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Direct linkHakelind, Camilla; Sundström, Anna E. – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2022
Finding valid and reliable ways to assess complex clinical skills within psychology is a challenge. Recently, there have been some examples of applying Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) in psychology for making such assessments. The aim of this study was to examine students' and examiners' perceptions of a digital OSCE in…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Clinical Psychology, Student Evaluation
Huntley, Renee M.; And Others – 1979
An investigation of: (1) the relationship between the American College Test (ACT) English Usage Test scores and demonstrated writing proficiency, and (2) the relationships between and among other objective tests and writing proficiency was undertaken, using three samples of college freshmen. Although results indicated a moderately high…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedKane, Michael T. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1992
A proposed model for the validity of measures of professional competence treats validation as the evaluation of inferences drawn from test scores, focusing on evaluation, generalization, and extrapolation. The model is used to indicate strengths and weaknesses of assessments of professional competence: observations of performance, simulations, and…
Descriptors: Competence, Evaluation Methods, Generalization, Inferences
Peer reviewedAnderson, Paul S.; And Others – Illinois School Research and Development, 1985
Concludes that the Multi-Digit Test stimulates better retention than multiple choice tests while offering the advantage of computerized scoring and analysis. (FL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Research, Higher Education
White, Karl R.; Carcelli, Larry – 1982
The effect on children's test scores of different item formats used in standardized mathematics achievement tests was investigated. In a Utah school, 40 second grade students completed a mathematics computation test using eight different formats derived from five standardized achievement tests. Identical content, taken from the most frequently…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Computation, Elementary School Mathematics
Download full textRoudabush, Glenn E. – 1974
In this paper, several models for the psychometric nature of criterion-referenced tests are presented and results derived with implications for test construction, reliability and validity measures, and educational decision making. Both dichotomous and continuous underlying abilities to perform are considered. Illustrative data fitting both cases…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
Hendrickson, Gerry F. – 1971
The purpose of this study was to determine whether option weighting improved the internal consistency and intercorrelation of the subtests. The differential option-weighting scheme employed in this study is based on one devised by Guttman. The tests were first scored with Guttman-type weights and then with conventional correction-for-guessing…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Correlation, Factor Structure, Guessing (Tests)
Perrone, Vito – 1977
The author takes the position that standardized tests, as presently developed and marketed, do have potentially positive uses. However, these advantages are outweighed by the tests' deleterious effects on children and programs. Standardized tests refer to published, norm referenced, achievement and intelligence tests which contain specific…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Educational Testing, Elementary Education
Ory, John C.; Ryan, Katherine E. – 1993
This book for college faculty provides a resource for developing, using, and grading classroom exams. The first chapter addresses ways to determine what content should be included on an exam. The second chapter identifies testing considerations such as number of exams, difficulty level of items, and test length. Chapters 3 and 4 provide guidelines…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Codes of Ethics, Essay Tests, Evaluation Methods
