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Peer reviewedSkaggs, Gary; Lissitz, Robert W. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1992
The consistency of several item bias detection methods was studied across different test administrations of the same items using data from a mathematics test given to approximately 6,600 eighth grade students in all. The Mantel Haenszel and item-response-theory-based sum-of-squares methods were the most consistent. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Grade 8, Item Bias, Item Response Theory
Peer reviewedBirenbaum, Menucha; And Others – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1992
The effect of multiple-choice (MC) or open-ended (OE) response format on diagnostic assessment of algebra test performance was investigated with 231 eighth and ninth graders in Tel Aviv (Israel) using bug or rule space analysis. Both analyses indicated closer similarity between parallel OE subsets than between stem-equivalent OE and MC subsets.…
Descriptors: Algebra, Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment, Educational Diagnosis
Peer reviewedMartinez, Michael E. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1991
Figural response items (FRIs) in science were administered to 347 fourth graders, 365 eighth graders, and 322 twelfth graders. Item and test statistics from parallel FRIs and multiple-choice questions illustrate FRIs' more difficult and more discriminating nature. Relevance of guessing to FRIs and diagnostic value of the item type are highlighted.…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Constructed Response, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Lock, Leonard K.; Miller, Leann R. – 1992
Gender differences were examined in results from the holistic model reading tests developed by the Pennsylvania State Department of Education. Patterns of differences were examined and interpreted within the context of previous reading research. Data were collected from the Testing for Essential Learning and Literacy Skills (TELLS) reading tests…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Badger, Elizabeth; Thomas, Brenda – 1989
In the spring of 1988, Massachusetts conducted its second Educational Assessment Program to assess the performance of students in grades 4, 8, and 12 in reading, mathematics, science, and social studies. Students' responses to open-ended questions in one form of the reading test were studied. One-twelfth of the fourth-graders, one-sixteenth of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Figurative Language
Badger, Elizabeth – 1989
This report presents a summary of information about the use in Massachusetts of open-ended questions in the Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program's biennial assessment of mathematics at grades 4, 8, and 12. These questions appeared in one form of the tests in each grade. One-twelfth of the fourth-graders, one-sixteenth of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12
Badger, Elizabeth; Thomas, Brenda – 1989
In the spring of 1988, the Massachusetts Department of Education administered its second biennial assessment (the Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program), testing students in grades 4, 8, and 12 in reading, mathematics, science, and social studies. This report discusses the use of open-ended questions in one form of the science tests.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Thomas, Brenda – 1989
In the spring of 1988, the Massachusetts Department of Education administered its second biennial assessment (the Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program) of students in grades 4, 8, and 12 in reading, mathematics, science, and social studies. This report discusses the use of open-ended questions in the tests of social studies. One-twelfth of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Current Events, Elementary School Students
Download full textHorkay, Nancy; Bennett, Randy Elliott; Allen, Nancy; Kaplan, Bruce; Yan, Fred – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2006
This study investigated the comparability of scores for paper and computer versions of a writing test administered to eighth grade students. Two essay prompts were given on paper to a nationally representative sample as part of the 2002 main NAEP writing assessment. The same two essay prompts were subsequently administered on computer to a second…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Program Effectiveness
