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Gyll, Sean P. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2020
Simulated testing has become more prevalent in higher education, especially as competency-based institutions begin to incorporate micro-credentials and skills certificates into their curriculum. Competency-based assessment falls outside traditional norm-based testing practices used in K-12 education, and is largely focused on criterion referenced…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Evaluation Methods, Knowledge Level, Measurement
Joe Olsen; Amy Adair; Janice Gobert; Michael Sao Pedro; Mariel O'Brien – Grantee Submission, 2022
Many national science frameworks (e.g., Next Generation Science Standards) argue that developing mathematical modeling competencies is critical for students' deep understanding of science. However, science teachers may be unprepared to assess these competencies. We are addressing this need by developing virtual lab performance assessments that…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Performance Based Assessment, Data Collection
Way, Walter D.; Murphy, Daniel; Powers, Sonya; Keng, Leslie – Pearson, 2012
Significant momentum exists for next-generation assessments to increasingly utilize technology to develop and deliver performance-based assessments. Many traditional challenges with this assessment approach still apply, including psychometric concerns related to performance-based tasks (PBTs), which include low reliability, efficiency of…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Performance Based Assessment, Technology Uses in Education, Models
Lecointe, Darius A. – 1995
The purpose of this Item Response Theory study was to investigate how the expected reduction in item information, due to the collapsing of response categories in performance assessment data, was affected by varying testing conditions: item difficulty, item discrimination, inter-rater reliability, and direction of collapsing. The investigation used…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Simulation, Difficulty Level, Interrater Reliability
Raymond, Mark R.; Houston, Walter M. – 1990
Performance rating systems frequently use multiple raters in order to improve the reliability of ratings. However, unless all candidates are rated by the same raters, some candidates will be at an unfair advantage or disadvantage solely because they were rated by more stringent or lenient raters. To obtain fair and accurate evaluations of…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Simulation, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Martell, Richard F.; And Others – 1992
Relying on estimates of variance explained to assess the practical significance of research findings is now common practice. It is suggested that such estimates can offer an inaccurate picture, often underestimating the practical significance of statistically small effects. As an example, research on employment discrimination indicates that in…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Decision Making, Effect Size, Employed Women
Smith, Laura M.; And Others – 1993
As part of a series of documents describing assessment of student learning in various curriculum areas in South Carolina, this document reviews the assessment of student learning in the science classroom. The report begins with a discussion of effective science learning, and outlines the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that encompass science…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Assessment, Computer Simulation, Curriculum Development