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Peer reviewedBoodoo, Gwyneth M. – Educational Horizons, 1993
Examination of the role of psychometrics in the development of multiple-choice tests and performance-based assessments and consideration of validity and reliability issues leads to this conclusion: Choice of assessments for instruction or large-scale accountability depends on which is more appropriate for the particular purposes. Taxonomic…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Classification, Multiple Choice Tests, Performance Based Assessment
Download full textHaladyna, Thomas M.; Downing, Steven M. – 1985
In this paper 45 item-writing rules for multiple-choice tests presented in textbooks on educational measurement in a previous study are identified. The current study presents a quantitative review of the literature with respect to the empirical and theoretical evaluation of these principles of item-writing. Fifty-six studies that addressed at…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Analysis, Multiple Choice Tests
Sugrue, Brenda – 1993
This report describes a methodology for increasing the validity and reliability of inferences made about the problem-solving ability of science students that is based on performance on different kinds of tests. The generalizable cognitive components of problem solving that might be targeted by assessment are described, and specifications are…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Educational Assessment, Inferences, Models
Cooper, Peter L. – 1984
Recent information from established testing programs was used to investigate the nature and limitations of essay and multiple-choice tests of writing ability, the statistical relationship of these types of tests, the performance of population subgroups on each, the possible need of different disciplines for different tests of composition skill,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Cost Effectiveness, Essay Tests, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedFrisbie, David A. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1992
Literature related to the multiple true-false (MTF) item format is reviewed. Each answer cluster of a MTF item may have several true items and the correctness of each is judged independently. MTF tests appear efficient and reliable, although they are a bit harder than multiple choice items for examinees. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Difficulty Level, Literature Reviews, Multiple Choice Tests
PDF pending restorationBaldauf, Richard B., Jr.; Propst, Ivan K., Jr. – 1979
The matching cloze format used in constructing the reading comprehension parts of the Micronesian Achievement Test Series (MATS) is described as a holistic approach which measures skills comparable to those needed by English as a second language students in actual reading situations. Kenneth Goodman's theory about the strategies used by good…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Taylor, Ronald D. – 1993
A review of the recent literature has yielded a number of concerns about the validity, reliability, cost, efficiency, generalizability, utility, and cultural sensitivity of performance based assessments. The resulting conclusion was that continuing the performance based assessment initiative should be rethought. Suggested alternatives included…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Cultural Awareness, Educational Assessment
