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Peer reviewedSabban, Yitzchak; Kay, Patricia M. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1987
This study examined the relationship between direct (essay) and indirect (objective) assessment of writing skills using 320 college students in remedial courses as subjects. Correlations and results of factor analysis are discussed. (MT)
Descriptors: College Students, Essay Tests, Higher Education, Objective Tests
Peer reviewedMcDougall, Dennis – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1997
Surveys of college faculty members' current use of objective tests indicated that most respondents (N=38) did not use state-of-the-art procedures associated with construction and analysis of objective tests. Many were unfamiliar with basic testing terms and tools and did not understand the meanings of the terms and tools. (SM)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Grading, Higher Education
Peer reviewedKolstad, Rosemarie K.; And Others – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1983
A study compared college students' performance on complex multiple-choice tests with scores on multiple true-false clusters. Researchers concluded that the multiple-choice tests did not accurately measure students' knowledge and that cueing and guessing led to grade inflation. (PP)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Difficulty Level, Guessing (Tests), Higher Education
