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Coffman, William E. – 1979
A classical model for achievement test development was influenced by: the educational tradition of selecting a sample of questions appropriate to a subject and counting the proportion of acceptable responses; the emphasis on obtaining a large and homogeneous sample of questions to insure reliability; and the tradition in psychological testing of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Needs
