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Baker, Herbert George; And Others – 1990
Tailored Response Testing (TRT) is a new type of test that has demonstrated its applicability to the evaluation of human performance in a wide variety of occupations and work settings. The Navy is using TRT to measure the technical proficiency of job incumbents in three of its jobs. The methodology holds great promise for testing aboard ships as…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Evaluation Methods, Fire Fighters, Job Performance
Knapp, Deirdre J.; Pliske, Rebecca M. – 1986
A study was conducted to validate the Army's Computerized Adaptive Screening Test (CAST), using data from 2,240 applicants from 60 army recruiting stations across the nation. CAST is a computer-assisted adaptive test used to predict performance on the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT). AFQT scores are computed by adding four subtest scores of…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Adults, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing
Heller, Eric S.; Rife, Frank N. – 1987
The goal of this study was to assess the relative merit of various ranges and types of response scales in terms of respondent satisfaction and comfort and the nature of the elicited information in a population of seventh grade students. Three versions of an attitudinal questionnaire, each containing the same items but employing a different…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Comparative Testing, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
Virkkunen, Anu – 1990
A study investigated whether or not a discrete-item test of English affixes could be used to measure second language reading comprehension. Subjects were 1,254 mostly first-year university students in four academic departments studying to pass the first half of a foreign language requirement, an English reading comprehension test. Results from two…
Descriptors: Affixes, Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity, English (Second Language)
Ackerman, Terry – 1990
The issue of parallel forms is of paramount importance for producers of standardized tests. With increasing emphasis being placed on standardized test results it is necessary that each student achieve the same standard score regardless of the form he or she was administered. In the case of the American College Testing (ACT) Assessment Program,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, High School Students
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Trade and Industrial Education Instructional Materials Lab. – 1978
The Ohio Vocational Achievement Tests are specially designed instruments for use by teachers, supervisors, and administrators to evaluate and diagnose vocational achievement for improving instruction in secondary vocational programs at the 11th and 12th grade levels. This guide explains the Ohio Vocational Achievement Tests and how they are used.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, High Schools, Scoring Formulas
Stabler, Edward P., Jr. – 1986
A type of item used frequently in standardized testing involves the recognition of a sentence. Examples of such items are the sentence completion items, used in both the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), and the sentence correction items used in the Test of Standard Written English. Tests that contain such…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Language Processing, Linguistic Difficulty (Inherent)
Giauque, Gerald S. – 1985
The oral proficiency interview should be administered infrequently, but there are other measures than can be used between interviews to maintain oral proficiency and achievement as the organizing principles of instruction while placing fewer demands on the teacher/tester. One such measure is a semi-direct procedure that has two steps. First,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Audiolingual Skills, Audiotape Recordings, Dictation
Marshall, Sandra P. – 1986
Open-ended individually administered questions can ascertain whether students can reason about arithmetic problems. Free response test items are useful in assessing students' thought processes as they solve mathematics story problems. Since story problems do not state explicitly which arithmetic operations are required for solution, students must…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Measurement, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1986
The booklet presents the two-part Grade 12 Diploma Examination for the Social Studies 30 program. Part 1 consists of 70 multiple-choice questions worth 70% of the total score. Each question has four choices and students must choose the one which best completes the statement or answers the question. Many questions are based on narratives,…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, Graduation Requirements
Cook, Stuart S. – 1988
The effect of rating scale format (behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS) and Likert) and rater training on leniency and halo in student ratings of instruction was investigated. The subjects (N=269) were students enrolled in required courses at a graduate theological seminary in the southwestern United States. A repeated measures design…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, College Students, Higher Education, Institutional Research
Educational Improvement Center-Central, Princeton, NJ. – 1982
Designed to provide information about the Vocational Career Assessment Instruments Collection maintained at the New Jersey Occupational/Consumer Resource Center, this handbook contains a complete listing of the instruments in the test collection, a descriptive summary information sheet for each test, a list of test publisher information, and a…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Choice, Career Guidance, Catalogs
Livingston, Samuel A.; And Others – 1989
Combinations of five methods of equating test forms and two methods of selecting samples of students for equating were compared for accuracy. The two sampling methods were representative sampling from the population and matching samples on the anchor test score. The equating methods were: (1) the Tucker method; (2) the Levine method; (3) the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Equated Scores, High School Students
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)
Hogan, Thomas P. – 1986
This paper presents future interactions between curriculum and test content, particularly standardized achievement test content. Three topics are discussed in question-answer form. (1) Will standardized testing dictate the curriculum in the future? An analysis of major curriculum change indicates two changes in the past 25 years: a revolution…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Course Content, Curriculum, Educational Trends