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Pengelley, James; Whipp, Peter R.; Rovis-Hermann, Nina – Educational Psychology Review, 2023
The aim of the present study is to reconcile previous findings (a) that testing mode has no effect on test outcomes or cognitive load (Comput Hum Behav 77:1-10, 2017) and (b) that younger learners' working memory processes are more sensitive to computer-based test formats (J Psychoeduc Assess 37(3):382-394, 2019). We addressed key methodological…
Descriptors: Scores, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Secondary School Students
Woodcock, Stuart; Howard, Steven J.; Ehrich, John – School Psychology, 2020
Standardized testing is ubiquitous in educational assessment, but questions have been raised about the extent to which these test scores accurately reflect students' genuine knowledge and skills. To more rigorously investigate this issue, the current study employed a within-subject experimental design to examine item format effects on primary…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Test Items, Test Format
Hudson, Ross D.; Treagust, David F. – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2013
Background: This study developed from observations of apparent achievement differences between male and female chemistry performances in a state university entrance examination. Male students performed more strongly than female students, especially in higher scores. Apart from the gender of the students, two other important factors that might…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Entrance Examinations, State Universities, Gender Differences
Filipi, Anna – Language Testing, 2012
The Assessment of Language Competence (ALC) certificates is an annual, international testing program developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research to test the listening and reading comprehension skills of lower to middle year levels of secondary school. The tests are developed for three levels in French, German, Italian and…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, Item Response Theory, Statistical Analysis, Foreign Countries

Styles, Irene; Andrich, David – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1993
This paper describes the use of the Rasch model to help implement computerized administration of the standard and advanced forms of Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM), to compare relative item difficulties, and to convert scores between the standard and advanced forms. The sample consisted of 95 girls and 95 boys in Australia. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education