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Peer reviewedCheng, Tina T.; And Others – AEDS Journal, 1985
Presents a validation procedure for the Computer Literacy Examination: Cognitive Aspect, a test assessing high school students' computer literacy levels. Steps in the test's construction process are explained, data collected during its validation phase are analyzed, and conclusions on its validity and reliability are discussed. The final test…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Computer Literacy, Content Analysis, Difficulty Level
Elliott, William R.; And Others – 1983
A tool was devised to measure the perceived reality of television, an important variable in understanding how television influences an individual's perception of social reality. This was accomplished by using a research plan that allowed university subjects to generate the measures used for tapping the "reality" of television content.…
Descriptors: College Students, Content Analysis, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
McLarty, Joyce R. – 1984
In 1982-83, Riverside Unified School District (California) selected an achievement test to provide both norm- and criterion-referenced (dual objective) data for its achievement testing program. The test selection process was focused around eight evaluation aspects: prescreening of tests, content matching, instructional evaluation, processing…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Content Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives
Download full textPetry, John R. – 1985
The validation of Tennessee's Pre-Professional Skills Tests (PPST) is described. Panels of experts from teacher education institutions and local school districts performed the test item review, focusing on test validity and minimum requirements for admission to teacher education programs. Participants (136 teacher educators, 108 high school…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Competency Based Teacher Education, Content Analysis
Holmes, Susan E. – 1986
This research, conducted for California State Department of Education, is one component of a feasibility study focusing on ways to make the testing process more efficient by application of multi-purpose tests (MPT). MPT are designed, administered and scored to serve more than one purpose and to consolidate and unify testing programs as a partial…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Content Analysis, Correlation
Diamond, Esther E. – 1985
Studies of sex differences in test performance have identified the content of test items, the context in which they are set, and the constructs purportedly underlying the item as important variables influencing performance. Test content often reflects experiences that traditional social roles have discouraged women from exploring. Often, the item…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Content Analysis
