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Haney, Walt; Scott, Laurie – 1980
A pilot study was conducted on test item ambiguity in standardized tests. A group of second and third grade children were selected and given a random sample of items from four standardized test series. Items were drawn from the reading, science and social studies subtests and put together in a composite reading comprehension, science, and social…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Grade 2, Grade 3, Interviews
Yen, Wendy M. – 1982
The three-parameter logistic model discussed was used by CTB/McGraw-Hill in the development of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, Form U (CTBS/U) and the Test of Cognitive Skills (TCS), published in the fall of 1981. The development, standardization, and scoring of the tests are described, particularly as these procedures were influenced by…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bayesian Statistics, Cognitive Processes, Data Collection
Download full textFloden, Robert E.; And Others – 1978
The authors argue that personnel who select standardized achievement tests have been led to believe that the major achievement test batteries differ very little in terms of the topics they test; but that the content covered by these major tests is different, and that such differences have consequences for instructional content. To test this…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 4
Powers, Stephen; Gallas, Edwin J. – 1980
The general purposes of this study were to investigate the factorial validity of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS), Reading Comprehension subtest, and to study the item difficulties in order to determine areas of strengths and weaknesses of sixth and seventh grade Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I students. A sample of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
Yen, Wendy M. – 1979
Three test-analysis models were used to analyze three types of simulated test score data plus the results of eight achievement tests. Chi-square goodness-of-fit statistics were used to evaluate the appropriateness of the models to the four kinds of data. Data were generated to simulate the responses of 1,000 students to 36 pseudo-items by…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Correlation, Goodness of Fit, Item Analysis
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1985
The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, Expanded Edition (CTBS), was administered in 1984 to students in the District of Columbia Public Schools. This report includes: (1) an overview covering the purpose of testing, a description of the subject areas tested by the CTBS, and a glossary of technical terms; (2) a narrative and tabular summary of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Scott, Corinne C. – 1978
The results are presented of the validation study of reading and mathematics criterion referenced tests, administered to South Carolina students in grades 3, 6, and 8. This testing was mandated by state law to field test a competency based assessment program. The study was based on three activities: (1) test selection; (2) content validation; and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
