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Kim, Do-Hong; Huynh, Huynh – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2008
The current study compared student performance between paper-and-pencil testing (PPT) and computer-based testing (CBT) on a large-scale statewide end-of-course English examination. Analyses were conducted at both the item and test levels. The overall results suggest that scores obtained from PPT and CBT were comparable. However, at the content…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Computer Assisted Testing, Factor Analysis, Comparative Testing
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Farley, Mary Jane; Elmore, Patricia B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1992
Relationships between reading comprehension (RC) and critical thinking skills, vocabulary, and cognitive ability were examined using 3 tests with 165 underachieving first-year college students in a remedial reading class. The Iowa Silent Reading Test's vocabulary subtest best predicted RC. The Developing Cognitive Abilities Test's three subtests…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests, College Freshmen, Comparative Testing
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Powell, J. C.; Shklov, N. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1992
An age-dependent answer-selection sequence of answers on multiple-choice tests suggested by previous studies was supported using statistical rather than clinical means. Results with 2,810 students aged 88 months through 241 months given a reading comprehension test twice during a 5-month interval support the systematically connected age-dependent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences, Children