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Direct linkSettlage, Daniel Murray; Settlage, Latisha Ann – Journal of Education for Business, 2011
The Major Field Test in Business (MFT-B) is a widely used end-of-program assessment tool; however, several challenges arise when using the test in this capacity. Changing student demographics and the lack of a statistical framework are two of the most vexing issues confronting educators when using the MFT-B for programmatic assessment. The authors…
Descriptors: Field Tests, Educational Change, Models, Academic Achievement
Dolinsky, Beverly; Kelley, John M. – Teaching of Psychology, 2010
We describe how an objective form of measurement can be used to promote curriculum review, resulting in enhancements to curriculum and pedagogy. During a 4-year period, senior psychology majors took the ETS Major Field Test, and we systematically compared these results to SAT scores, grade point averages, and credits completed. Although diligent,…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Grade Point Average, Field Tests, Credits
Bush, H. Francis; Duncan, Floyd H.; Sexton, Edwin A.; West, Clifford T. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2008
We examine the history of VMI's use of the Major Field Test as an assessment tool for its Department of Economics and Business. Further, we chronicle how the information gathered from a decade and a half of use has shaped the curriculum, faculty composition and policies within the Department. There is evidence that the policies surrounding how and…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Program Improvement, Field Tests, Military Schools
Download full textSchmitt, Alicia P.; Crone, Carolyn R. – 1991
Alternative mathematical items administered as prototypes at the spring 1989 Field Trials of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) are evaluated for differential item functioning (DIF) and differential speededness. Results for Algebra Placement (AP) and Student Produced Response (SPR) items are presented and contrasted with results obtained on two…
Descriptors: Algebra, Alternative Assessment, Asian Americans, Black Students
