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Secondary Analysis of Large-Scale Assessment Data: An Alternative to Variable-Centred Analysis
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Chow, Kui Foon; Kennedy, Kerry John – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2014
International large-scale assessments are now part of the educational landscape in many countries and often feed into major policy decisions. Yet, such assessments also provide data sets for secondary analysis that can address key issues of concern to educators and policymakers alike. Traditionally, such secondary analyses have been based on a…
Descriptors: Measurement, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment, Multivariate Analysis
Testing: Beyond Collection and Storage of Data
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Kandor, Joseph R.; Pulvino, Charles J. – Catalyst for Change, 1974
A series of questions designed to challenge school administrators to reconsider the purposes, selection, use, and interpretation of tests and test results in their school programs. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Educational Testing, Questionnaires, Test Interpretation
Test Purchaser Qualifications: Present Practice, Professional Needs, and a Proposed System. Issues in Scientific Psychology.
Moreland, Kevin L.; And Others – 1986
Three papers are included in this document. The first, "An Introduction to the Problem of Test User Qualifications," by Kevin L. Moreland, is a short history of the American Psychological Association (APA)/American Educational Research Association (AERA)/National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Working Group on Test User…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Ethics, Evaluation Methods, Models
The Certificate of Secondary Education: Experimental Examinations--Mathematics 2. Examinations Bulletin No. 7.
Schools Council, London (England). – 1965
The experiment described in this bulletin is the result of a previous study of experimental examinations in mathematics (Bulletin No. 2). A basic multifacet test was constructed with 21 mathematical situations in arithmetic, algebra, and geometry and presented in three separate forms: Type 1 Traditional; 2 multi-choice (with four choices); and 3…
Descriptors: Bulletins, Educational Research, Grading, Mathematics
The Certificate of Secondary Education: Experimental Examinations--Mathematics. Examinations Bulletin No. 2.
Secondary School Examinations Council, London (England). – 1964
An experimental examination was conducted using a multiple-choice test for the purpose of constructing an examination in mathematics. Some 1,125 secondary school students from various school districts were chosen as candidates. The test consisted of twenty mathematical situations requiring five true or false answers for each test item. No time…
Descriptors: Bulletins, Educational Research, Examiners, Grading
Critical Thinking Content in Verbal Problems of the P-SAT and P-ACT+. Critical Thinking Reports Number 7.
Dinkelman, Todd D. – 1990
Education reformers have been concerned that U.S. schools are not helping to develop in their students critical thinking or reasonable, reflective thinking about what to do or believe. Because of the significant role standardized tests play in measuring student progress, and the way in which they may influence the content and dissemination of what…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Content Analysis, Content Validity, Critical Thinking
SAT Monitor Program. High School Students View the SAT and College Admissions Process. Report on Wave of Completed Questionnaires Associated with December 1977 SAT Administration.
Response Analysis Corp., Princeton, NJ. – 1978
College applicants taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the Test of Standard Written English (TSWE) were surveyed regarding the tests, college admission in general, and the communications received concerning the test and their scores. Separate questionnaires were administered before taking the SAT or TSWE, after taking the test, and after…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Biographical Inventories, College Admission, College Bound Students