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Download full textCrehan, Kevin D.; Haladyna, Thomas M. – 1994
More attention is currently being paid to the distractors of a multiple-choice test item (Thissen, Steinberg, and Fitzpatrick, 1989). A systematic relationship exists between the keyed response and distractors in multiple-choice items (Levine and Drasgow, 1983). New scoring methods have been introduced, computer programs developed, and research…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Distractors (Tests), Models
Rudner, Lawrence M.; Eissenberg, Thomas E. – 1988
Standard setting practices in states using the NTE (formerly the National Teacher Examinations) were examined for 1987. The NTE is composed of two segments: (1) a Core Battery covering the communication skills and general knowledge skills; and (2) a test of professional knowledge about teaching. The processes used to establish passing scores for…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Minimum Competency Testing, Pass Fail Grading, Scoring
Kapes, Jerome T.; Welch, Frederick G. – 1985
Procedures for establishing the cutoff scores for the occupational competency exams administered to individuals graduating from Pennsylvania vocational teacher education programs were reviewed. A total of 595 National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) Exams administered in 43 occupations or trades at three colleges between the…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Educational Policy, Error of Measurement, Evaluation Criteria
