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Direct linkJiménez, Albert M.; Nixon, Casey B.; Zepeda, Sally J. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2017
This research suggests that structural accommodation can be implemented during the construction phase of standardized mathematics examinations. Data from a racially diverse district in the United States are used to compare student performance on questions with and without graphical aids. Findings suggest that mathematics questions possessing…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Visual Aids, English Language Learners, Elementary School Students
Cho, Yeonsuk; Bridgeman, Brent – Language Testing, 2012
This study examined the relationship between scores on the TOEFL Internet-Based Test (TOEFL iBT[R]) and academic performance in higher education, defined here in terms of grade point average (GPA). The academic records for 2594 undergraduate and graduate students were collected from 10 universities in the United States. The data consisted of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Academic Records, Graduate Students, Universities
Shand, Kristen – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2009
Graphs are often conjoined with text passages in history textbooks to help students comprehend complex constructs. Four linkages connect text and graphs: appropriate elements, fitting patterns, suitable labels and causal markers. Graphs in current textbooks contain few such linkages and seldom mirror the construct under study. An experiment…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Textbooks, Graphs, Statistical Analysis
Kalyuga, Slava – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
Rapid cognitive diagnosis allows measuring current levels of learner domain-specific knowledge in online learning environments. Such measures are required for individualizing instructional support in real time, as students progress through a learning session. This article describes 2 experiments designed to validate a rapid online diagnostic…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Cognitive Tests, Identification, Validity
Allen, Nancy L.; And Others – 1992
Many testing programs include a section of optional questions in addition to mandatory parts of a test. These optional parts of a test are not often truly parallel to one another, and groups of examinees selecting each optional test section are not equivalent to one another. This paper provides a general method based on missing-data methods for…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Estimation (Mathematics), Graphs, Scaling
Download full textNorthern Territory Dept. of Education, Darwin (Australia). – 1993
This report describes the aggregated reading and mathematics performances of students in years 5 and 7 in urban Northern Territory (Australia) schools on the Primary Assessment Program (PAP) tests. The aggregated results are encouraging, with apparent gains in some reading tests over the preceding year, and no evidence of decline in the others.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
