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Choppin, Bruce – Evaluation in Education: An International Review Series, 1985
Using the analogy of temperature measurement, the Rasch model is presented with arguments for its adoption as the basic scaling technique for achievement measures. Three extensions of the Rasch model for more complex testing are developed. Test development for the British national assessment program and the promise of item banking are also…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Item Banks
Further Education Staff Coll., Blagdon (England). – 1974
The five papers included in this collection illustrate the current concerns of those involved in the development and implementation of assessment procedures. A one year in-course assessment procedure conducted at Leicester University is described, including the advantages and disadvantages of the procedure. The problems of interpreting the results…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Course Objectives, Data Processing
