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Hanson, Bradley A.; Bay, Luz; Loomis, Susan Cooper – 1998
Research studies using booklet classification were implemented by the American College Testing Program to investigate the linkage between the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Achievement Levels Descriptions and the cutpoints set to represent student performance with respect to the achievement levels. This paper describes the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classification, Cutting Scores, Discriminant Analysis
Sireci, Stephen G.; Fitzgerald, Cyndy; Xing, Dehui – 1998
Adapting credentialing examinations for international uses involves translating tests for use in multiple languages. This paper explores methods for evaluating construct equivalence and item equivalence across different language versions of a test. These methods were applied to four different language versions (English, French, German, and…
Descriptors: Credentials, Engineers, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Involving Faculty in the Assessment of General Education: A Case Study. AIR 1992 Annual Forum Paper.
Underwood, David G.; Nowaczyk, Ronald H. – 1992
This paper describes the experience of the Clemson University (South Carolina) faculty in choosing and administering a commercially available standardized test to assess general education at that institution. The paper emphasizes the importance of faculty involvement in the assessment of general education and its impact on the success of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Testing, Faculty College Relationship
Dowd, Steven B. – 1992
An alternative to multiple-choice (MC) testing is suggested as it pertains to the field of radiologic technology education. General principles for writing MC questions are given and contrasted with a new type of MC question, the alternate-choice (AC) question, in which the answer choices are embedded in the question in a short form that resembles…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Difficulty Level, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Powell, Janet L.; Gillespie, Cindy – 1990
Traditional tests fall into two categories, both of which have several advantages and disadvantages that need to be considered when determining the type of test to use. Constructed-response tests, such as essay tests, ask students to construct their own responses. Thus, students are required not only to recall but to organize and often apply…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests, Higher Education, Objective Tests
Freedman, Sarah Warshauer – 1991
Writing teachers and educators can add to information from large-scale testing and teachers can strengthen classroom assessment by creating a tight fit between large-scale testing and classroom assessment. Across the years, large-scale testing programs have struggled with a difficult problem: how to evaluate student writing reliably and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Informal Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials)
Terwilliger, James S. – 1991
This paper clarifies important distinctions in item writing and item scoring and considers the implications of these distinctions for developing guidelines related to test construction for training teachers. The terminology used to describe and classify paper and pencil test questions frequently confuses two distinct features of questions:…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Testing, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
Wild, Cheryl; Durso, Robin – 1979
This study investigates the effects of increasing the test time to reduce the speededness of the verbal and quantitative experimental sections of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude Test. In December 1976, at approximately 550 domestic test centers, 20- and 30-minute versions of a verbal experimental test and of a quantitative…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Quantitative Tests, Racial Bias
Lance, Charles E.; Moomaw, Michael E. – 1983
Direct assessments of the accuracy with which raters can use a rating instrument are presented. This study demonstrated how surplus behavioral incidents scaled during the development of Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales (BARS) can be used effectively in the evaluation of the newly developed scales. Construction of scenarios of hypothetical…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Comparative Analysis, Error of Measurement, Evaluation Criteria
Stansfield, Charles W. – 1990
The IDEA Oral Language Proficiency Test (IPT II), an individually-administered measure of speaking and listening proficiency in English as a Second Language designed for secondary school students, is described and discussed. The test consists of 91 items and requires 5-25 minutes to administer. Raw scores are converted to one of seven proficiency…
Descriptors: Classification, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Osborne, Robert H. – 1983
A study of general student performance in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland undertaken in 1975 is described, and efforts toward developing a new system of school-leaving examinations are discussed. The study was designed to assess existing student evaluation instruments, create new evaluation techniques and instruments, promote cooperation…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Foreign Countries, Language Tests, National Surveys
Cohen, Andrew D. – 1987
Current issues in the literature on the testing of linguistic and communicative proficiency are reviewed and discussed in relation to reading comprehension testing. Several theoretical issues in language testing are discussed, including testing purposes and test validity. Areas of concern regarding methods of testing reading comprehension are then…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Testing, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Portland Community Coll., OR. – 1985
This module contains resource materials to help vocational education teachers construct effective written tests. (The materials supplement the videotape on "Written Test Construction.") Materials in the packet include guidelines for developing written tests in general and specific guidelines for the five major types of test items, brief…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Item Analysis, Learning Modules, Postsecondary Education
Gulliksen, Harold – 1985
This article presents the perspective that the quality of teacher-made, small classroom tests has not improved, and may have declined in recent years. This decline may be due to the fact that teachers have come to believe that the kinds of objective items used in national standardized tests are the only item types appropriate for classroom use.…
Descriptors: Adults, Classroom Techniques, Educational Testing, Educational Trends
Shaughnessy, Michael F.; Reif, Laurie – 1984
Three experiments were conducted in order to clarify the encoding/retrieval dilemma in older adult students; and the recognition/recall test issue was also explored. First, a mnemonic technique based on the "key word" method of Funk and Tarshis was used; secondly, a semantic processing task was tried; and lastly, a repetition task, based…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Encoding (Psychology), Higher Education