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Hung Tan Ha; Duyen Thi Bich Nguyen; Tim Stoeckel – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2025
This article compares two methods for detecting local item dependence (LID): residual correlation examination and Rasch testlet modeling (RTM), in a commonly used 3:6 matching format and an extended matching test (EMT) format. The two formats are hypothesized to facilitate different levels of item dependency due to differences in the number of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Tests, Test Items, Item Analysis
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Mustafa Ilhan; Nese Güler; Gülsen Tasdelen Teker; Ömer Ergenekon – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2024
This study aimed to examine the effects of reverse items created with different strategies on psychometric properties and respondents' scale scores. To this end, three versions of a 10-item scale in the research were developed: 10 positive items were integrated in the first form (Form-P) and five positive and five reverse items in the other two…
Descriptors: Test Items, Psychometrics, Scores, Measures (Individuals)
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Natalja Menold; Vera Toepoel – Sociological Methods & Research, 2024
Research on mixed devices in web surveys is in its infancy. Using a randomized experiment, we investigated device effects (desktop PC, tablet and mobile phone) for six response formats and four different numbers of scale points. N = 5,077 members of an online access panel participated in the experiment. An exact test of measurement invariance and…
Descriptors: Online Surveys, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Test Reliability
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Susan K. Johnsen – Gifted Child Today, 2024
The author provides a checklist for educators who are selecting technically adequate tests for identifying and referring students for gifted education services and programs. The checklist includes questions related to how the test was normed, reliability and validity studies as well as questions related to types of scores, administration, and…
Descriptors: Test Selection, Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Test Validity
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Tugra Karademir Coskun; Ayfer Alper – Digital Education Review, 2024
This study aims to examine the potential differences between teacher evaluations and artificial intelligence (AI) tool-based assessment systems in university examinations. The research has evaluated a wide spectrum of exams including numerical and verbal course exams, exams with different assessment styles (project, test exam, traditional exam),…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Visual Aids, Video Technology, Tests
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Wim J. van der Linden; Luping Niu; Seung W. Choi – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2024
A test battery with two different levels of adaptation is presented: a within-subtest level for the selection of the items in the subtests and a between-subtest level to move from one subtest to the next. The battery runs on a two-level model consisting of a regular response model for each of the subtests extended with a second level for the joint…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Test Construction, Test Format, Test Reliability
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Celeste Combrinck – SAGE Open, 2024
We have less time and focus than ever before, while the demand for attention is increasing. Therefore, it is no surprise that when answering questionnaires, we often choose to strongly agree or be neutral, producing problematic and unusable data. The current study investigated forced-choice (ipsative) format compared to the same questions on a…
Descriptors: Likert Scales, Test Format, Surveys, Design
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Laura A. Outhwaite; Pirjo Aunio; Jaimie Ka Yu Leung; Jo Van Herwegen – Educational Psychology Review, 2024
Successful early mathematical development is vital to children's later education, employment, and wellbeing outcomes. However, established measurement tools are infrequently used to (i) assess children's mathematical skills and (ii) identify children with or at-risk of mathematical learning difficulties. In response, this pre-registered systematic…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Screening Tests, Mathematics Skills, At Risk Students
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Fitria Lafifa; Dadan Rosana – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2024
This research goal to develop a multiple-choice closed-ended test to assessing and evaluate students' digital literacy skills. The sample in this study were students at MTsN 1 Blitar City who were selected using a purposive sampling technique. The test was also validated by experts, namely 2 Doctors of Physics and Science from Yogyakarta State…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Student Evaluation, Digital Literacy, Multiple Choice Tests
New York State Education Department, 2024
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has a partnership with NWEA for the development of the 2024 Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Tests. Teachers from across the State work with NYSED in a variety of activities to ensure the validity and reliability of the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP). The 2024 Grades 6 and 7 English Language…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Format, Language Arts, English Instruction
New York State Education Department, 2024
The instructions in this manual explain the responsibilities of school administrators for the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP) Grades 3-8 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Grades 5 & 8 Science Tests. School administrators must be thoroughly familiar with the contents of the manual, and the policies and procedures must be followed…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Language Arts, Mathematics Tests, Science Tests
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Patrick Kyllonen; Amit Sevak; Teresa Ober; Ikkyu Choi; Jesse Sparks; Daniel Fishtein – ETS Research Report Series, 2024
Assessment refers to a broad array of approaches for measuring or evaluating a person's (or group of persons') skills, behaviors, dispositions, or other attributes. Assessments range from standardized tests used in admissions, employee selection, licensure examinations, and domestic and international large-scale assessments of cognitive and…
Descriptors: Assessment Literacy, Testing, Test Bias, Test Construction