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Martin, Michael O., Ed.; von Davier, Matthias, Ed.; Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2020
The chapters in this online volume comprise the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center's technical report of the methods and procedures used to develop, implement, and report the results of TIMSS 2019. There were various technical challenges because TIMSS 2019 was the initial phase of the transition to eTIMSS, with approximately half the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Achievement Tests, International Assessment
Yüksel, Hidayet Suha; Gündüz, Nevin – Online Submission, 2017
The purpose of this study is to examine opinions of the instructors working in three different universities in Ankara regarding assessment in education and assessment methods they use in their courses within the summative assessment and formative assessment approaches. The population is formed by instructors lecturing in School of Physical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation, College Faculty
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Fauskanger, Janne; Mosvold, Reidar – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2012
The mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT) measures have become widely used among researchers both within and outside the U.S. Despite the apparent success, the MKT measures and underlying framework have been subject to criticism. The multiple-choice format of the items has been criticized, and some critics have suggested that opening up the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
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Pae, Tae-Il – Language Testing, 2012
This study tracked gender differential item functioning (DIF) on the English subtest of the Korean College Scholastic Aptitude Test (KCSAT) over a nine-year period across three data points, using both the Mantel-Haenszel (MH) and item response theory likelihood ratio (IRT-LR) procedures. Further, the study identified two factors (i.e. reading…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Academic Aptitude, Language Tests, Test Items
Pechenizkiy, Mykola; Trcka, Nikola; Vasilyeva, Ekaterina; van der Aalst, Wil; De Bra, Paul – International Working Group on Educational Data Mining, 2009
Traditional data mining techniques have been extensively applied to find interesting patterns, build descriptive and predictive models from large volumes of data accumulated through the use of different information systems. The results of data mining can be used for getting a better understanding of the underlying educational processes, for…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Methods, Computer Software, Computer Assisted Testing
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Pyle, Katie; Jones, Emily; Williams, Chris; Morrison, Jo – Educational Research, 2009
Background: All national curriculum tests in England are pre-tested as part of the development process. Differences in pupil performance between pre-test and live test are consistently found. This difference has been termed the pre-test effect. Understanding the pre-test effect is essential in the test development and selection processes and in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pretesting, Context Effect, National Curriculum