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Meike Akveld; George Kinnear – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
Many universities use diagnostic tests to assess incoming students' preparedness for mathematics courses. Diagnostic test results can help students to identify topics where they need more practice and give lecturers a summary of strengths and weaknesses in their class. We demonstrate a process that can be used to make improvements to a mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Test Items, Item Analysis

Snow, Catherine E.; And Others – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1995
Reports on a battery of oral language and early literacy tests, called the SHELL. Describes the tests, presents tasks and scoring system, and provides information about performance by participants in the Home-School Study of Language and Literacy Development. Descriptive, correlational, and predictive analyses based on SHELL-K (kindergarten) and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Grade 1, Kindergarten
Benderson, Albert, Ed. – Focus, 1988
The scores of handicapped students taking tests such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or the Graduate Record Examinations are flagged so that admissions officers will be aware that they were achieved under special circumstances. A series of studies was initiated to determine whether special administrations of such tests are comparable to…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, College Students