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Utah State Dept. of Employment Security, Salt Lake City. Western Test Development Field Center. – 1981
Research and analysis conducted to determine the effects of reducing the administration time for one or more levels of the Basic Occupational Literacy Test (BOLT) are described. The total usable sample consisted of 2,423 subjects. Data were collected from 23 states from 1978 to 1981. Data came from a variety of sources, including schools and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Minority Groups, Occupational Tests
Peer reviewedGohmann, Stephan F.; Spector, Lee C. – Journal of Economic Education, 1989
Compares the effect of content ordering and scrambled ordering on examinations in courses, such as economics, that require quantitative skills. Empirical results suggest that students do no better if they are given a content-ordered rather than a scrambled examination as student performance is not adversely affected by scrambled ordered…
Descriptors: Cheating, Economics Education, Educational Research, Grading
Download full textBurton, Nancy W.; And Others – 1976
Assessment exercises (items) in three different formats--multiple-choice with an "I don't know" (IDK) option, multiple-choice without the IDK, and open-ended--were placed at the beginning, middle and end of 45-minute assessment packages (instruments). A balanced incomplete blocks analysis of variance was computed to determine the biasing…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Difficulty Level, Educational Assessment, Guessing (Tests)
Hambleton, Ronald K. – 1986
The problem of determining optimal test lengths with fixed total testing time has proved to be a difficult one for criterion-referenced test developers. An algorithm is needed which can be used by test developers to allocate available testing time to maximize the validity of their total criterion-referenced tests or testing programs. To be…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Psychometrics
Samson, Digna M. M. – 1983
The traditional multiple-choice reading comprehension test of English as a second language, used in the Dutch school-leaving examinations, has been criticized for its apparent lack of construct validity. The Dutch National Institute for Educational Measurement has conducted a number of studies to determine whether there is a different skill…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Multiple Choice Tests
Legg, Sue M.; Algina, James – 1986
This paper focuses on the questions which arise as test practitioners monitor score scales derived from latent trait theory. Large scale assessment programs are dynamic and constantly challenge the assumptions and limits of latent trait models. Even though testing programs evolve, test scores must remain reliable indicators of progress.…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores
