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Nathan Dadey; Brian Gong; Yun-Kyung Kim; Edynn Sato – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2024
"Through-year assessments" are assessments that are administered in multiple parts and at different times over the course of a school year that also produce summative scores that can be used with state accountability systems (Lorié et al., 2021; Dadey & Gong, 2023). These assessments are alternatively known as instructionally…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Time Perspective, Summative Evaluation
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Ersan, Ozge; Berry, Yufeng – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2023
The increasing use of computerization in the testing industry and the need for items potentially measuring higher-order skills have led educational measurement communities to develop technology-enhanced (TE) items and conduct validity studies on the use of TE items. Parallel to this goal, the purpose of this study was to collect validity evidence…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Multiple Choice Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Accountability
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Koljatic, Mladen; Silva, Mónica; Sireci, Stephen G. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2021
In this article we address the mounting criticism and rejection of standardized tests used in the selection of students for college or university education. Admission tests are being increasingly demonized in many parts of the world and many colleges and universities are dropping tests for selection purposes, claiming the tests are detrimental to…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Standardized Tests, Selection Criteria