The Digital High Stakes Assessment Programme in Cambridge University Press & Assessment is developing digital assessments for UK and global teachers and learners. In one development, the team are making decisions about the assessment models to use to assess computing systems knowledge and understanding. This research took place as part of the…

Reviews research on whether students should change answers or let first answers stand on objective tests. Finds that the odds are over two to one that a student's score will be raised, rather than lowered, if he or she changes answers. Offers three suggestions for improving students' test-taking strategies. (SR)

Argues that objective tests in secondary English will lead to a packaged humanity in which individuals are essentially similar. (Author/RB)

Provides 11 rules to follow in developing new objective evaluation methods to replace standardized tests. (DD)

A study of scores on England's General Certificate of Education (GCE) examinations suggested that, compared to females, males perform better on objective tests than they do on other forms of assessment. The fact that nonobjective tests emphasize written communication skills, which tend to be more highly developed in female candidates, may explain…

The assumptions behind secondary school literature course tests--whether asking students to recall aspects of literary works, to relate literary works to each other, or to analyze unfamiliar literary works--are open to question. They fail to acknowledge some of the most important aspects of literature which, if properly taught, should provide a…

Discusses the difficulty of objectively testing comprehension in English. (RB)

Defines 13 concepts involved in understanding ionic equations and suggests the order in which they should be taught. Also analyzes incorrect responses on an ionic equations student exam. (MLH)

Following a discussion of the pros and cons of multiple choice tests, concludes that they are a valid means of determining literary knowledge. (RB)

Recommends teaching students to use text structure clues to determine the organizational patterns of content material and instructing students to use these patterns to predict possible test questions, because many students are not aware of text structure clues and consequently do not apply them to their text reading. (SKC)

In a Monte Carlo simulation, a methodology was developed to investigate the existence of radex properties among objective test items. In an experiment with items covering four categories of Bloom's cognitive domain taxonomy, the items did not have the factorial properties of a radex with four levels of complexity. (Author/BW)

This examination is designed to measure the general awareness level of high school students, teachers, and citizens in the area of energy development and conservation. It is composed of 100 true-false statements concerning energy education concepts. A sample examinee answer sheet and an examiner key are included. Reproduction of the exam is…

This workbook and study guide contains the teacher's answers to accompany the text of "The Consumer and His Dollars." Included are: (1) a key to the study exercises, given for each of 16 chapters, (2) the answers for 16 chapter reviews, (3) a mid-course test having 71 questions, together with an answer key, and (4) a final review test…

A study of two final-year gymnasium classes showed that: (1) objective grading procedures (of "free" oral and written performance in the foreign language) correlate well with "global rating" by native speakers of the language; and (2) "free" oral performance correlates well with "free" written performance. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Reports on a study that compared the potential validity, reliability, and costs of several direct and indirect measures of writing. (HOD)