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Download full textBen Seipel; Sarah E. Carlson; Virginia Clinton-Lisell; Mark L. Davison; Patrick C. Kennedy – Grantee Submission, 2022
Originally designed for students in Grades 3 through 5, MOCCA (formerly the Multiple-choice Online Causal Comprehension Assessment), identifies students who struggle with comprehension, and helps uncover why they struggle. There are many reasons why students might not comprehend what they read. They may struggle with decoding, or reading words…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Diagnostic Tests, Reading Tests
Powers, Sonya; Li, Dongmei; Suh, Hongwook; Harris, Deborah J. – ACT, Inc., 2016
ACT reporting categories and ACT Readiness Ranges are new features added to the ACT score reports starting in fall 2016. For each reporting category, the number correct score, the maximum points possible, the percent correct, and the ACT Readiness Range, along with an indicator of whether the reporting category score falls within the Readiness…
Descriptors: Scores, Classification, College Entrance Examinations, Error of Measurement
Lee, Eunjung; Lee, Won-Chan; Brennan, Robert L. – College Board, 2012
In almost all high-stakes testing programs, test equating is necessary to ensure that test scores across multiple test administrations are equivalent and can be used interchangeably. Test equating becomes even more challenging in mixed-format tests, such as Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) Exams, that contain both multiple-choice and constructed…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Interpretation, Test Norms, Test Reliability
Subkoviak, Michael J. – 1985
Current methods of obtaining reliability coefficients for mastery tests are laborious from a practitioner's perspective. Some methods require two test administrations; while others require access to computer facilities and/or advanced measurement and statistical procedures. This report provides tables from which practitioners can read such…
Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), Mastery Tests, Statistical Studies, Tables (Data)
Understanding the Scores: Hearing-Impaired Students and the Stanford Achievement Test (7th Edition).
Allen, Thomas E. – 1986
This manual summarizes technical information regarding the 1982 Stanford Achievement Test, Seventh Edition when administered to hearing-impaired students. In Section 1, the procedures used to select the norming sample (7,557 hearing-impaired students) are described, and the demographic characteristics of the resulting sample are compared to those…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Differences, Hearing Impairments, Multiple Disabilities
Belcher, Marcia J. – 1991
In 1991, a study was conducted of Miami-Dade Community College students' classroom experiences. The process involved randomly selecting one section for each full-time faculty member and administering the surveys prior to the final course withdrawal date. Surveys were returned from 640 sections (84% of those initially selected), and responses were…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Community Colleges, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
PDF pending restorationAssociation of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1977
The manual was designed to aid members of admissions committees in the use of the new Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) for the selection of applicants, and to familiarize health professions advisors and other groups of the basic characteristics of the test and its selection and counseling functions. The first chapter includes a rationale for…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admission (School), College Entrance Examinations, Competitive Selection
Atkinson, Leslie – 1990
Three tables are provided to aid in the clinical interpretation of factor scores for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R; 1981). The factor structure of the WAIS-R has proven to be robust across samples, tests, time, statistical analyses, measurement scales, and distortions of the distribution. Information necessary to make…
Descriptors: Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Error of Measurement
Haertzen, C.A. – 1974
The Addiction Research Center Inventory is a 550 item multipurpose test measuring the broad range of physical, emotive, cognitive, and subjective effects of drugs. This manual provides technical information concerning 38 most valid scales, a quantitative method for characterizing the similarity of a profile of scores for the subject, group, or…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Classification, Criminals
Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, Bureau of Educational Research. – 1982
Survey results have suggested that, while teachers like to have test information available, most do not have great skill or consistency in interpreting test score data. Teachers who consider a certain type of test very valuable or useful are less likely to question the accuracy of the scores than are teachers who consider a test to be of little…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Attitude Change, Decision Making, Educational Research
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1984
The Florida Teacher Certification Examination (FTCE) is based upon selected competencies that have been identified as minimal entry-level skills for prospective teachers. A description is given of the four subtests which make up the FTCE: (1) writing--essay on general topics; (2) reading--multiple choice "cloze" procedure on general…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Measurement Techniques, Minimum Competency Testing
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1983
The Florida Teacher Certification Examination (FTCE) is based upon selected competencies that have been identified as minimal entry-level skills for prospective teachers. A description is given of the four subtests which make up the FTCE: (1) writing--essay on general topics; (2) reading--multiple choice "cloze" procedure on general…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Measurement Techniques, Minimum Competency Testing
