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Download full textBuser, Karen – 1996
Most seasoned test developers recognize the importance of thoughtful decision making when constructing a test. Unfortunately, many classroom achievement tests are created by novice test developed who have not received sufficient instruction in item writing (G. Gulliksen, 1986; R. J. Stiggins, 1991). The result is often a test that is poorly…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Evaluation Methods
Barrett, Michael J.; And Others – 1993
The Measurement and Evaluation Center of the University of Texas at Austin conducted a standard-setting study in 1991 to reassess the use of the College Board's Achievement Tests in mathematics, Level I and Level II for course placement and credit by examination in an elementary functions and coordinate geometry course. Students in 20 sections of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, College Students, Decision Making
