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Powell, J. C. – 1980
Current Scoring practices for multiple-choice tests are rooted in early Associationist Theory and are based on a two-step procedure: (1) right answers counted as ones and wrong answers are zeros, and (2) number of right answers form a total-correct score. The author contends that if either step is invalid, the use of the general linear model (GLM)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Logical Thinking, Multiple Choice Tests
Bormuth, John R. – 1979
A procedure is demonstrated for constructing tables showing, for each score on a commercial reading achievement test, the percentage of real-world materials that the testee is likely to comprehend with at least a criterion level of proficiency, the percentages of students in a local or national sample who can competently comprehend a given…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Equivalency Tests, Expectancy Tables