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van der Linden, Wim J. – Evaluation in Education: International Progress, 1982
In mastery testing a linear relationship between an optimal passing score and test length is presented with a new optimization criterion. The usual indifference zone approach, a binomial error model, decision errors, and corrections for guessing are discussed. Related results in sequential testing and the latent class approach are included. (CM)
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Educational Testing, Mastery Tests, Mathematical Models
Multiple Choice and True/False Tests: Reliability Measures and Some Implications of Negative Marking
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Direct linkBurton, Richard F. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2004
The standard error of measurement usefully provides confidence limits for scores in a given test, but is it possible to quantify the reliability of a test with just a single number that allows comparison of tests of different format? Reliability coefficients do not do this, being dependent on the spread of examinee attainment. Better in this…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Error of Measurement, Test Reliability, Test Items
