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Norman, Rebecca L.; Buckendahl, Chad W. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2008
Many educational testing programs report examinee performance at more than two levels of proficiency. Whether these assessments have the capacity to support these multiple inferences, though, is a topic that has not been widely discussed. This study proposes a method for evaluating the minimum number of measurement opportunities for reporting…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Student Evaluation, Educational Testing, Mathematics Achievement
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Burstall, Clare – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1986
Focusing on innovative forms of assessment in the United Kingdom, this article describes assessment strategies in mathematics, "oracy," science, and foreign languages. These strategies include not only problems in which students select a correct answer, but also practical problems in which students supply answers to open ended tasks.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Skills, Mathematics Achievement