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Download full textDorans, Neil J.; Kulick, Edward – 1983
A new approach to assessing unexpected differential item performance (item bias or item fairness) was developed and applied to the item responses of males and females to Scholastic Aptitude Test and Test of Standard Written English items administered operationally in December 1977. While the main body of the report describes the particulars of the…
Descriptors: Ability, College Entrance Examinations, Females, High Schools
Bliss, Leonard B. – 1982
A sample of slightly over 1,500 students from even-numbered grades in public schools of the U.S. Virgin Islands were given the 1973 edition of the Stanford Achievement Test (in grades 2, 4, 6, and 8) and the Test of Academic Skills (grades 10 and 12) in an attempt to assess student academic achievement in the basic skill areas of mathematics,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Difficulty Level
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1989
Mathematics 30 is a 12th-grade mathematics course for students in Alberta, Canada. This document is the final test for the course. Intended for administration during January 1989, it contains 45 multiple-choice questions, seven open-ended scannable questions, and three written-response questions. Two and one-half hours are allowed for completing…
Descriptors: Algebra, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, High Schools
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1989
Mathematics 30 is a 12th-grade mathematics course for students in Alberta, Canada. This document is the alternate form for the final test for the course. Intended for administration during January 1989, it contains 45 multiple-choice questions, seven open-ended scannable questions, and three written-response questions. Two and one-half hours are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algebra, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
Terwilliger, James S.; And Others – 1989
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) in Physics was analyzed as a specific indicator of learning outcomes in that undergraduate major. Textbooks were selected as a measure of curriculum content. A representative sample of colleges and universities (n=59) responded to questions about physics courses and textbooks and the existence of a graduate…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Content Validity, Course Content
Rocklin, Thomas – 1989
In self-adapted testing, examinees are allowed to choose the difficulty of each item to be presented immediately before attempting it. Previous research has demonstrated that self-adapted testing leads to better performance than do fixed-order tests and is preferred by examinees. The present study examined the strategies that 29 college students…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Attribution Theory, College Students, Computer Assisted Testing
Wise, Lauress L.; And Others – 1989
The effects of item position on item statistics were studied in a large set of data from tests of word knowledge (WK) and arithmetic reasoning (AR). Position effects on item response theory (IRT) parameter estimates and classical item statistics were also investigated. Data were collected as part of a project to refine the Army's Computerized…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Computer Assisted Testing, Item Analysis, Latent Trait Theory
Rikers, Jos H. A. N. – 1988
The process of writing test items is analyzed, and a blueprint is presented for an authoring system for test item writing to reduce invalidity and to structure the process of item writing. The developmental methodology is introduced, and the first steps in the process are reported. A historical review traces the advances made in the field and the…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Testing, Foreign Countries, Item Banks
Knol, Dirk L.; Berger, Martijn P. F. – 1988
Many multidimensional item response theory (IRT) models have been proposed. A comparison is made between the so-called full information models and the models that use only pairwise information. Three multidimensional models described are: (1) the compensatory model of R. D. Bock and M. Aitken (1981) using the computer program TESTFACT; (2) a model…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Factor Analysis
van der Linden, Wim J., Ed. – 1987
Four discussions of test construction based on item response theory (IRT) are presented. The first discussion, "Test Design as Model Building in Mathematical Programming" (T. J. J. M. Theunissen), presents test design as a decision process under certainty. A natural way of modeling this process leads to mathematical programming. General…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Assisted Testing, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
Perkins, Kyle; Duncan, Ann – 1987
An assessment analysis was performed to determine whether sets of items designed to measure three different subskills of reading comprehension of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBSs) did, in fact, distinguish among these subskills. The three major skills objectives were: (1) facts; (2) generalizations; and (3) inferences. Data from…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Elementary School Students, Functional Reading, Generalization
Melancon, Janet G.; Thompson, Bruce – 1988
Applied classical measurement theory was used to study the measurement characteristics of Forms A and B of the Finding Embedded Figures Test (FEFT) when the test is administered in a "no-guessing" or "supply" format. Data provided by 69 students at a private university in the southern United States were used. Both forms of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, Discriminant Analysis, Guessing (Tests)
Green, Donald Ross – 1985
The use of item banks and item response theory has resulted in new ways to misinterpret and misuse tests through customized, yet standardized, achievement test batteries. The new test batteries create the possibility of serious misunderstandings based on the idea that any subset of items from the pool with a proper range of difficulties will…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Item Banks, Latent Trait Theory
Gilmer, Jerry S. – 1987
The proponents of test disclosure argue that disclosure is a matter of fairness; the opponents argue that fairness is enhanced by score equating which is dependent on test security. This research simulated disclosure on a professional licensing examination by placing response keys to selected items in some examinees' records, and comparing their…
Descriptors: Adults, Answer Keys, Computer Simulation, Cutting Scores
Commons, C., Ed.; Martin, P., Ed. – 1982
Volume 1 of the Australian Chemistry Test Item Bank, consisting of two volumes, contains nearly 2000 multiple-choice items related to the chemistry taught in Year 11 and Year 12 courses in Australia. Items which were written during 1979 and 1980 were initially published in the "ACER Chemistry Test Item Collection" and in the "ACER…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Grade 11, Grade 12
