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The Contestant Perspective on Taking Tests: Emanations from the Statue within
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Dorans, Neil J. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2012
Views on testing--its purpose and uses and how its data are analyzed--are related to one's perspective on test takers. Test takers can be viewed as learners, examinees, or contestants. I briefly discuss the perspective of test takers as learners. I maintain that much of psychometrics views test takers as examinees. I discuss test takers as a…
Descriptors: Testing, Test Theory, Item Response Theory, Test Reliability
The Psychometric Characteristics of the GRE General Test for Three Handicapped Groups. Studies of Admissions Testing and Handicapped People.
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Bennett, Randy Elliot; And Others – 1986
The psychometric characteristics of the Graduate Record Examinations General Test (GRE-GT) were studied for three handicapped groups. Experimental subjects took the GRE-GT between October 1981 and June 1984; they include: (1) 151 visually-impaired students taking large-type, extended-time administrations; (2) 188 visually-impaired students taking…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Graduate Study, Higher Education
GRE Score Level, Test Completion, and Reliability for Visually Impaired, Physically Handicapped, and Nonhandicapped Groups.
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Bennett, Randy Elliot; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1987
This study examined the score level, extent of test completion, and test reliability for visually impaired, physically handicapped, and nonhandicapped groups taking the Graduate Record Examinations General Test. Results included the finding that performance of visually handicapped groups approximated that of nondisabled examinees, although…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Graduate Study
Item Difficulty Modeling of Paragraph Comprehension Items
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Gorin, Joanna S.; Embretson, Susan E. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2006
Recent assessment research joining cognitive psychology and psychometric theory has introduced a new technology, item generation. In algorithmic item generation, items are systematically created based on specific combinations of features that underlie the processing required to correctly solve a problem. Reading comprehension items have been more…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Test Items, Modeling (Psychology), Paragraph Composition