ERIC - Search Results

Descriptor

Criterion Referenced Tests	2
Test Length	2
Achievement Tests	1
Adaptive Testing	1
Basic Skills	1
Blacks	1
Classification	1
Comparative Analysis	1
Computer Assisted Testing	1
Computer Science Education	1
Cutting Scores	1
Decision Making	1
Ethnic Groups	1
Goodness of Fit	1
High Schools	1
Higher Education	1
Hispanic Americans	1
Hypothesis Testing	1
Item Analysis	1
Item Banks	1
Latent Trait Theory	1
Mastery Tests	1
Mathematical Models	1
Mathematics Tests	1
Minimum Competency Testing	1
More ▼

Source

Author

Frick, Theodore W.	1
Noble, Christopher S.	1

Publication Type

Reports - Research	2
Speeches/Meeting Papers	2

Education Level

Audience

Researchers

Location

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

Texas Assessment of Basic…	1
Texas Educational Assessment…	1

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing all 2 results Save | Export

An Investigation of the Validity of the Sequential Probability Ratio Test for Mastery Decisions in Criterion-Referenced Testing.

Download full text

Frick, Theodore W. – 1986

The sequential probability ratio test (SPRT), developed by Abraham Wald, is one statistical model available for making mastery decisions during computer-based criterion referenced tests. The predictive validity of the SPRT was empirically investigated with two different and relatively large item pools with heterogeneous item parameters. Graduate…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Classification, Comparative Analysis

Omit Rates on Criterion-Referenced Tests for Different Ethnic Groups: Implications for Large Scale Assessment.

Noble, Christopher S.; And Others – 1986

The relationship between item omission and item position on criterion-referenced tests in the Texas state assessment program is examined. Item statistics from the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) and Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) mathematics and reading tests from 1983 through 1985 are examined for three ethnic…

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Blacks, Criterion Referenced Tests, Ethnic Groups