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Direct linkJiawei Xiong; George Engelhard; Allan S. Cohen – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2025
It is common to find mixed-format data results from the use of both multiple-choice (MC) and constructed-response (CR) questions on assessments. Dealing with these mixed response types involves understanding what the assessment is measuring, and the use of suitable measurement models to estimate latent abilities. Past research in educational…
Descriptors: Responses, Test Items, Test Format, Grade 8
Download full textMartin, Michael O., Ed.; von Davier, Matthias, Ed.; Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2020
The chapters in this online volume comprise the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center's technical report of the methods and procedures used to develop, implement, and report the results of TIMSS 2019. There were various technical challenges because TIMSS 2019 was the initial phase of the transition to eTIMSS, with approximately half the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Achievement Tests, International Assessment
National Assessment Governing Board, 2017
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only continuing and nationally representative measure of trends in academic achievement of U.S. elementary and secondary school students in various subjects. For more than four decades, NAEP assessments have been conducted periodically in reading, mathematics, science, writing, U.S.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Multiple Choice Tests, National Competency Tests, Educational Trends
National Assessment Governing Board, 2017
Since 1973, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has gathered information about student achievement in mathematics. Results of these periodic assessments, produced in print and web-based formats, provide valuable information to a wide variety of audiences. They inform citizens about the nature of students' comprehension of the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 4
Fauskanger, Janne; Mosvold, Reidar – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2012
The mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT) measures have become widely used among researchers both within and outside the U.S. Despite the apparent success, the MKT measures and underlying framework have been subject to criticism. The multiple-choice format of the items has been criticized, and some critics have suggested that opening up the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
Pyle, Katie; Jones, Emily; Williams, Chris; Morrison, Jo – Educational Research, 2009
Background: All national curriculum tests in England are pre-tested as part of the development process. Differences in pupil performance between pre-test and live test are consistently found. This difference has been termed the pre-test effect. Understanding the pre-test effect is essential in the test development and selection processes and in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pretesting, Context Effect, National Curriculum
