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Bower, Ruth – Spectrum, 1983
As a preliminary step in customizing the Stanford Achievement Test, a study was made to compare the test items at each level with the curriculum objectives of a Florida school district, classifying them as either matching, above or below grade level, or unmatching. Results are shown in table form. (TE)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Item Analysis, Standardized Tests, Statistical Data
Peer reviewedKazalunas, John R. – College Student Journal, 1977
This article addresses criterion-referenced vs. norm-referenced tests. Its purpose is to help the reader become acquainted with the uses, accountability, advantages, and statistical differences between these two types of tests. (Author)
Descriptors: Accountability, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Norms
Wiser, Berton; Lenke, Joanne M. – 1987
The extent to which national performance on an achievement test battery changed over a 4-year period was studied, and the comparative performance of students in school districts taking the test series for the first time was compared with that of students in districts that had used the battery at least once in one or more grades. The seventh…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students
Download full textHuynh, Huynh; Saunders, Joseph C. – 1980
A basic technical framework is provided for the design and use of mastery tests. The Mastery Testing Project (MTP) prepared this framework using advanced mathematics supplemented with computer simulation based on real test data collected by the South Carolina Statewide Testing Program. The MTP focused on basic technical issues encountered in using…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Annotated Bibliographies, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Assisted Testing
