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A Study of General Cognitive Operations in Two Achievement Test Batteries and Their Relationship to Item Difficulty.

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Marzano, Robert J.; Jesse, Daniel M. – 1987

In this study 6,942 items from two standardized achievement test batteries--the Stanford (Early School Achievement Battery, Achievement Battery, and Test of Academic Skills) and the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills--were analyzed. Focus was on determining: (1) the extent to which these test batteries included general cognitive operations (GCOs)…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis

Use of Three-Parameter Item Response Theory in the Development of CTBS, Form U, and TCS.

Yen, Wendy M. – 1982

The three-parameter logistic model discussed was used by CTB/McGraw-Hill in the development of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, Form U (CTBS/U) and the Test of Cognitive Skills (TCS), published in the fall of 1981. The development, standardization, and scoring of the tests are described, particularly as these procedures were influenced by…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bayesian Statistics, Cognitive Processes, Data Collection