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One implication of the nonlinear relationship between ability scores (theta) and scale scores in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten (ECLS-K:1999). Between the fall of kindergarten and the spring of first grade, the gap between the top and bottom socioeconomic status quintiles shrinks using the theta scores but grows using the scale scores.
