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Attali, Yigal – ETS Research Report Series, 2014
Previous research on calculator use in standardized assessments of quantitative ability focused on the effect of calculator availability on item difficulty and on whether test developers can predict these effects. With the introduction of an on-screen calculator on the Quantitative Reasoning measure of the "GRE"® revised General Test, it…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study, Calculators, Test Items
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Bridgeman, Brent; Cline, Frederick; Levin, Jutta – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
In order to estimate the likely effects on item difficulty when a calculator becomes available on the quantitative section of the Graduate Record Examinations® (GRE®-Q), 168 items (in six 28-item forms) were administered either with or without access to an on-screen four-function calculator. The forms were administered as a special research…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study, Calculators, Test Items