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Ferrara, Steve; Perie, Marianne; Johnson, Eugene – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2008
Psychometricians continue to introduce new approaches to setting cut scores for educational assessments in an attempt to improve on current methods. In this paper we describe the Item-Descriptor (ID) Matching method, a method based on IRT item mapping. In ID Matching, test content area experts match items (i.e., their judgments about the knowledge…
Descriptors: Test Results, Test Content, Testing Programs, Educational Testing
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Frey, Andreas; Carstensen, Claus H. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2009
On a general level, the objective of diagnostic classifications models (DCMs) lies in a classification of individuals regarding multiple latent skills. In this article, the authors show that this objective can be achieved by multidimensional adaptive testing (MAT) as well. The authors discuss whether or not the restricted applicability of DCMs can…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Test Items, Classification, Psychometrics
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Sutton, Rosemary E. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 1997
Considers equity issues of highstakes tests conducted by computer, including whether this new form of assessment actually helps level the playing field for students or represents a new cycle of assessment inequality. Two computer tests are assessed: Praxis I: Academic Skills Assessment; and the computerized version of the Graduate Record…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
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Mitchell, James V., Jr. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1988
Applications of Oscar K. Buros' values and convictions to current developments in measurement are considered. Biographical information and Buros' personal philosophy on applied measurement are discussed. The Buros tradition refocuses evaluators' attention on the implications of their work for the end users of measurement results--test users and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Assessment, Educational Philosophy, Educational Researchers
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Rose, David, Ed.; Dolan, Bob – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2000
This article discusses some of the limitations of current educational assessment and how application of universal design for learning (UDL) concepts can improve assessment accuracy and its applicability to instruction. Benefits of UDL are described and include allowing for multiple means of representation and expression, and multiple means of…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Computer Assisted Testing, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Reckase, Mark D. – 1986
The current technology of computerized testing is discussed, and a few comments are made on how such technology might be used for assessing school-related skills as part of the National Assessment of Educational progress (NAEP). The critical feature of computerized assessment procedures is that the test items are presented in interactive fashion,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Disabilities
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Kiefer-O'Donnell, Richard; Spooner, Fred – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2002
An introduction to a section on e-learning and effective pedagogy notes the explosive growth of instructional technology and the need for guiding principles in its application. It focuses on two areas: the instructional needs and anticipated outcomes for personnel preparation programs in special education and electronic student assessment.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities, Distance Education
Choppin, Bruce – Evaluation in Education: An International Review Series, 1985
The potential value of developing item banks that would both guarantee the quality of teacher-made examinations and allow for national comparison of student achievement is described. Use of Rasch model methods, rather than classical item analysis techniques, to calibrate the items for these banks is illustrated. (BS)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Matarazzo, Joseph D. – 1991
As spinoffs of the current revolution in the cognitive and neurosciences, clinical neuropsychologists in the 21st century will be employing biological tests of intelligence and cognition which record individual differences in brain functions at the neuromolecular, neurophysiologic, and neurochemical levels. Assessment of patients will focus more…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Tests
Jones, Calvin C. – 1986
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is compared to the two studies of the National Educational Longitudinal Studies (NELS) Program--the National Longitudinal Study of the Class of 1972 (resurveyed in 1973, 1974, 1976, and 1979) and the 1980 High School and Beyond study (partially resurveyed and retested in 1982). The third phase…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Data Collection
Helgeson, Stanley L. – 1992
Indicators of current issues and concerns in the assessment of science teaching and learning outcomes are discussed. The greatest public attention to science test scores is devoted to scores from assessments that are external to schools, including national assessments such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), international…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Computer Assisted Testing