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Thompson, Kathryn N. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
It is imperative to collect validity evidence prior to interpreting and using test scores. During the process of collecting validity evidence, test developers should consider whether test scores are contaminated by sources of extraneous information. This is referred to as construct irrelevant variance, or the "degree to which test scores are…
Descriptors: Test Wiseness, Test Items, Item Response Theory, Scores
Ross, Linette P. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
One of the most serious forms of cheating occurs when examinees have item preknowledge and prior access to secure test material before taking an exam for the purpose of obtaining an inflated test score. Examinees that cheat and have prior knowledge of test content before testing may have an unfair advantage over examinees that do not cheat. Item…
Descriptors: Testing, Deception, Cheating, Identification
Cronin, Sean D. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This convergent, parallel, mixed-methods study with qualitative and quantitative content analysis methods was conducted to identify what type of thinking is required by the College and Career Readiness Assessment (CCRA+) by (a) determining the frequency and percentage of questions categorized as higher-level thinking within each cell of Hess'…
Descriptors: Cues, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Test Items
Derek Sauder – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The Rasch model is commonly used to calibrate multiple choice items. However, the sample sizes needed to estimate the Rasch model can be difficult to attain (e.g., consider a small testing company trying to pretest new items). With small sample sizes, auxiliary information besides the item responses may improve estimation of the item parameters.…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Sample Size, Computation, Test Length
Alicia A. Stoltenberg – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Multiple-select multiple-choice items, or multiple-choice items with more than one correct answer, are used to quickly assess content on standardized assessments. Because there are multiple keys to these item types, there are also multiple ways to score student responses to these items. The purpose of this study was to investigate how changing the…
Descriptors: Scoring, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Choice Tests, Standardized Tests
Yoo Jeong Jang – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Despite the increasing demand for diagnostic information, observed subscores have been often reported to lack adequate psychometric qualities such as reliability, distinctiveness, and validity. Therefore, several statistical techniques based on CTT and IRT frameworks have been proposed to improve the quality of subscores. More recently, DCM has…
Descriptors: Classification, Accuracy, Item Response Theory, Correlation
Bacon, Terrence E. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to investigate developmental music aptitude with a broader sample in order to propose national norms. Research questions were: 1) To what extent are published Primary Measures of Music Aptitude (PMMA) norms different from those established using a current sample? 2) Are there comparative differences in PMMA item…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Music, Aptitude Tests, Test Items
Thacker, Nathan L. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Organic chemistry is a class well known to be difficult and necessary for many careers in the sciences, and as a result, has garnered interest in researching ways to improve student learning and comprehension. One potential way involves using eye tracking techniques to understand how students visually examine questions. Organic chemistry involves…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Multiple Choice Tests, Organic Chemistry, Science Tests
Analyzing the National College Entrance Mathematics Examinations in China in 1952-1965 and 1977-1984
Yihua Shen – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research examined the Chinese National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) in mathematics before and after the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, specifically covering the periods 1952-1965 and 1977-1984. The central focus was on the organization, structure, and content of the examinations, as well as their influence on and interaction…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Foreign Countries, College Entrance Examinations
Emily Tucker – ProQuest LLC, 2021
To better understand Tennessee's new standardized science assessments, this quantitative study utilized a nonexperimental, descriptive-comparative design to compare the readability of the long-used science TCAP assessment with the newly created science TNReady assessment in grades three, four, and five. As new standards in the state boast higher…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests, Readability
Magdalen Beiting-Parrish – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The following is a five-chapter dissertation surrounding the use of text mining techniques for better understanding the language of mathematics items from standardized tests to improve linguistic equity of these items to support assessment of English Language Learners. Introduction: The dissertation begins with an overview of the problem that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Test Items, Item Analysis, Standardized Tests
Heather Dorrian – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This mixed methods study aimed to categorize and analyze the frequencies and percentages of complex thinking in the PARCC practices assessments in English Language Arts grade 10 and Geometry. The Hess' Cognitive Rigor Matrix was used for the first part of the study to code each of the PARCC assessment questions in Language Arts grade 10 and…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Drills (Practice), Standardized Tests, Grade 10
Qunbar, Sa'ed Ali – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This work presents a study that used distributed language representations of test items to model test item difficulty. Distributed language representations are low-dimensional numeric representations of written language inspired and generated by artificial neural network architecture. The research begins with a discussion of the importance of item…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Test Items, Difficulty Level, Models
Mingying Zheng – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The digital transformation in educational assessment has led to the proliferation of large-scale data, offering unprecedented opportunities to enhance language learning, and testing through machine learning (ML) techniques. Drawing on the extensive data generated by online English language assessments, this dissertation investigates the efficacy…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
Mohammed Ambusaidi – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There is an increased demand on nursing faculty to provide quality teaching and assessment. Nursing faculty are required to ensure accurate assessment of learning through testing and outcome measurement that are critical elements of the evaluation process. Likewise, nursing faculty should implement a logical evaluation system. However, the…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, College Faculty, Test Construction, Test Validity