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Direct linkTaherbhai, Husein; Seo, Daeryong; Bowman, Trinell – British Educational Research Journal, 2012
Literature in the United States provides many examples of no difference in student achievement when measured against the mode of test administration i.e., paper-pencil and online versions of the test. However, most of these researches centre on "regular" students who do not require differential teaching methods or different evaluation…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Statistical Analysis, Teaching Methods, Test Format
Sparfeldt, Jorn R.; Kimmel, Rumena; Lowenkamp, Lena; Steingraber, Antje; Rost, Detlef H. – Educational Assessment, 2012
Multiple-choice (MC) reading comprehension test items comprise three components: text passage, questions about the text, and MC answers. The construct validity of this format has been repeatedly criticized. In three between-subjects experiments, fourth graders (N[subscript 1] = 230, N[subscript 2] = 340, N[subscript 3] = 194) worked on three…
Descriptors: Test Items, Reading Comprehension, Construct Validity, Grade 4
Peer reviewedDavis-Dorsey, Judy; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
The impact of personalizing mathematical word problems and rewording them for explicitness was tested with 68 second and 59 fifth graders. Second graders benefited from personalization and rewording in combination; fifth graders benefited from personalization, not rewording. Personalization makes problems more motivating and easier to represent…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adaptive Testing, Age Differences, Comparative Testing
Clarke, S. C. T.; And Others – 1977
To compare achievement standards of 1977 with those of 1956, three tests were administered in their original form to all third graders in a large school district. Approximately 3500 students in 1956 and 4500 in 1977 were administered the California Achievement Tests, the California Short Form Tests of Mental Maturity, and the Gates Advanced…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Arithmetic
Download full textNorthern Territory Dept. of Education, Darwin (Australia). – 1992
This report contains details of the results of the Primary Assessment Program conducted in 1991 in urban and non-urban schools in the Northern Territory of Australia. The assessment program, conducted annually at years 5 and 7 in urban schools and at ages 10 years and above in non-urban schools, monitors achievement in English and mathematics. In…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing
