1. present participle of coequate; treating or considering two or more things as equal or equivalent
Usage: technical; formal
2. in psychometrics and educational testing, the process of adjusting test scores from different assessments to make them comparable on the same scale
Usage: technical; educational assessment

Examples

• The researchers were coequating the two different intelligence tests to ensure comparability.
• Coequating the exam scores allowed students from different test administrations to be fairly compared.
• The standardized test developers spent months coequating the spring and fall versions of the assessment.
• By coequating the scales, the psychometricians made it possible to interpret scores across multiple years.
• The testing company uses statistical methods for coequating scores from alternative test forms.