NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Do 45% of College Students Lack Critical Thinking Skills? Revisiting a Central Conclusion of "Academically Adrift"
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lane, David; Oswald, Frederick L. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2016
The educational literature, the popular press, and educated laypeople have all echoed a conclusion from the book "Academically Adrift" by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa (which has now become received wisdom), namely, that 45% of college students showed no significant gains in critical thinking skills. Similar results were reported by…
Descriptors: College Students, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Statistical Analysis
An NCME Instructional Module on Quality Control Procedures in the Scoring, Equating, and Reporting of Test Scores
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Allalouf, Avi – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2007
There is significant potential for error in long production processes that consist of sequential stages, each of which is heavily dependent on the previous stage, such as the SER (Scoring, Equating, and Reporting) process. Quality control procedures are required in order to monitor this process and to reduce the number of mistakes to a minimum. In…
Descriptors: Scoring, Quality Control, Sequential Approach, Error Correction