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Parry, James R. – Online Submission, 2020
This paper presents research and provides a method to ensure that parallel assessments, that are generated from a large test-item database, maintain equitable difficulty and content coverage each time the assessment is presented. To maintain fairness and validity it is important that all instances of an assessment, that is intended to test the…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Difficulty Level, Test Items, Test Validity
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Patrisius Istiarto Djiwandono; Daniel Ginting – Language Education & Assessment, 2025
The teaching of English as a foreign language in Indonesia has a long history, and it is always important to ask whether the assessment of the students' language skills has been valid and reliable. A screening of many articles in several prominent databases reveal that a number of evaluation studies have been done by Indonesian scholars in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Brandt Brecheisen, Shannon M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this national, quantitative study was to (1) provide psychometrics for the ACUHO-I/EBI RA Survey, a joint project between between Educational Benchmarking, Inc (EBI) and The Association of College and University Housing Officers--International (ACUHO-I), and (2) explore the sophomore resident assistant (RA) experience. This study…
Descriptors: Resident Advisers, Student Experience, Databases, College Students
OECD Publishing, 2014
The "PISA 2012 Technical Report" describes the methodology underlying the PISA 2012 survey, which tested 15-year-olds' competencies in mathematics, reading and science and, in some countries, problem solving and financial literacy. It examines the design and implementation of the project at a level of detail that allows researchers to…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Achievement 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
Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States, Decatur, GA. – 1988
This notebook contains the following conference presentations: "Identifying and Validating Task Lists by Business and Industry for Test/Test Item Development" (Charles Losh); "Conducting a Task Analysis for Competency-Based Test Item Development" (Brenda Hattaway); "Writing and Reviewing Test Items: Multiple Choice,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Criterion Referenced Tests, Databases