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Download full textDavis, Todd M.; And Others – 1988
The effect of time limits on the completion rate of 8,290 students taking the reading comprehension section of the Academic Assessment and Placement Program (AAPP) was studied. The AAPP is a Tennessee configuration of items drawn from the College Board's multiple assessment programs and services item pool. It is a battery of tests used for…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, Disadvantaged, Higher Education
Utah State Dept. of Employment Security, Salt Lake City. Western Test Development Field Center. – 1981
Research and analysis conducted to determine the effects of reducing the administration time for one or more levels of the Basic Occupational Literacy Test (BOLT) are described. The total usable sample consisted of 2,423 subjects. Data were collected from 23 states from 1978 to 1981. Data came from a variety of sources, including schools and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Minority Groups, Occupational Tests
Loulou, Diane – 1997
This brochure offers a plan to help college students study for tests. It explains how to prepare for a test and reviews techniques for taking multiple choice, essay, and other types of examinations. Organization, planning, and time management are essential for becoming a successful student. Regular reviews are the key to reducing test anxiety and…
Descriptors: College Students, Essay Tests, Higher Education, Objective Tests
Wild, Cheryl; Durso, Robin – 1979
This study investigates the effects of increasing the test time to reduce the speededness of the verbal and quantitative experimental sections of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude Test. In December 1976, at approximately 550 domestic test centers, 20- and 30-minute versions of a verbal experimental test and of a quantitative…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Quantitative Tests, Racial Bias
Hambleton, Ronald K. – 1986
The problem of determining optimal test lengths with fixed total testing time has proved to be a difficult one for criterion-referenced test developers. An algorithm is needed which can be used by test developers to allocate available testing time to maximize the validity of their total criterion-referenced tests or testing programs. To be…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Psychometrics
Peer reviewedBudescu, David V.; Nevo, Baruch – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1985
The proportionality model assumes that total testing time is proportional to the number of test items and the number of options per multiple choice test item. This assumption was examined, using test items having from two to five options. The model was not supported. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Item Analysis
Perlman, Carole; And Others – 1996
Eighty-five fourth- and eighth-grade learning disabled students whose individualized education plans specified untimed achievement testing were tested with the Reading Comprehension subtest of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, either according to the publisher's 40-minute time limit or with an extended time limit of 2 hours, 30 minutes. Results were…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
