The Measurement of Student Achievement in Music Using a Rasch Measurement Model
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Australian Council for Educational Research
Faculty
Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences
School
School of Education
RAS ID
1068
Abstract
This paper explains the making of an objective measure of music achievement for students in Western Australian government schools. Forty-five music achievement tasks were developed to reflect exemplary classroom practice for three levels of music achievement. The tasks included analysis and process type questions relating to listening and appreciating, identifying music aspects and performance, with some linked tasks across levels, to enable the tasks (items) for the three levels to be calibrated on the same continuum. The sample consisted of students from Years 3, 7, and 10. The tasks were placed onto a continuum of student achievement which was matched to a standards framework based on Student outcome statements: The Arts. A Rasch measurement model was used to create a music achievement scale and transform student raw scores into achievement estimates and item difficulties on the same scale, with a computer program called RUMM.
Comments
Waugh, R. F., & Pascoe, B. (2001). The measurement of student achievement in music using a rasch measurement model. Australian Journal of Education, 45(1), 90-110.