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The Feasibility of Using Item Response Theory as a Psychometric Model for the GRE Aptitude Test.

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Kingston, Neal M.; Dorans, Neil J. – 1982

The feasibility of using item response theory (IRT) as a psychometric model for the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Aptitude Test was addressed by assessing the reasonableness of the assumptions of item response theory for GRE item types and examinee populations. Items from four forms and four administrations of the GRE Aptitude Test were…

Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Latent Trait Theory

Research Leading to the Revision of the Format of the Graduate Record Examinations Aptitude Test in October 1981.

Wild, Cheryl L.; And Others – 1982

The research leading to the decisions to revise the Graduate Record Examination Aptitude Test (GRE) (beginning in October 1981) is reviewed. The issues discussed include the format of the test (the timing of each section and the number of sections, the content of the sections--especially the analytical section), the scoring procedure for the GRE,…

Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Equated Scores, Graduate Study

Standardized Tests Used for Higher Education Admission and Placement in California during 1986. The Second in a Series of Annual Reports Published in Accordance with Senate Bill 1758 (Chapter 1505, Statutes of 1984). Commission Report 87-13.

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California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1987

A report on tests used by California undergraduate institutions and by graduate and professional schools is presented by the California Postsecondary Education Commission. Information is provided on five tests used by undergraduate colleges: the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, the Scholastic…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, College Admission