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McKinley, Robert L.; Reckase, Mark D. – 1984
The purpose of this paper is to identify and discuss some of the problems presented by the use of computerized adaptive testing (CAT) in an instructional programs environment versus large scale testing applications, and to describe an actual implementation of CAT in an instructional programs setting. This particular application is in the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Adults, Computer Assisted Testing
Forster, Fred; Doherty, Victor – 1978
As a result of using the Rasch model in building item banks in reading and mathematics, we were able to design two new testing programs for our district. The first was a grade level competency-based evaluation program designed to identify our district's low achievement-level students as well as the precompetency goals on which they needed help.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Robitaille, David F.; And Others – 1980
The Mathematics Achievement Test Project (MATP) was set up by the Learning Assessment Branch of the Ministry of Education of British Columbia to develop testing materials to assist teachers throughout the province in the task of evaluating students' performance in mathematics. The two major objectives of the project were to construct "banks" of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Tests
Ingebo, George S. – 1997
This book shows the advantages of Rasch measurement (G. Rasch) for school district testing programs. The results of Rasch methods are contrasted with conventional statistics for assessing student responses to basic skills testing. Chapter 1 shows how the Rasch probability-based method produces measures that are more useful for students, parents,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Banks
Eisenberg, Eric M.; Book, Cassandra L. – 1980
Guidelines are described for setting up an item bank under latent trait theory which may be applied to the achievement testing system of multi-section, large-enrollment, college survey courses. The enrollment for the course is typically heterogeneous: students may be majors or non-majors, any one section may contain honors college students and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Course Content, Equated Scores, Goodness of Fit
Jolly, S. Jean; And Others – 1982
This document contains five papers describing the customization of the achievement testing program for Palm Beach County (Florida) Schools. They are as follows: "Customized Achievement Testing Programs" (S. Jean Jolly); "Using the Rasch Model to Develop Curriculum-Referenced Norms" (R. Robert Rentz); "Matching Standardized…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Testing
Dependents Schools (DOD), Washington, DC. – 1979
This document describes the principles of the basic testing program of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) and reports results in detail for the year 1978-79. Included are (1) the procedures used in developing the tests, (2) the statistical characteristics of the tests, (3) the methods employed in analyzing the findings, and (4)…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives
Wongbundhit, Yuwadee – 1985
Before an item bank is constructed, several curriculum and testing considerations should be addressed. Such issues include the number of students enrolled in the selected subject area; number of desired objectives and items per objective; method of storing the items; and how and when to train how many teachers in item writing. The following steps…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Reckase, Mark D. – 1977
Latent trait model calibration procedures were used on data obtained from a group testing program. The one-parameter model of Wright and Panchapakesan and the three-parameter logistic model of Wingersky, Wood, and Lord were selected for comparison. These models and their corresponding estimation procedures were compared, using actual and simulated…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Analysis
Mengel, Bill E.; Schorr, Larry L. – 1992
The experience of the Colorado Springs (Colorado) Public Schools (CSPS) in using different assessment forms for different purposes is detailed. A small niche is reserved for national norm-referenced testing to fill the state achievement testing mandate and for Chapter 1 accountability. A second, and larger, part of the assessment program will be…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment
Nelson, David E.; Lawrence, Barbara J. – 1994
The purpose and results of the state testing programs in Utah are described. At present there are seven major assessment programs conducted under the leadership of the Utah State Office of Education. These include the three components of the Core Assessment Program: Criterion-Referenced Tests and item pools, Writing Assessment, and the new…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Haertel, Edward H. – 1986
It has been recommended that the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) specify comprehensive exercise domains to measure academic achievement, and provide a national item pool to measure the objectives in these domains. These domain specifications and item pools would serve to satisfy the increasing demand for valid, accurate, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Siracuse, Kathleen – 1977
An achievement testing framework is being developed by the Los Angeles Unified School District to assess the educational progress of 14,000 secondary level compensatory education students with something other than standardized tests. The technique of multiple matrix sampling was applied to the use of large item domains in the subject area of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Tests