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Samsa, Gregory – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2021
Objective: Our master's program in biostatistics requires a qualifying examination (QE). A curriculum review led us to question whether to replace a closed-book format with an open-book one. Our goal was to improve the QE. Methods: This is a case study and commentary, where we describe the evolution of the QE, both in its goals and its content.…
Descriptors: Testing, Cooperative Learning, Evaluation Methods, Test Format

Sudman, Seymour; Bradburn, Norman – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1984
Situations in which mailed questionnaires are most appropriate are identified. Population variables, characteristics of questionnaires, and social desirability variables are examined in depth. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation, Research Methodology
Llaneras, Robert E.; And Others – Performance and Instruction, 1993
Presents a job aid for determining test-item format called TIFAID (Test Item Format Job Aid), based on adequately constructed instructional objectives. The four sections of the job aid are described: (1) a task classification system; (2) task-related questions; (3) a flowchart; and (4) a tips and techniques guide. (Contains four references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Flow Charts
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1987
Compares test formats that may be used to measure student achievement levels in library media skills, including strengths and weaknesses of test items, ability levels required to answer items, and possible modifications to items. Different testing methods are also discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Bracey, Gerald W. – High School Magazine, 1993
Describes four criteria that can be used to evaluate methods of assessment: (1) "What are the consequences of using the test?" (2) "Is this assessment fair?" (3) "Do the skills and knowledge of this assessment transfer or generalize?" and (4) "Does this assessment cover cognitively complex task?" (KDP)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Evaluation Methods, High Schools, Performance Based Assessment

Stanislaw, Harold – Simulation and Games, 1986
Provides a framework for understanding the concept of validity and how it applies to simulation research. Extant tests of validity are discussed in terms of this framework, and a general schema for testing validity is proposed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Definitions
Kemerer, Richard; Wahlstrom, Merlin – Performance and Instruction, 1985
Compares the features, learning outcomes tested, reliability, viability, and cost effectiveness of essay tests with those of interpretive tests used in training programs. A case study illustrating how an essay test was converted to an interpretive test and pilot tested is included to illustrate the advantages of interpretive testing. (MBR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Essay Tests

Evans, Peter J. A. – English Quarterly, 1985
Describes efforts in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, British Columbia, New Brunswick, and Ontario to require actual samples of student writing on English performance tests. Includes a bibliography, a holistic marking scale, and an outline of criteria typical in analytic scoring. (EL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Holistic Evaluation, Student Evaluation
Stewart, E. Elizabeth – 1981
Context effects are defined as being influences on test performance associated with the content of successively presented test items or sections. Four types of context effects are identified: (1) direct context effects (practice effects) which occur when performance on items is affected by the examinee having been exposed to similar types of…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Data Collection, Error of Measurement, Evaluation Methods

Onore, Cynthia S. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Reviews the Stanford Writing Assessment Program that has three intended uses: district-wide survey of students' writing ability, diagnosis of classroom or district-wide instructional strengths and weaknesses, and staff development through training for administering and scoring of writing samples. Notes that of these uses, none is necessarily best…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Staff Development

Killoran, James – Social Education, 1992
Argues that multiple-choice tests, if correctly constructed, are still effective assessment tools. Focuses on constructing multiple-choice questions that address course content objectives but also require higher order thinking. Lists and defines concepts and curriculum objectives. Includes standard and database multiple-choice questions that offer…
Descriptors: Course Content, Critical Thinking, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Schoenfeld, Alan H. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2007
The authors of this volume's stimulus papers have taken on the challenge of developing measures of teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT). This task involves multiple decisions and considerations, including: (1) How does one specify the body of knowledge being assessed? What warrants are offered for those choices?; (2) How does one…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Psychometrics, Test Construction, Evaluation Research
Bunch, Michael B. – 1982
Research evidence relating to the utility of the RMC evaluation models of compensatory education employing non-normed tests is examined. The history and evolution of five early models into the current norm-referenced model utilizing a non-normed test (Model A2), non-normed versions of a comparison model (Model B2), and the regression model (Model…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Correlation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Milton, Ohmer – 1982
Educators are called upon to improve the quality of classroom tests to enhance the learning of content. Less faculty concern for tests than for other features of instruction, compounded by a lack of knowing how to assess different levels of learning with test questions that measure complex processes, appear to generate poor quality classroom…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Learning Activities
Shin, Ilsoon – Dialog on Language Instruction, 1997
Discusses student evaluation in foreign-language courses and argues that passing a multiple-choice test should not be a course objective. Suggests that achieving such an objective does not ensure that students understand the topic or that they will use their new knowledge in new situations, nor that they know how to analyze to the appropriate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Choice Tests
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