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Download full textWelch, Matthew; Feygin, Amy; English, David – Midwest Comprehensive Center, 2018
This brief presents a review of research and current state practices as they relate to measures that Iowa might consider for its federal accountability indicator of school quality or student success--specifically, for inclusion within a composite index of postsecondary readiness. Section 1 of this brief introduces a framework for evaluating and…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Educational Indicators, Accountability
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This article refutes a recent claim that computer-based tests produce biased scores for very proficient test takers who make mistakes on one or two initial items and that the "bias" can be reduced by using a four-parameter IRT model. Because the same effect occurs with pattern scores on nonadaptive tests, the effect results from IRT scoring, not…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Bias, Item Response Theory
Isman, Aytekin; Celikli, Gulsun Ersoy – Online Submission, 2009
The main aim of this research was to find out the self-efficacy level among participant students and analyze their beliefs. This study showed that male students are more confident comparing to female student, similar to research of Bimer (2000), the computer usage has been known as biased toward the interests and fashion of men, this research also…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Computer Literacy, Academic Ability, Use Studies
Ferdous, Abdullah A.; Plake, Barbara S.; Chang, Shu-Ren – Educational Assessment, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of pretest items on response time in an operational, fixed-length, time-limited computerized adaptive test (CAT). These pretest items are embedded within the CAT, but unlike the operational items, are not tailored to the examinee's ability level. If examinees with higher ability levels need less…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Reaction Time, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Items
Chang, Shu-Ren; Plake, Barbara S.; Ferdous, Abdullah A. – Online Submission, 2005
This study examined the time different ability level examinees spend taking a CAT on demanding items to these examinees. It was also found that high able examinees spend more time on the pretest items, which are not tailored to the examinees' ability level, than do lower ability examinees. Higher able examinees showed persistence with test…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Test Items, Reaction Time
Stokes, Valerie – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2005
In this article, one school district shares its experiences with computer-based testing and the immediate access to data it can provide. The Barren County School District in Glasgow, Kentucky, has partnered with the Northwest Evaluation Association to use their computer-based Measure of Academic Progress (MAP). The MAP testing platform is…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Student Evaluation, Scoring, Academic Ability
