland. 

Bob has recently placed his thoughtful two-part response online at 
Mislevy (2006). To access Bob's response merely click on    
<http://www.education.umd.edu/EDMS/mislevy/papers/Gain/>.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
<rrhake at earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi>


REFERENCES
Hake, R.R. 2006. "Re: ANCOVA and Pre-Group Differences," online at 
<http://lists.asu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0603&L=aera-d&T=0&F=&S=&P=339>. 
Post of 1 Mar 2006 13:23:33-0800 to PhysLrnR, AERA-D, AERA-L, ASSESS, 
EdStat-L, EvalTalk.

Mislevy, R. 2006. "On approaches to assessing change," and 
"Clarification," online at 
<http://www.education.umd.edu/EDMS/mislevy/papers/Gain/>