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Federico, Pat-Anthony – 1989
To determine the relative reliabilities and validities of paper-based and computer-based measurement procedures, 83 male student pilots and radar intercept officers were administered computer and paper-based tests of aircraft recognition. The subject matter consisted of line drawings of front, side, and top silhouettes of aircraft. Reliabilities…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Discriminant Analysis
Seda, Ileana – 1989
In response to the tradition of examining a new test's validity by comparing it with a well-established multiple-choice test, a study investigated whether multiple-choice tests with one right answer can measure the reading comprehension process as defined by constructivists. The study compared the information obtained from two different…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Grade 3
Moon, Russ – 1988
Since the emergence of the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) there have been calls for improved methods of assessing economics. Oral assessment has been suggested as a possible technique and this study investigated whether it might be used to allow students to demonstrate achievement in GCSE economics. The empirical study compared…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Economics Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Research. – 1988
The North Carolina Test of Algebra II was developed for use as an achievement test following the completion of the Algebra II course of study. Its design serves two purposes: (1) a normative measure of student achievement; and (2) an objective-based measurement of curriculum coverage. The test's curricular validity, content validity, instructional…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Algebra, Curriculum Evaluation, Mathematics Achievement
Baker, Eva L.; O'Neil, Harold F. – 1985
This paper presents a discussion of outcome assessment that puts into context how measurement has evolved to its present state. Several types of testing and assessment options are considered against a background of validity. Criterion-referenced measurement is discussed extensively in terms of history, field study, identity problems, intellectual…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1981
The purpose of this released exercise set is to provide easy access to released exercises from the reading/literature assessment conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in 1979-80. Exercises were used to assess the attainments of samples of 9 year olds, 13 year olds and 17 year olds. Upon this basis, generalizations…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Objectives, Multiple Choice Tests
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Bureau of Research, Planning, and Evaluation. – 1981
The "Education Evaluation and Remedial Assistance" section 10-14n of the Connecticut General Statutes, requires that the State Board of Education administer an annual statewide proficiency examination in basic reading, language arts, and mathematic skills to all ninth-grade students. This report describes the development of the test and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Grade 9, Junior High Schools
O'Reilly, Patrick A.; And Others – 1980
After introductory material examining student skepticism toward testing and outlining the major problems encountered by instructors in test construction and grading, this monograph explores the optimum use of testing and performance evaluations in competency-based vocational education programs. Background information is then presented, including…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Evaluation Methods, Grades (Scholastic)
Bolden, Bernadine J.; Stoddard, Ann – 1980
This study examined the effect of two ways of question phrasing as related to three styles of expository writing on the test performance of elementary school children. Multiple-choice questions were developed for sets of passages which were written using three different syntactic structures; and which had different levels of difficulty. The…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Kernel Sentences, Multiple Choice Tests
Wiener, Harvey S. – Writing Program Administration Journal, 1986
Suggests that the current tests for writers form a paradigm for how other liberal studies faculties can shape assessment programs that reflect the important tenets of their disciplines, because these tests have grown from sound academic principles, rather than from the expediencies of budget offices, campus testing services, or legislative…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Liberal Arts, Postsecondary Education

Budescu, David V.; Nevo, Baruch – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1985
The proportionality model assumes that total testing time is proportional to the number of test items and the number of options per multiple choice test item. This assumption was examined, using test items having from two to five options. The model was not supported. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Item Analysis

Kinicki, Angelo J.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1985
Using both the Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales (BARS) and the Purdue University Scales, 727 undergraduates rated 32 instructors. The BARS had less halo effect, more leniency error, and lower interrater reliability. Both formats were valid. The two tests did not differ in rate discrimination or susceptibility to rating bias. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, College Faculty, Comparative Testing, Higher Education

Dwyer, Carol A. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 1986
A study of undergraduate students investigated whether different rehearsal strategies are more effective in facilitating achievement, whether certain rehearsal strategies require learners to spend more time interacting with instructional content, and whether verbal or visual testing requires students to spend more time processing and responding to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Criterion Referenced Tests, Higher Education

Peled, Zimra – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
The multifaceted structure of sentence-completion test items was analyzed to explain verbal comprehension. The three stimulus constituents were technical, logical-semantic, and associative-contextual. Guttman's facet and order theories and smallest space analysis were used. Results confirmed the multiple skills involved in solving these tasks.…
Descriptors: Constructed Response, Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Higher Education
Sireci, Stephen G.; Foster, David F.; Robin, Frederic; Olsen, James – 1997
Evaluating the comparability of a test administered in different languages is a difficult, if not impossible, task. Comparisons are problematic because observed differences in test performance between groups who take different language versions of a test could be due to a difference in difficulty between the tests, to cultural differences in test…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Adults, Certification, Comparative Analysis