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Peer reviewedStone, Clement A. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1989
MicroCAT version 3.0--an integrated test development, administration, and analysis system--is reviewed in this first article of a series on testing software. A framework for comparing testing software is presented. The strength of this package lies in the development, banking, and administration of items composed of text and graphics. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Computer Software Reviews, Data Analysis
Peer reviewedHsu, Tse-chi; Yu, Lifa – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1989
How computers are used to analyze item data is reviewed, and the information that existing item-analysis programs provide is described. Summaries of studies comparing the performance of some of these packages reveal some of their current limitations. Emphasis is on the usefulness to educational practice of these packages. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education
Direct linkSkaggs, Gary – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2004
Research on psychometric methods is heavily dependent on software. The quality, availability, and documentation of such software are critical to the advancement of the field. In 2000, an ad hoc committee of NCME recommended that NCME adopt policies that promote greater availability and better documentation of software. This article follows the ad…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Computer Software, Computer Assisted Testing, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedSwitzer, Deborah M.; Connell, Michael L. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1990
Two easy-to-use microcomputer programs, the Student Problem Package and the Test Analysis Package, both by D. L. Harnisch et al. (1985), are described. These programs efficiently analyze test data for teachers. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Data Analysis
Peer reviewedKingsbury, G. Gage – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1990
Application of computer-assisted testing (CAT) to measurement in the Portland (Oregon) Public Schools is described. Focus is on MicroCAT's developmental subsystem, which allows creation of items and test design specifications. Changes in CAT procedures allowing MicroCAT to function in existing testing systems and uses/limitations of MicroCAT…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBaker, Frank B. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1990
Four articles on computer-assisted testing in schools at local and state levels are reviewed. Trends in the application of and limitations/advantages of microcomputerized testing packages are described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers
Peer reviewedRoid, Gale H. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1989
Some software packages currently available for item writing and item banking are reviewed. Eleven test-generation and three item-banking packages are listed. Users trained in item response theory can find a great deal of power in a desk-top system. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
