Large-scale Assessments in Education

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Table 2 Estimated regression coefficients for a model predicting log(wages) based on skill variable theta (either true value, or PVs, or WLE, MLE, EAP estimates), gender and education

From: The use of test scores from large-scale assessment surveys: psychometric and statistical considerations

Estimator for θ	Intercept	θ	Gender	EDU
True ability	2.2697	0.1074	0.0014	0.0038
PVs	2.2688	0.1067	0.0017	0.0067
EAP	2.2432	*0.0860*	0.0021	*0.0584*
MLE	2.2272	*0.0581*	0.0030	*0.0937*
WLE	2.2411	*0.0709*	0.0022	*0.0640*

Simulation setup similar to the one found in von Davier et al. (2009)

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