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Powers, Donald E.; Escoffery, David S.; Duchnowski, Matthew P. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2015
By far, the most frequently used method of validating (the interpretation and use of) automated essay scores has been to compare them with scores awarded by human raters. Although this practice is questionable, human-machine agreement is still often regarded as the "gold standard." Our objective was to refine this model and apply it to…
Descriptors: Essays, Test Scoring Machines, Program Validation, Criterion Referenced Tests
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Gallagher, Shawn P.; Cook, Shaun P. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2013
The Major Field Test in Psychology (MFT) is a standardised test designed to assess subject mastery at the conclusion of an undergraduate career. Eighty-one graduating majors completed the MFT and 56 of them also took a multiple-choice exam of questions drawn randomly from an introductory psychology test bank. Like the MFT, the constructed exam was…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Exit Examinations, Field Tests, Standardized Tests
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Koh, Joyce Hwee Ling; Woo, Huay-Lit; Lim, Wei-Ying – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2013
Teacher education institutions conduct information and communications technology (ICT) courses to prepare preservice teachers (or initial teacher education candidates) to support their teaching practice with appropriate ICT tools. ICT course evaluations based on preservice teachers' perception of course experiences are limited in indicating the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Literacy