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Simpson, Mary; Arnold, Brian – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1983
Suggests that failure to learn is often the result of inappropriateness of level of instruction and deficiencies in instructional procedures and educational strategies, and differentiates between the functions of criterion referenced tests and diagnostic tests. Results are reported from two studies of the teaching of osmosis and photosynthesis.…
Descriptors: Biology, Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Teaching, Diagnostic Tests
Mitchell, Alison C. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1982
Describes a Scottish project--"School-based assessment using item banking"--investigating the feasibility of producing computer-based test marking and reporting facilities. Teachers would construct their own tests from item banks and carry out diagnostic assessment and criterion-referenced measurement to evaluate students with SCRIBE, a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Programs, Criterion Referenced Tests
Haksar, Lucy – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1983
Describes design of an item bank for use with lower ability mathematics students in Scottish secondary schools. Aspects of bank usage discussed include raw score translation to measures on validated scales, test design for various purposes, and ways of recording and analyzing results. Test examples with corresponding outputs are given. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries