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DeMauro, Gerald E. – 1995
Studies of the Angoff method of standard setting suggest that judges agree in their estimates of the relative difficulties of test questions for minimally competent examinees and that each judge's estimates correlate well with the observed item difficulties for examinees whose total test scores are near the judge's personal standard (G. E.…
Descriptors: Ability, Competence, Construct Validity, Difficulty Level
Livingston, Samuel A. – 1987
The effect of increased writing or planning time on a test of basic college level writing ability was studied. The essay portion of the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test was given to students in nine New Jersey public colleges and three New Jersey public high schools. Each student wrote two essays on two different topics. The first…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Difficulty Level, Essay Tests, High Schools
Steele, D. Joyce – 1985
This paper contains a comparison of descriptive information based on analyses of pilot and live administrations of the Alabama High School Graduation Examination (AHSGE). The test is composed of three subject tests: Reading, Mathematics, and Language. The study was intended to validate the test development procedure by comparing difficulty levels…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Difficulty Level, Graduation Requirements
Davis, John N.; Moriel, James, Jr. – 1980
In order to compose equivalent certification tests in the basic skills in reading, mathematics calculations and applications, and writing for high school graduation requirements, the San Jose Unified School District, California, used the Rasch computer program to arrive at the scaled difficulty level of test items. The procedure for achieving a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Difficulty Level
Steele, D. Joyce – 1991
This paper compares descriptive information based on analyses of the pilot and live administrations of the Alabama High School Graduation Examination (AHSGE). The AHSGE, a product of decisions made in 1977 and 1984 by the Alabama State Board of Education, is composed of subject tests in reading, mathematics, and language. The pass score for each…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Difficulty Level, Grade 11, Graduation Requirements
O'Neal, Marcia R. – 1991
Six item bias detection techniques (distractor analysis, the Mantel-Haenszel procedure, Angoff's delta plot, Angoff's modified delta plot, Stricker's partial correlation index, and direct comparison of item difficulties) were compared for their ability to identify biased items at three stages of test development. The techniques were applied to…
Descriptors: Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Difficulty Level
Nassif, Paula M.; And Others – 1979
A procedure which employs a method of item substitution based on item difficulty is recommended for developing parallel criterion referenced test forms. This procedure is currently being used in the Florida functional literacy testing program and the Georgia teacher certification testing program. Reasons for developing parallel test forms involve…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level, Equated Scores, Functional Literacy