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Reliability and Validity Evidence for the GED[R] English as a Second Language Test. GED Testing Service[R] Research Studies, 2009-4
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Setzer, J. Carl – GED Testing Service, 2009
The GED[R] English as a Second Language (GED ESL) Test was designed to serve as an adjunct to the GED test battery when an examinee takes either the Spanish- or French-language version of the tests. The GED ESL Test is a criterion-referenced, multiple-choice instrument that assesses the functional, English reading skills of adults whose first…
Descriptors: Language Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Psychometrics, Reading Skills
The Role of Reliability in Criterion-Referenced Tests.
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Kane, Michael T. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1986
These analyses suggest that if a criterion-referenced test had a reliability (defined in terms of internal consistency) below 0.5, a simple a priori procedure would provide better estimates of students' universe scores than would individual observed scores. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Research, Error of Measurement, Generalizability Theory