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Download full textBraun, Henry I.; And Others – 1989
The use of constructed response items in large scale standardized testing has been hampered by the costs and difficulties associated with obtaining reliable scores. The advent of expert systems may signal the eventual removal of this impediment. This study investigated the accuracy with which expert systems could score a new, non-multiple choice…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Constructed Response, Expert Systems, High School Seniors
Stricker, Lawrence J. – College Entrance Examination Board, 1998
Steele and Aronson (1995) found that the performance of African-American subjects on test items portrayed as a problem-solving task, in a laboratory experiment, was adversely affected when they were asked about their ethnicity. This outcome was attributed to "stereotype threat". Performance was disrupted by the subjects' concerns about…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Ethnic Groups, Test Items, Problem Solving
