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A Multimethod Approach for Establishing the Passing Score on the Alabama High School Graduation Examination: A Symposium Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (New Orleans, Louisiana, April 24-26, 1984).

1984

These five papers describe the methods, results, and implications of a multimethod approach to the establishment of standards for the three subject areas of the Alabama High School Graduation Examination (AHSGE). James E. McLean introduces the problems and methods involved by identifying three general approaches to scoring procedures found in the…

Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Educational Policy, Graduation Requirements, High Schools

A Descriptive Comparison of Test Items Utilized in Pilot and Live Administrations of the Alabama High School Graduation Examination.

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Steele, D. Joyce – 1985

This paper contains a comparison of descriptive information based on analyses of pilot and live administrations of the Alabama High School Graduation Examination (AHSGE). The test is composed of three subject tests: Reading, Mathematics, and Language. The study was intended to validate the test development procedure by comparing difficulty levels…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Difficulty Level, Graduation Requirements

A Descriptive Comparison of Test Item Statistics from Items Utilized in an Item Pilot, a Form Pilot, and Live Administrations of the Alabama High School Graduation Examination: The 1991 Update.

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Steele, D. Joyce – 1991

This paper compares descriptive information based on analyses of the pilot and live administrations of the Alabama High School Graduation Examination (AHSGE). The AHSGE, a product of decisions made in 1977 and 1984 by the Alabama State Board of Education, is composed of subject tests in reading, mathematics, and language. The pass score for each…

Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Difficulty Level, Grade 11, Graduation Requirements