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Peer reviewedWilliams, Arthur S., Sr. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1996
To test the validity of an achievement test, 77 Virginia business computer applications students answered items on vocabulary, access software, data/text entry, editing, and formatting. Teachers said that only 45% of the items were being taught; 59 of 60 word processing items were deemed instructionally valid. (SK)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Business Education, High Schools, Test Items
Download full textPowers, Donald E.; And Others – 1992
A study was undertaken to determine the effects on essay scores of intermingling handwritten and word-processed versions of student essays. A sample of 32 examinees, each of whom had produced both a handwritten and a word-processed essay, was drawn from a larger group who had participated in a pilot study of item types for The Praxis Series:…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Students, Essay Tests, Essays
