Equating Test Scores for Receptive Vocabulary Across Rounds and Cohorts in Ethiopia, India and Vietnam

This Note discusses cognitive scores that are comparable across rounds and age cohorts for Young Lives

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 June 2017
Country:
Ethiopia, India, Vietnam
Document Type:
Technical Report
Theme:
Education
Authors:
Leon, Juan, Singh, Abhijeet

Abstract

This Technical Note discusses the construction of cognitive scores that are comparable across rounds and age cohorts for Young Lives in Ethiopia, India (the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) and Vietnam.

Young Lives is an international study of childhood poverty, following the lives of 12,000 children in 4 countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam) over 15 years. Young Lives is funded by the UK Department for International Development.

Citation

Leon, Juan and Abhijeet Singh (2017), Equating Test Scores for Receptive Vocabulary Across Rounds and Cohorts in Ethiopia, India & Vietnam, Young Lives Technical Note 40, Oxford: Young Lives

Equating Test Scores for Receptive Vocabulary Across Rounds and Cohorts in Ethiopia, India & Vietnam

Published 1 June 2017
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