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Direct linkGriffith, Stafford Alexander – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to show how higher education institutions in the Caribbean may benefit from the quality assurance measures implemented by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses an outcomes model of quality assurance to analyse the measures implemented by the CXC to assure quality…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Assurance, Testing Programs, Educational Quality
Wang, Huan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Multiple uses of the same assessment may present challenges for both the design and use of an assessment. Little advice, however, has been given to assessment developers as to how to understand the phenomena of multiple assessment use and meet the challenges these present. Particularly problematic is the case in which an assessment is used for…
Descriptors: Test Use, Testing Programs, Program Effectiveness, Test Construction
Peer reviewedMadaus, George F. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1992
The need for an independent mechanism that regulates, or audits, the testing enterprise is discussed along with a critique of current mechanisms for challenging a high-stakes test or its use and the need for independent auditing of the commercial test industry. Models for an auditing mechanism are reviewed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Download full textvan der Linden, Wim J.; Veldkamp, Bernard P.; Reese, Lynda M. – 1998
An integer programming approach to item pool design is presented that can be used to calculate an optimal blueprint for an item pool to support an existing testing program. The results are optimal in the sense that they minimize the efforts involved in actually producing the items as revealed by current item writing patterns. Also, an adaptation…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Item Banks, Item Response Theory, Models
Kingston, Neal M.; Dorans, Neil J. – 1982
The feasibility of using item response theory (IRT) as a psychometric model for the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Aptitude Test was addressed by assessing the reasonableness of the assumptions of item response theory for GRE item types and examinee populations. Items from four forms and four administrations of the GRE Aptitude Test were…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Latent Trait Theory
Sinclair, Norma; Pecheone, Raymond L. – 1991
The impact of test item multidimensionality was examined as it affected fitting items on a teacher licensure test to an item response theory (IRT) model. Test item data from the 1990 study of G. W. Guiton and G. Delandshere are used. The Connecticut Elementary Certification Test (CONNECT) is a licensure examination designed to assess the subject…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education
Kingston, Neal; And Others – 1985
A necessary prerequisite to the operational use of item response theory (IRT) in any testing program is the investigation of the feasibility of such an approach. This report presents the results of such research for the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). Despite the fact that GMAT data appear to violate a basic assumption of the…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Computer Software, Correlation, Equated Scores
Wilson, Kenneth M. – 1979
The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Cooperative Validity Studies Project began in 1975 to fill the need for cooperation between graduate schools and testing agencies and for graduate level validity studies. More than 150 data sets from the 39 participating schools, representing over 19 fields of study, were analyzed. The data confirmed earlier…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, College Entrance Examinations, Departments
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
Millward, Robert E.; Gerlach, Gail J. – 1989
The goal of the Pre Teacher Assessment Center is to give college sophomores a diagnostic assessment of their potential teaching skills across 13 skill dimensions felt to be prerequisites for teaching. The pre teacher assessment provides students with detailed information about potential teaching strengths and weaknesses and helps remediate…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Decision Making, Diagnostic Tests, Higher Education
Willingham, Warren W., Ed.; Nesbitt, Hadley S., Ed. – 1976
A general overview of the Cooperative Assessment of Experiential Learning's Operational Models project is presented. The information is intended to aid other institutions in developing a similar model. Three papers are included: Developing an Operational Model for Assessing Experiential Learning by Warren W. Willingham and Kurt F. Geisinger,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Budgeting, College Credits, College Programs
1977
Ten papers presented at the first annual meeting of the Georgia Educational Research Association describe the following topics in educational research: (1) development and evaluation of the Elementary Curriculum Development Program, which involves individualized instruction in grades K-8; (2) reliability of the eighth grade reading subscales on…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Answer Keys, Conference Reports, Creativity
Phillips, Terry; Schostak, John; Tyler, Judith – 2000
The assessment of practice in nursing and midwifery education programs across England was examined to determine its validity, reliability, fairness, and effectiveness in maintaining and developing the quality of care. The research was conducted in two phases. Phase 1 was designed to identify theoretical and practical areas of concern that would…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Competence, Education Work Relationship
