The target activity of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) is to collect longitudinal data on the development of competencies, educational processes, educational decisions, and returns to education in formal, nonformal, and informal contexts throughout the life span.
This special issue brings together contributions from different disciplines that can help improve methodological practices in longitudinal large-scale assessments in education using NEPS data. Papers discuss neglected problems and innovative solutions for the analysis of psychological constructs across heterogeneous contexts and life stages as evaluated in longitudinal studies. This includes empirical applications of novel methodological approaches, statistical simulations, or software reviews on methods in LSAE. The issue also includes selected paper contributions to the 6th International NEPS Conference that was hosted in June 2021 by LIfBi–Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories in Bamberg (Germany).
Contributions cover topics such as:
Differential item and test functioning in heterogeneous contexts across different life stagesReducing measurement error in longitudinal modelsImpact of mode effects in longitudinal LSAEsImproving longitudinal measurements using process data from computerized assessmentsModeling of inattentive response behavior in LSAEsIdentification of unit- and item-nonresponse in longitudinal studies
This special issue is no longer accepting submissions.
Special issue editors:
Christian Aßmann (Lead guest editor)
Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories
Timo Gnambs (Lead guest editor)
Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories
Marie-Ann Sengewald (Guest editor)
Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories
Tanja Kutscher (Guest editor)
Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories
Claus H. Carstensen (Guest editor)
University of Bamberg