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Download full textZhang, Mo; Breyer, F. Jay; Lorenz, Florian – ETS Research Report Series, 2013
In this research, we investigated the suitability of implementing "e-rater"® automated essay scoring in a high-stakes large-scale English language testing program. We examined the effectiveness of generic scoring and 2 variants of prompt-based scoring approaches. Effectiveness was evaluated on a number of dimensions, including agreement…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Scoring, Language Tests
Zhang, Ying – Center on Education Policy, 2009
The report draws from Center on Education Policy's eight-year study of high school exit exams to identify long-term trends in state policies and student performance. It highlights a growing trend among states to establish alternate pathways to graduation for students who are struggling to pass exit exams. The report also analyzes exit exam pass…
Descriptors: High Schools, Exit Examinations, Testing Programs, Nontraditional Education
Kahl, Stuart R. – 1992
Statewide assessment programs in mathematics that have led the way in the development and implementation of new alternative forms of assessment are described and compared. Assessments reviewed are: (1) the Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program (MEAP); (2) the Maine Educational Assessment (MEA); (3) Vermont's Mathematics Portfolio Assessment…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Maher, Thomas G. – 1993
A general evaluation design was developed to examine the effectiveness of a computer-based, multimedia simulation test on California smog check mechanics. The simulation test operated on an Apple Macintosh IIci, with a single touchscreen color monitor controlling a videodisc player; it had three parts: introduction-tutorial-help, data, and test.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Auto Mechanics, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
Hambleton, Ronald K.; Jones, Russell W. – 1992
The purpose of this study was to improve both statistical and judgmental methods for detecting potentially biased test items in an attempt to examine the agreement between the results obtained with these methods. If greater agreement between methods can be achieved, test items can be more effectively screened using judgmental methods prior to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Comparative Analysis
Barendsen, Robert D., Ed. – 1979
Materials concerning the 1978 national college entrance examination in the People's Republic of China are presented. This was the first nationally standardized test taken in China since the Cultural Revolution began in 1966. The examination contained tests in eight subjects: mathematics, physics, chemistry, politics, history, geography, Chinese…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Chemistry, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
