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Carlson, Ken – 1986
This paper discusses the content of the social studies tests of the 1981-82 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Selected social studies and citizenship items were administered to 3,200 students aged 9, 13, and 17 and to adults aged 26-35. Twelve sources describing the social studies tests were reviewed, particularly the Citizenship…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Citizenship Education, Content Analysis, Content Validity
Download full textBoyd, Lenore A.; Chissom, Brad – 1977
This normative study of the American Association on Mental Deficiency (AAMD) Adaptive Behavior Scale--Public School Version was based on 291 Texas public school children divided into 12 categories. The categories were: age, ethnic, or racial group (white or non-white), and assignment to regular classes or special education classes for the educable…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Rating Scales, Elementary Education, Handicapped Children
Hutten, Leah R. – 1979
Goodness of fit of raw test score data were compared, using two latent trait models: the Rasch model and the Birnbaum three-parameter logistic model. Data were taken from various achievement tests and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (Verbal). A minimum sample size of 1,000 was required, and the minimum test length was 40 items. Results indicated that…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss Florida teachers' recommendations for improving the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) and to compare their recommendations with those of Florida administrators. Although teachers' suggestions varied as to the types and extent of remedies needed to improve the FCAT, some common themes emerged. The…
Descriptors: Test Results, Core Curriculum, Student Evaluation, Accountability
Ragosta, Marjorie; Nelson, Catherine – 1986
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was administered to 26 hearing impaired college students, in order to test the assumption that the English-language deficiencies of hearing impaired students are similar to those of foreign students. The students were attending Gallaudet College's School of Preparatory Studies and were identified…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, College Entrance Examinations, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness
Kohr, Richard L., Comp.; And Others – 1979
This guide begins with a series of questions and answers which introduce Pennsylvania's Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) Inventory as a 188-to 190-item multiple choice test for fifth, eighth, and eleventh grades. Items are selected from a 400-item bank using matrix sampling procedures. Test results are analyzed at the school level; no…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Affective Measures, Affective Objectives, Basic Skills
Frick, Theodore W. – 1986
The sequential probability ratio test (SPRT), developed by Abraham Wald, is one statistical model available for making mastery decisions during computer-based criterion referenced tests. The predictive validity of the SPRT was empirically investigated with two different and relatively large item pools with heterogeneous item parameters. Graduate…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Classification, Comparative Analysis
Noble, Christopher S.; And Others – 1986
The relationship between item omission and item position on criterion-referenced tests in the Texas state assessment program is examined. Item statistics from the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) and Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) mathematics and reading tests from 1983 through 1985 are examined for three ethnic…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Blacks, Criterion Referenced Tests, Ethnic Groups
Larson, Gordon A.; And Others – 1981
Adult educators in the state of New Jersey have expressed concern about the adequacy of the 1978 General Educational Development (GED) test. Based on these concerns research was conducted in the use and applicability of the current GED test. The project investigated whether the existing GED test was meeting the needs of the large majority of GED…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs
