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The Assessment of Partial Knowledge: The Use of the Credit Model in Scoring Multiple-Choice Items.
Smith, Richard M. – 1981
One of the recurrent themes of the psychometric literature has been the idea that the incorrect responses a person makes to test items contain information that might be useful in determining the person's position on the variable the items are intended to define. The "Partial Credit" model, a member of the family of latent trait models…
Descriptors: Algebra, High Schools, Latent Trait Theory, Multiple Choice Tests
Person Fit Analysis with the Rasch Model.
Smith, Richard M. – 1981
In all latent trait models there is an equation which describes the probabilistic outcome of the interaction of a person with a known ability and an item with a known difficulty. This modeled outcome can be compared to the observed outcome, and the residuals can be summed over the items to assess the fit of the person to the model. Various…
Descriptors: Algebra, Error of Measurement, Goodness of Fit, Guessing (Tests)
Interpreting Mathematics Scores on the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test.
Dass, Jane; Pine, Charles – 1981
The New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT) is designed to measure certain basic language and mathematics skills of students entering New Jersey colleges. The primary purpose of the two mathematics sections is to determine whether students are prepared to begin certain college-level work without a handicap in computation or…
Descriptors: Algebra, Basic Skills, College Freshmen, Computation
Interpreting Scores on the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test.
New Jersey Basic Skills Council, Trenton. – 1983
The New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT) is designed to measure basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills of students entering New Jersey colleges. The test consists of five sections: Essay, Reading Comprehension, Sentence Sense, Mathematical Computation, and Elementary Algebra. The test is intended to answer the question…
Descriptors: Algebra, Basic Skills, College Entrance Examinations, Computation
Determining Cut-Off Scores Using Rasch Ability Estimates.
Mitchell, Virginia P.; Smith, Richard M. – 1980
The validity of cut-off scores, used to place students into English and mathematics courses, and a dichotomized success variable, representing student abilities related to success in three sequential mathematics courses, were investigated. This study, examining the cutting scores of students entering Mercer County Community College in Fall, 1978,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algebra, Basic Skills, College Freshmen
Results of the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Testing, Fall 1984. Report to the Board of Higher Education.
New Jersey Basic Skills Council, Trenton. – 1985
Results of the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test are presented for fall 1984 entering freshmen. The test consists of an essay and four multiple choice sections: reading comprehension, sentence sense, computation, and elementary algebra. New forms of the test are developed each year. A total of 46,465 freshmen at 30 public colleges and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Algebra, Basic Skills