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Ventouras, Errikos; Triantis, Dimos; Tsiakas, Panagiotis; Stergiopoulos, Charalampos – Computers & Education, 2010
The aim of the present research was to compare the use of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) as an examination method, to the examination based on constructed-response questions (CRQs). Despite that MCQs have an advantage concerning objectivity in the grading process and speed in production of results, they also introduce an error in the final…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Scoring, Grading, Comparative Analysis
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2007
This handbook will assist principals and school testing coordinators in implementing the spring 2007 administration of the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA). Information regarding administration timeline, reporting, process, online tools and contact personnel is discussed. Contents include: (1) Scheduling; (2) Identify Primary Test…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Alternative Assessment, Educational Testing, Guidance Programs
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Carlson, Janet F. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1998
This article invokes a literal image of test givers as measurement devices and explores the psychometric properties of these test administrator instruments. Concurrent and content validation and test-retest and parallel-forms validity are explored. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Examiners, Psychometrics
Doss, David; Ligon, Glynn – 1985
Upon learning that a form of the Sequential Tests of Educational Progress was incorrectly distributed to an unidentified number of high school students along with an answer sheet pregridded with an alternate test form, the Austin Independent School District performed the following research analyses: (1) scored the tests using the key for each…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Error of Measurement, Latent Trait Theory, Measurement Techniques
Thompson, Sandra; Thurlow, Martha; Moore, Michael – 2003
This report presents factors to consider in the design of computer-based testing for all students, including students with disabilities and students with limited English proficiency. It also provides a process for the initial transformation of paper/pencil assessments to inclusive computer-based testing. Steps include: (1) assemble a group of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Disabilities, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, Pamela J.; Augustine, Andy – 2001
Whether assessment items administered using screen reading software measure students learning better than assessment items in a paper-and-pencil format was studied. Using a computer to present a test orally controls for standardization of administration and allows each student to complete the assessment at his/her own pace. In this study, 96…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Computer Software, Educational Testing, High School Students
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Deville, Craig; O'Neill, Thomas; Wright, Benjamin D.; Woodcock, Richard W.; Munoz-Sandoval, Ana; Gershon, Richard C.; Bergstrom, Betty – Popular Measurement, 1998
Articles in this special section consider (1) flow in test taking (Craig Deville); (2) testwiseness (Thomas O'Neill); (3) test length (Benjamin Wright); (4) cross-language test equating (Richard W. Woodcock and Ana Munoz-Sandoval); (5) computer-assisted testing and testwiseness (Richard Gershon and Betty Bergstrom); and (6) Web-enhanced testing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Testing, Equated Scores, Measurement Techniques
Sarvela, Paul D.; Noonan, John V. – 1987
Although there are many advantages to using computer-based tests (CBTs) linked to computer-based instruction (CBI), there are also several difficulties. In certain instructional settings, it is difficult to conduct psychometric analyses of test results. Several measurement issues surface when CBT programs are linked to CBI. Testing guidelines…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Testing, Equated Scores
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Wiliam, Dylan – Review of Research in Education, 2010
The idea that validity should be considered a property of inferences, rather than of assessments, has developed slowly over the past century. In early writings about the validity of educational assessments, validity was defined as a property of an assessment. The most common definition was that an assessment was valid to the extent that it…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Validity, Inferences, Construct Validity
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Lederman, Marie Jean – Journal of Basic Writing, 1988
Explores the history of testing, motivations for testing, testing procedures, and the inevitable limitations of testing. Argues that writing program faculty and administrators must clarify and profess their values, decide what they want students to know and what sort of thinkers they should be, and develop tests reflecting those needs. (SR)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Testing, Essay Tests, Multiple Choice Tests
Milton, Ohmer – 1982
Educators are called upon to improve the quality of classroom tests to enhance the learning of content. Less faculty concern for tests than for other features of instruction, compounded by a lack of knowing how to assess different levels of learning with test questions that measure complex processes, appear to generate poor quality classroom…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Learning Activities
Thompson, Sandra; Thurlow, Martha – 2002
This report argues that educators need to take a more global approach to addressing educational assessment issues, a universal design approach in which increased access for all students is considered from the beginning. Principles of universal design in architecture and other areas are listed. These include equitable use, flexibility in use,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Lavadenz, Magaly – New Schools, New Communities, 1996
Examines the problems with standardized tests as they apply to language minority students, and offers an alternative assessment process called an authentic assessment. Some classroom uses for authentic assessments are briefly noted. (GR)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Limited English Speaking
Terwilliger, James S. – 1991
This paper clarifies important distinctions in item writing and item scoring and considers the implications of these distinctions for developing guidelines related to test construction for training teachers. The terminology used to describe and classify paper and pencil test questions frequently confuses two distinct features of questions:…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Testing, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
Gulliksen, Harold – 1985
This article presents the perspective that the quality of teacher-made, small classroom tests has not improved, and may have declined in recent years. This decline may be due to the fact that teachers have come to believe that the kinds of objective items used in national standardized tests are the only item types appropriate for classroom use.…
Descriptors: Adults, Classroom Techniques, Educational Testing, Educational Trends
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