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Peer reviewedStone, Clement A. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1992
TESTAT is a supplementary module for the popular SYSTAT statistical package for the personal computer. The program performs test analyses based on classical test theory and item response theory. Limitations and advantages are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software Evaluation, Error of Measurement, Item Response Theory
Peer reviewedLennon, Roger T. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1982
Continuing attention to test theory, test development, test interpretation and use, test monitoring and control, test consumer education, and the social and political consequences of testing is suggested as the primary concern of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME). (CM)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Objectives
Peer reviewedLinn, Robert L.; Drasgow, Fritz – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1987
This article discusses the application of the Golden Rule procedure to items of the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Using item response theory, the analyses indicate that the Golden Rule procedures are ineffective in detecting biased items and may undermine the reliability and validity of tests. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Difficulty Level, Item Analysis, Latent Trait Theory
Assessment Theory and Research for Classrooms: From "Taxonomies" to Constructing Meaning in Context.
Peer reviewedTittle, Carol Kehr; And Others – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1993
Major changes in educational and psychological theories that have come about since the cognitive and affective taxonomies of educational objectives were published in 1956 and 1964 are traced. The changes emphasize the need to understand thinking in the context of students' beliefs and self-directed cognitions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Affective Behavior, Classification, Classroom Research
