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Direct linkHahn, William – Journal of Education for Business, 2019
This study is the first to explore how business core course review sessions impact standardized test results. A statistically significant improvement in students' overall scores of 16.5% was identified when core course reviews were conducted between Comprehensive Business Exam pre- and posttest dates. As a result, institutional results moved from…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Scores, Comparative Analysis
Bielinska-Kwapisz, Agnieszka; Brown, F. William – Journal of Education for Business, 2014
The publishers of the Major Field Test in Business (MFT-B), an assessment of learning instrument, provide a list of institutions utilizing the instrument and a table that allows for comparison of local MFT-B mean scores to those of other institutions. The absence of information regarding the comparison group's characteristics limits the validity…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Achievement Tests, Institutional Characteristics, Accreditation (Institutions)
Green, Jeffrey J.; Stone, Courtenay Clifford; Zegeye, Abera – Journal of Education for Business, 2014
Colleges and universities are being asked by numerous sources to provide assurance of learning assessments of their students and programs. Colleges of business have responded by using a plethora of assessment tools, including the Major Field Test in Business. In this article, the authors show that the use of the Major Field Test in Business for…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Student Evaluation, Accreditation (Institutions), Comparative Analysis
Download full textPhelps, Amy L.; Spangler, William E. – American Journal of Business Education, 2013
A standardized exam for program-level assessment can take the form of 1) a customized exam developed in-house by faculty and linked explicitly to program-level learning goals; or 2) a standardized exam developed externally by assessment experts and linked to a set of somewhat broader and more generalizable learning goals. This article discusses…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Standardized Tests, Business Administration Education, Undergraduate Students
Ling, Guangming – ETS Research Report Series, 2012
To assess the value of individual students' subscores on the Major Field Test in Business (MFT Business), I examined the test's internal structure with factor analysis and structural equation model methods, and analyzed the subscore reliabilities using the augmented scores method. Analyses of the internal structure suggested that the MFT Business…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Construct Validity, Structural Equation Models, Correlation
Ward, Chris; Yates, Dan; Song, Joon – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
This study examined the extent to which student engagement is associated with a traditional assessment of student knowledge. In this study, ETS Business Major Field Test (MFT) scores were compared to student's self-reported survey responses to specific questions on the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). Areas of the NSSE survey such as…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Learner Engagement, Business, Business Skills
