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National Assessment Governing Board, 2017
Since 1973, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has gathered information about student achievement in mathematics. Results of these periodic assessments, produced in print and web-based formats, provide valuable information to a wide variety of audiences. They inform citizens about the nature of students' comprehension of the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 4
Troyan, Francis J.; Kaplan, Carolyn Shemwell – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
In response to the call for improving teacher candidates' familiarity with the assessment tasks and format of the edTPA (Hildebrandt & Swanson, 2014), this single case study investigated the reflective writing development of Jena, a K-12 Spanish teacher candidate, and her evolution in a pedagogy that focused on the development of writing two…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Teacher Certification
Irwin, Brian; Hepplestone, Stuart – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012
There have been calls in the literature for changes to assessment practices in higher education, to increase flexibility and give learners more control over the assessment process. This article explores the possibilities of allowing student choice in the format used to present their work, as a starting point for changing assessment, based on…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, College Students, Selection, Computer Assisted Testing
Hoffman, Lesa; Templin, Jonathan; Rice, Mabel L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2012
Purpose: The present work describes how vocabulary ability as assessed by 3 different forms of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT; Dunn & Dunn, 1997) can be placed on a common latent metric through item response theory (IRT) modeling, by which valid comparisons of ability between samples or over time can then be made. Method: Responses…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Format, Vocabulary, Comparative Analysis
Jordan, Sally – Computers & Education, 2012
Students were observed directly, in a usability laboratory, and indirectly, by means of an extensive evaluation of responses, as they attempted interactive computer-marked assessment questions that required free-text responses of up to 20 words and as they amended their responses after receiving feedback. This provided more general insight into…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Feedback (Response), Evaluation, Test Interpretation
Resing, Wilma C. M.; Xenidou-Dervou, Iro; Steijn, Wouter M. P.; Elliott, Julian G. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
We examined whether children would show different change-patterns in their strategy use when administered a number of series completion tasks that were presented within a dynamic testing format utilizing a graduated prompts approach. The role of working memory was also examined. An electronic console using tangible objects with sensors enabled the…
Descriptors: Testing, Short Term Memory, Training, Pretests Posttests
Jhangiani, Rajiv S. – Teaching of Psychology, 2016
The present study investigates the impact of participation in a peer assessment activity on subsequent academic performance. Students in two sections of an introductory psychology course completed a practice quiz 1 week prior to each of three course exams. Students in the experimental group participated in a five-step double-blind peer assessment…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation
Öztürk-Gübes, Nese; Kelecioglu, Hülya – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of dimensionality, common-item set format, and different scale linking methods on preserving equity property with mixed-format test equating. Item response theory (IRT) true-score equating (TSE) and IRT observed-score equating (OSE) methods were used under common-item nonequivalent groups design.…
Descriptors: Test Format, Item Response Theory, True Scores, Equated Scores
Zou, Xiao-Ling; Chen, Yan-Min – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2016
The effects of computer and paper test media on EFL test-takers with different computer familiarity in writing scores and in the cognitive writing process have been comprehensively explored from the learners' aspect as well as on the basis of related theories and practice. The results indicate significant differences in test scores among the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Test Format
Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F.; Wenner, Julianne A. – American Biology Teacher, 2014
We assessed the performance of students with a self-reported conflict between their religious belief and the theory of evolution in two sections of a large introductory biology course (N = 373 students). Student performance was measured through pretest and posttest evolution essays and multiple- choice (MC) questions (evolution-related and…
Descriptors: Evolution, Religion, Conflict, Beliefs
Price, Beth; Steinle, Vicki; Stacey, Kaye; Gvozdenko, Eugene – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
This study reports on the use of formative, diagnostic online assessments for the topic percentages. Two new item formats (drag-drop and slider) are described. About one-third of the school students (Years 7 to 9) could, using a slider, estimate "80% more than" a given length, in contrast with over two-thirds who could estimate "90%…
Descriptors: Computation, Mathematical Concepts, Formative Evaluation, Diagnostic Tests
Laborda, Jesús García; Martin-Monje, Elena – International Journal of English Studies, 2013
The current English section of the University Entrance Examination (PAU) has kept the same format for twenty years. The Bologna process has provided new reasons to vary its current format, since the majority of international reputed tests usually include oral sections with both listening and speaking tasks. Recently the Universidad de Alcalá…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, English (Second Language), College Entrance Examinations
Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Ysseldyke, James E.; Edwards, Lynn M. – Journal of Special Education, 2015
In 2005, to address concerns about students who might fall in the "gap" between the regular assessment and the alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS), the U.S. Department of Education announced that states could develop alternate assessments based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS). This article…
Descriptors: Policy Analysis, Academic Standards, Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating
Sato, Brian K.; He, Wenliang; Warschauer, Mark; Kadandale, Pavan – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2015
Undergraduate biology education is often viewed as being focused on memorization rather than development of students' critical-thinking abilities. We speculated that open-note testing would be an easily implemented change that would emphasize higher-order thinking. As open-note testing is not commonly used in the biological sciences and the…
Descriptors: Science Education, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Biology
De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2012
In this paper, we examine student success on three variants of a test item given in different representational formats (verbal, pictorial, and graphical), with an isomorphic problem statement. We confirm results from recent papers where it is mentioned that physics students' problem-solving competence can vary with representational format and that…
Descriptors: Physics, Problem Solving, Science Tests, Test Items