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De Van Vo; Geraldine Mooney Simmie – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2025
While national curricula in science education highlight the importance of inquiry-based learning, assessing students' capabilities in scientific inquiry remains a subject of debate. Our study explored the construction, developmental trends and validation techniques in relation to assessing scientific inquiry using a systematic literature review…
Descriptors: Science Education, Inquiry, Science Process Skills, Student Evaluation
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Chan, Cecilia Ka Yuk – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2023
With the advances of technologies, possessing digital and information literacy is crucial for the selection of candidates by employers in this digital AI era. For most students, receiving and outputting electronic text has become the norm, and thus examinations with writing components done by hand may not accurately reflect their abilities. It…
Descriptors: Test Format, Handwriting, Stakeholders, Feedback (Response)
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Paiva, José Carlos; Leal, José Paulo; Figueira, Álvaro – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2022
Practical programming competencies are critical to the success in computer science (CS) education and go-to-market of fresh graduates. Acquiring the required level of skills is a long journey of discovery, trial and error, and optimization seeking through a broad range of programming activities that learners must perform themselves. It is not…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Assisted Testing, Student Evaluation, Computer Science Education
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Bednarz, Robert; Lee, Jongwon – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2019
Geography educators have been, and continue to be, interested in spatial thinking, especially since they have been convinced of its importance in their students' ability to learn and do geography. As they developed strategies to improve students' spatial thinking, they searched for assessment instruments to evaluate their interventions' effects.…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Thinking Skills, Tests, Intervention
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Cutumisu, Maria; Adams, Cathy; Lu, Chang – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2019
Computational thinking (CT) is regarded as an essential twenty-first century competency and it is already embedded in K-12 curricula across the globe. However, research on assessing CT has lagged, with few assessments being implemented and validated. Moreover, there is a lack of systematic grouping of CT assessments. This scoping review examines…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, 21st Century Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Rogers, Christopher M.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2014
A report providing an update on the state of the research on testing accommodations as well as to identify promising future areas of research. Previous reports by NCEO have covered research published since 1999. NCEO summarizes the research to review current research trends and enhance understanding of the implications of accommodations use in the…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Students with Disabilities, Educational Research, Educational Trends
Price, Lynn M.; Hodgson, Jennifer R.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2011
All students, including students with disabilities, participate in state accountability systems. Most students with disabilities participate in the regular assessment, with or without accommodations. Students with more significant cognitive disabilities participate in the alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS). A…
Descriptors: Test Format, Individualized Education Programs, Eligibility, Alternative Assessment
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Joughin, Gordon – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1998
Analysis of literature on oral assessment in college instruction identified six dimensions: primary content type; interaction between examiner and learner; authenticity of assessment task; structure of assessment task; examiner; and orality (extent to which knowledge is tested orally). These help in understanding the nature of oral assessment and…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Higher Education, Student Evaluation, Test Format
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Kolstad, Rosemarie K.; Kolstad, Robert A. – Clearing House, 1994
Argues that multiple-choice tests can be effective only if the items are written in a format suitable for testing the mastery of specific instructional objectives. Proposes the use of nonrestrictive test items and cites examples of such items. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Student Evaluation, Test Construction
Ellington, Henry – 1987
Intended to provide a broad introduction to the subject of student assessment, this booklet begins by discussing the role of assessment in any systematic approach to course or curriculum design and explains the difference between assessment and evaluation. Four basic features of a good student assessment procedure are then discussed, i.e.,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Wergin, Jon F. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1988
Each of the many methods or approaches to assessing student learning is based on a clear understanding of validity, reliability, course objectives, the advantages and disadvantages of different evaluation formats, and the ways assessment data will be used to improve instruction. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Thompson, Sandra J.; Johnstone, Christopher J.; Thurlow, Martha L. – 2002
This paper explores the development of universal design and considers its application to large-scale assessments. Universal design is a concept that originated in the field of architecture, but quickly expanded into environmental initiatives, recreation, the arts, health care, and now, education. In addition to the concept's application to…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
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Douglas, Dan – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1995
Reviews recent theoretical, methodological, and analytical developments in language testing, focusing on more refined models of language ability, reliability and validity, performance testing, innovative test formats, new applications of Item Response Theory and Generalizability Theory to test performance. An annotated bibliography discusses seven…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Bielinski, John; Thurlow, Martha; Minnema, Jane; Scott, Jim – 2000
This report is a review and analysis of the psychometric literature on the topic of out-of-level testing. Out-of-level testing refers to the practice of using a level of the test other than the test taken by most of the students in a student's current grade level. Much of the research on out-of-level testing was conducted in the 1970s and 1980s,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores, Error of Measurement
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Charak, David A.; Stella, Jennifer L. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2002
This article provides in-depth information regarding the most commonly used instruments for the screening or diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders. Reliability, validity, format, and target population are presented to help clinicians select appropriate diagnostic measures. Future directions in the development of new instruments are discussed.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Autism, Children
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