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Direct linkKluge, Annette – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2008
The use of microworlds (MWs), or complex dynamic systems, in educational testing and personnel selection is hampered by systematic measurement errors because these new and innovative item formats are not adequately controlled for their difficulty. This empirical study introduces a way to operationalize an MW's difficulty and demonstrates the…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Self Efficacy, Educational Testing, Computer Uses in Education
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. – 1987
The purpose of this booklet is to provide social studies teachers with student writing samples that exemplify the criteria used to score students' responses on the June 1987 Alberta (Canada) Social Studies 30 Diploma Examination. Students choose one of two possible essay questions that required writing a defense of individual initiative in…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Constructed Response, Educational Testing, Essay Tests
Download full textGuthrie, John T. – 1986
This paper discusses the rationale for international comparisons in educational achievement, presents factors which affect the validity of such comparisons, and makes recommendations for the role of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) with respect to international studies. International comparisons are of interest in policy…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Agency Cooperation, Comparative Testing, Cross Cultural Studies
Lapointe, Archie E.; And Others – 1992
This publication reports the results of the second International Assessment of Educational Progress for science. Twenty countries assessed the mathematics and science achievement of 13-year-old students and 14 countries assessed 9-year-old students in these same subjects. In some cases, participants assessed virtually all age-eligible children in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Comparative Testing, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewedTymms, P. B.; Fitz-Gibbon, C. T. – Oxford Review of Education, 1991
Compares grades awarded by 5 examination boards for 11 subjects at A levels. Uses data from the A Level Information System (ALIS) project for 1989. Finds discrepancies among boards not statistically significant. Fails to identify grading as consistently severe or lenient. (NL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Testing
Clarke, S. C. T.; And Others – 1978
The Edmonton Grade III Achievement: 1956-1977 study is a comparison of achievement in reading, arithmetic, and language involving all of the third grade students in a large school system. Six basic skills tests which were administered to all of the Edmonton third grade students in 1956 were reprinted and administered to all of the third grade…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills
van der Flier, Henk; Drenth, Pieter J. D. – 1977
The criterion-oriented problem of test bias and fairness in selection is compared to the construct-oriented problem of comparability of test scores in cross-cultural research. These problems are shown to have important similarities, and their studies may supplement each other. In a formulation of psychometric criteria for the comparability of test…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Comparative Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cross Cultural Studies
