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Further Results on the Standard Errors of Estimate Associated with Item-Examinee Sampling Procedures
Peer reviewedShoemaker, David M. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1971
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Item Sampling, Statistical Analysis, Test Construction
Berk, Ronald A. – 1978
Sixteen item statistics recommended for use in the development of criterion-referenced tests were evaluated. There were two major criteria: (1) practicability in terms of ease of computation and interpretation and (2) meaningfulness in the context of the development process. Most of the statistics were based on a comparison of performance changes…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level, Guides
Kriewall, Thomas E. – Illinois School Research, 1972
Author discusses and defines criterion tests in the context of classroom needs that have created much of the interest in the theory at this time. The primary source of interest is related to the growing implementation of individualized curricula. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level, Individualized Instruction, Item Analysis
Klein-Braley, Christine – 1984
This report investigates the selection of appropriate texts for C-Tests, a modified form of the cloze test, for assessing second language learning. The procedure for textbook readability first involved the administration of different texts to sample groups to determine the C-test difficulty of individual texts. At the same time, a variety of…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Download full textScheetz, James P.; Forsyth, Robert A. – 1977
Empirical evidence is presented related to the effects of using a stratified sampling of items in multiple matrix sampling on the accuracy of estimates of the population mean. Data were obtained from a sample of 600 high school students for a 36-item mathematics test and a 40-item vocabulary test, both subtests of the Iowa Tests of Educational…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Difficulty Level, Item Analysis, Item Sampling
