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Direct linkArce, Alvaro J.; Young, Michael J. – International Journal of Testing, 2022
The paper argues that contemporary test validity theory places the consequences of testing on the lives of all college applicants at the back of the test validation argument. It introduces the notion of test efficacy as a process to gather evidence on claims on consequences of testing on all college applicants that can be traced back to validity.…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Theory, College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations
Peer reviewedMovshovitz-Hadar, Nitsa; And Others – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1987
A content-oriented analysis of written solutions to test items in Israeli high school graduation examinations in mathematics yielded six error categories: misused data; misinterpreted language; logically invalid inference; distorted theorem or definition; unverified solution; and technical error. (Authors/MNS)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Error Patterns, Mathematics Instruction, Research Reports
Peer reviewedBudescu, David V.; Nevo, Baruch – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1985
The proportionality model assumes that total testing time is proportional to the number of test items and the number of options per multiple choice test item. This assumption was examined, using test items having from two to five options. The model was not supported. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Item Analysis
Download full textCohen, Andrew D. – 1989
A study investigated the effects of specific guidelines in the taking and rating of tests of summarizing ability. The subjects were 63 native-Hebrew-speaking students enrolled in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) courses at the Seminar Hakibbutzim Teacher Training College in Tel Aviv (Israel). The subjects were given two sets of instructions…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
