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Download full textRapp, Joel; Allalouf, Avi – 2002
This study examined the cross-lingual equating process adopted by a large scale testing system in which target language (TL) forms are equated to the source language (SL) forms using a set of translated items. The focus was on evaluating the degree of error inherent in the routine cross-lingual equating of the Verbal Reasoning subtest of the…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, Equated Scores, High Stakes Tests
Lawrence, Ida M.; Rigol, Gretchen W.; Van Essen, Thomas; Jackson, Carol A. – College Entrance Examination Board, 2003
This paper provides an historical perspective on the content of the SAT. The review begins at the beginning, when the first College Board SAT (the Scholastic Aptitude Test) was administered to 8,040 students on June 23, 1926. At that time, the SAT consisted of nine subtests: Definitions, Arithmetical Problems, Classification, Artificial Language,…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Educational History, Test Content, Aptitude Tests
Stansfield, Charles W.; And Others – 1990
The development and field testing of a proficiency test in English as a Second Language for non-native speakers teaching on Guam is reported. The resulting instrument measures four language skills (listening, reading, writing, and speaking). The listening measure uses natural language that might be heard by a classroom teacher. The reading measure…
Descriptors: Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Interviews
Varnhagen, Stanley; Calder, Peter W. – 1985
The Microcomputer Diagnostic Testing Project (MDTP) was designed to broaden the use of microcomputers in student testing, for elementary and secondary school use, and for a variety of test item formats. MDTP was designed to administer tests, to allow teachers to create or revise tests, to print out test forms when desired, to score tests, to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Kingston, Neal; And Others – 1985
A necessary prerequisite to the operational use of item response theory (IRT) in any testing program is the investigation of the feasibility of such an approach. This report presents the results of such research for the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). Despite the fact that GMAT data appear to violate a basic assumption of the…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Computer Software, Correlation, Equated Scores
Zimowski, Michele F.; Wothke, Werner – 1987
Tests of spatial ability were analyzed for their analog (visuospatial) and nonanalog (verbal reasoning) components, using factor analyses of items and test scores. The self-selected sample consisted of over 2000 clients (average age about 26 or 27) employing the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation's aptitude evaluation services in 12 metropolitan…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Content Validity, Factor Analysis
