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Yasuda, Jun-ichiro; Mae, Naohiro; Hull, Michael M.; Taniguchi, Masa-aki – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
As a method to shorten the test time of the Force Concept Inventory (FCI), we suggest the use of computerized adaptive testing (CAT). CAT is the process of administering a test on a computer, with items (i.e., questions) selected based upon the responses of the examinee to prior items. In so doing, the test length can be significantly shortened.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Evaluation, Computer Assisted Testing
Stacy, Brian; Reckase, Mark; Wooldridge, Jeffrey; Guarino, Cassandra – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2013
This paper investigates how the precision and stability of a teacher's value-added estimate relates to the characteristics of the teacher's students. Using a large administrative data set and a variety of teacher value-added estimators, it finds that the stability over time of teacher value-added estimates can depend on the previous achievement…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Competencies, Academic Achievement, Computation