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Peer reviewedBielinski, John; Davison, Mark L. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2001
Used mathematics achievement data from the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress, the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, and the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 to examine the sex difference by item difficulty interaction. The predicted negative correlation was found for all eight populations and was…
Descriptors: Correlation, Difficulty Level, Interaction, Mathematics Tests
Download full textNickerson, Raymond S. – 1986
A number of higher order cognitive skills are used in the task of evaluating arguments. Such skills should be assessed because the ability to evaluate arguments is an important one in all subject areas. In addition, it seems reasonable to assume that these evaluative skills will be representative of those required by other cognitively demanding…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Critical Thinking, Difficulty Level, Discourse Analysis
Burton, Nancy W.; And Others – 1976
Assessment exercises (items) in three different formats--multiple-choice with an "I don't know" (IDK) option, multiple-choice without the IDK, and open-ended--were placed at the beginning, middle and end of 45-minute assessment packages (instruments). A balanced incomplete blocks analysis of variance was computed to determine the biasing…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Difficulty Level, Educational Assessment, Guessing (Tests)
Martinez, Michael E. – 1990
In contrast to multiple-choice test questions, figural response items call for constructed responses and rely upon figural material, such as illustrations and graphs, as the response medium. Figural response questions in various science domains were created and administered to a sample of 347 fourth, 365 eighth, and 322 twelfth graders. Data were…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Constructed Response, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education
Womer, Frank B. – 1970
National Assessment is a data gathering project designed to provide information, in ten subject areas, about knowledge, skills, understandings and attitudes of young people in this country, and to assess changes in these variables over time. The data is collected and reported at the item level. Each exercise was developed with emphasis on content…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Change, Attitudes, Citizenship
Pearson, P. David; Garavaglia, Diane R. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2003
The purpose of this essay is to explore both what is known and what needs to be learned about the information value of performance items "when they are used in large scale assessments." Within the context of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), there is substantial motivation for answering these questions. Over the…
Descriptors: Measurement, National Competency Tests, Test Items, Performance
