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Direct linkSlepkov, Aaron D.; Shiell, Ralph C. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
Constructed-response (CR) questions are a mainstay of introductory physics textbooks and exams. However, because of the time, cost, and scoring reliability constraints associated with this format, CR questions are being increasingly replaced by multiple-choice (MC) questions in formal exams. The integrated testlet (IT) is a recently developed…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Physics, Responses, Multiple Choice Tests
Hoadley, Ursula; Muller, Johan – Curriculum Journal, 2016
Why has large-scale standardised testing attracted such a bad press? Why has pedagogic benefit to be derived from test results been downplayed? The paper investigates this question by first surveying the pros and cons of testing in the literature, and goes on to examine educators' responses to standardised, large-scale tests in a sample of low…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, Developing Nations, Visual Discrimination
Download full textNational Center for Education Statistics, 2013
The 2011 NAEP-TIMSS linking study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) was designed to predict Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) scores for the U.S. states that participated in 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics and science assessment of eighth-grade students.…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Research Methodology, Research Design, Trend Analysis
Shavelson, Richard J.; And Others – 1988
This study investigated the relationships among the symbolic representation of problems given to students to solve, the mental representations they use to solve the problems, and the accuracy of their solutions. Twenty eleventh-grade science students were asked to think aloud as they solved problems on the ideal gas laws. The problems were…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Comparative Testing, Problem Solving, Response Style (Tests)
Peer reviewedMeyer, Josef – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1989
A study of the effectiveness of teaching science to 2 classes of 15 and 20 ninth-graders, respectively, illustrates 5 aspects of educational evaluation: age factors in teachability, test unidimensionality, comparison of 2 classes of students regarding mean ability, objective difficulty of test items, and objective ability of individual students.…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Comparative Testing, Difficulty Level, Educational Assessment
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
Peer reviewedTamir, Pinchas – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1993
The performance of 254 Israeli twelfth graders on multiple-choice tests with positive or negative item stems was studied. For items requiring low cognitive reasoning, performance does not differ, but, for items requiring high cognitive reasoning, the negative mode is more difficult. Implications for test construction are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Biology, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing
Cook, Linda L.; And Others – 1990
The equating of reasonably parallel forms of College Board Achievement Tests in biology, chemistry, mathematics level II, American history and social studies, and French is discussed. Results of the following five equating methods are compared: (1) Tucker; (2) Levine equally reliable; (3) Levine unequally reliable; (4) frequency estimation…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Biology, Chemistry
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
