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Download full textJancarík, Antonín; Kostelecká, Yvona – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2015
Electronic testing has become a regular part of online courses. Most learning management systems offer a wide range of tools that can be used in electronic tests. With respect to time demands, the most efficient tools are those that allow automatic assessment. The presented paper focuses on one of these tools: matching questions in which one…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Items, Scoring Formulas
Peer reviewedHsu, Tse-Chi; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1984
The indices of item difficulty and discrimination, the coefficients of effective length, and the average item information for both single- and multiple-answer items using six different scoring formulas were computed and compared. These formulas vary in terms of the assignment of partial credit and the correction for guessing. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, Guessing (Tests)
Angoff, William H.; Schrader, William B. – 1982
In a study to determine whether a shift from Formula scoring to Rights scoring can be made without causing a discontinuity in the test scale, the analysis of special administrations of the Scholastic Aptitude Test and Chemistry Achievement Test and the variable section of an operational form of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Equated Scores, Guessing (Tests), Higher Education
Lawrence, Ida M.; Schmidt, Amy Elizabeth – College Entrance Examination Board, 2001
The SAT® I: Reasoning Test is administered seven times a year. Primarily for security purposes, several different test forms are given at each administration. How is it possible to compare scores obtained from different test forms and from different test administrations? The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the statistical…
Descriptors: Scores, Comparative Analysis, Standardized Tests, College Entrance Examinations
PDF pending restorationVale, C. David; Weiss, David J. – 1977
Twenty multiple-choice vocabulary items and 20 free-response vocabulary items were administered to 660 college students. The free-response items consisted of the stem words of the multiple-choice items. Testees were asked to respond to the free-response items with synonyms. A computer algorithm was developed to transform the numerous…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Algorithms, Aptitude Tests
de Winter Hebron, C. C. – 1977
An attempt to adapt the U.S.-based IDEA (Instructional Development by Evaluation and Assessment) system to Great Britain is described. This widely-used method of faculty evaluation based on student ratings was pioneered by Kansas State University. Among the features of IDEA are the following: it relates student perceptions of teacher behavior to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Evaluation
