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Childs, Roy
This pamphlet describes the exciting potential of item banking--a new approach to testing which combines both comparability of scores with flexibility of test format. Item banks are collections of items where the characteristics of each item is known and these characteristics can be summated to described a test made from such items. The principle…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Item Analysis, Item Banks
Hawkins, M. H. J.; Walker, W. G. – 1974
Secondary-level, multiple choice questions are provided for 32 areas of physics; also included are two physics multiple choice tests. (MLH)
Descriptors: Books, Instructional Materials, Item Banks, Multiple Choice Tests
Singh, Amrik; Singha, H. S. – 1977
This group of readings describes the university examination system in India, and suggests improvements which can be implemented within the current framework of the system. The papers are grouped into six sections: (1) descriptions of the evolution of the undergraduate examinations in India and their present status; (2) discussions of the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Data Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Ingebo, George S. – 1997
This book shows the advantages of Rasch measurement (G. Rasch) for school district testing programs. The results of Rasch methods are contrasted with conventional statistics for assessing student responses to basic skills testing. Chapter 1 shows how the Rasch probability-based method produces measures that are more useful for students, parents,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Banks
Lippey, Gerald, Ed. – 1974
The purpose of this book is to document in detail the benefits which can be realized by computer-assisted test construction and to aid educators interested in taking advantage of computers in providing tests and exercises. An overview of all the benefits and problems of computer-assisted test construction is given. Then separate chapters are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Graphics, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Download full textHeines, Jesse M. – 1975
Criterion-referenced testing (CRT) is defined as a method of ascertaining an individual's status with respect to some performance standard. Computer-assisted testing (CAT) is a method of constructing tests using a variety of computer techniques such as a single test computer printouts, stored item banks, teacher specified criteria, machine…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Programs, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Testing
Stansfield, Charles W., Ed. – 1986
This collection of essays on measurement theory and language testing includes: "Computerized Adaptive Testing: Implications for Language Test Developers" (Peter Tung); "The Promise and Threat of Computerized Adaptive Assessment of Reading Comprehension" (Michael Canale); "Computerized Rasch Analysis of Item Bias in ESL…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cloze Procedure, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software
