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Download full textAmanda A. Wolkowitz; Russell Smith – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2024
A decision consistency (DC) index is an estimate of the consistency of a classification decision on an exam. More specifically, DC estimates the percentage of examinees that would have the same classification decision on an exam if they were to retake the same or a parallel form of the exam again without memory of taking the exam the first time.…
Descriptors: Testing, Test Reliability, Replication (Evaluation), Decision Making
Peer reviewedEvans, L. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
When administered to 125 deaf youngsters, ages 5-12, the WISC performance test had good reliability and predictive validity, but administration to some young or physically handicapped children proved difficult. The Colored Progressive Matrices proved satisfactory with older subjects, but its suitability for younger deaf children was not confirmed.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Testing, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedNaglieri, Jack A.; Pfeiffer, Steven I. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Explored the relationship between the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) and the Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT) administered to a sample of 29 mentally retarded children. Findings indicated that the PPVT-R predicted achievement as measured by the PIAT only moderately; and that PPVT-R scores correlated with achievement…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Children, Comparative Testing, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedLibb, J. Wesley; Coleman, John M. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Testing, Intelligence, Measurement Instruments
Breland, Hunter M.; And Others – 1987
Six university English departments collaborated in this examination of the differences between multiple-choice and essay tests in evaluating writing skills. The study also investigated ways the two tools can complement one another, ways to improve cost effectiveness of essay testing, and ways to integrate assessment and the educational process.…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Efficiency, Essay Tests, Higher Education
Peer reviewedDowney, Ronald G. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1979
This research attempted to interrelate several methods of producing option weights (i.e., Guttman internal and external weights and judges' weights) and examined their effects on reliability and on concurrent, predictive, and face validity. It was concluded that option weighting offered limited, if any, improvement over unit weighting. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Answer Keys, Comparative Testing, High Schools
Benderson, Albert, Ed. – Focus, 1988
The scores of handicapped students taking tests such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or the Graduate Record Examinations are flagged so that admissions officers will be aware that they were achieved under special circumstances. A series of studies was initiated to determine whether special administrations of such tests are comparable to…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, College Students
