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Download full textLi, Sylvia; Meyer, Patrick – NWEA, 2019
This simulation study examines the measurement precision, item exposure rates, and the depth of the MAP® Growth™ item pools under various grade-level restrictions. Unlike most summative assessments, MAP Growth allows examinees to see items from any grade level, regardless of the examinee's actual grade level. It does not limit the test to items…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Item Banks, Test Items, Instructional Program Divisions
Peer reviewedDeane, Paul – ETS Research Report Series, 2014
This paper explores automated methods for measuring features of student writing and determining their relationship to writing quality and other features of literacy, such as reading rest scores. In particular, it uses the "e-rater"™ automatic essay scoring system to measure "product" features (measurable traits of the final…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Writing Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Writing Skills
Direct linkKuo, Che-Yu; Wu, Hsin-Kai; Jen, Tsung-Hau; Hsu, Ying-Shao – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
The potential of computer-based assessments for capturing complex learning outcomes has been discussed; however, relatively little is understood about how to leverage such potential for summative and accountability purposes. The aim of this study is to develop and validate a multimedia-based assessment of scientific inquiry abilities (MASIA) to…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Program Development, Program Validation, Test Construction
Schroeder, Sascha – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
This study investigated the reading behavior of 15-year-old students while reading texts and answering corresponding multiple-choice questions. The availability of the texts during question answering was manipulated experimentally. Allocation of resources to several cognitive processes at the word, sentence, and text level was measured by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Verbal Ability, Time
Wilson, Joshua; Olinghouse, Natalie G.; Andrada, Gilbert N. – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2014
The current study examines data from students in grades 4-8 who participated in a statewide computer-based benchmark writing assessment that featured automated essay scoring and automated feedback. We examined whether the use of automated feedback was associated with gains in writing quality across revisions to an essay, and with transfer effects…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Ability, Feedback (Response), Computer Mediated Communication
Hohlfeld, Tina N.; Ritzhaupt, Albert D.; Barron, Ann E. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2010
This article provides an overview of the development and validation of the Student Tool for Technology Literacy (ST[superscript 2]L). Developing valid and reliable objective performance measures for monitoring technology literacy is important to all organizations charged with equipping students with the technology skills needed to successfully…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Ability Grouping, Grade 8, Test Construction
