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Download full textRubin, Lois S.; Mott, David E. W. – 1984
An investigation of the effect on the difficulty value of an item due to position placement within a test was made. Using a 60-item operational test comprised of 5 subtests, 60 items were placed as experimental items on a number of spiralled test forms in three different positions (first, middle, last) within the subtest composed of like items.…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Item Analysis, Minimum Competency Testing, Reading Tests
Melican, Gerald J.; And Others – 1987
The effects of feedback about the ratings of other judges on subsequent ratings using the Nedelsky method and the ability of judges to retain or eliminate options in a manner consistent with the judgments of minimally competent examinees were studied using data from a basic algebra examination administered to 227 college students in 1987. The…
Descriptors: Certification, College Students, Cutting Scores, Difficulty Level
Peer reviewedPlake, Barbara S.; Melican, Gerald J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1989
The impact of overall test length and difficulty on the expert judgments of item performance by the Nedelsky method were studied. Five university-level instructors predicting the performance of minimally competent candidates on a mathematics examination were fairly consistent in their assessments regardless of length or difficulty of the test.…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Estimation (Mathematics), Evaluators, Higher Education
Davis, John N.; Moriel, James, Jr. – 1980
In order to compose equivalent certification tests in the basic skills in reading, mathematics calculations and applications, and writing for high school graduation requirements, the San Jose Unified School District, California, used the Rasch computer program to arrive at the scaled difficulty level of test items. The procedure for achieving a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Difficulty Level
Nassif, Paula M.; And Others – 1979
A procedure which employs a method of item substitution based on item difficulty is recommended for developing parallel criterion referenced test forms. This procedure is currently being used in the Florida functional literacy testing program and the Georgia teacher certification testing program. Reasons for developing parallel test forms involve…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level, Equated Scores, Functional Literacy
PDF pending restorationBauer, Ernest A.; And Others – 1979
The reading portion of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) was equated to the reading comprehension subtest of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) using the Rasch Model. Both tests were administered to 366 low achieving fourth grade students. MEAP was treated as both a 95-item test and a 19-item (number of objectives…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level, Educational Objectives
