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Direct linkPasquale Anselmi; Jürgen Heller; Luca Stefanutti; Egidio Robusto; Giulia Barillari – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Competence-based test development (CbTD) is a novel method for constructing tests that are as informative as possible about the competence state (the set of skills an individual masters) underlying the item responses. If desired, the tests can also be minimal, meaning that no item can be eliminated without reducing their informativeness. To…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Test Construction, Test Length, Usability
Catts, Ralph – 1978
The reliability of multiple choice tests--containing different numbers of response options--was investigated for 260 students enrolled in technical college economics courses. Four test forms, constructed from previously used four-option items, were administered, consisting of (1) 60 two-option items--two distractors randomly discarded; (2) 40…
Descriptors: Answer Sheets, Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
