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Direct linkTindal, Gerald; Nese, Joseph F. T.; Stevens, Joseph J. – Educational Assessment, 2017
For the past decade, the accountability model associated with No Child Left Behind (NCLB) emphasized proficiency on end of year tests; with Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) the emphasis on proficiency within statewide testing programs, though now integrated with other measures of student learning, nevertheless remains a primary metric for…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Middle School Students, Models, State Standards
Meyers, Jason L.; Murphy, Stephen; Goodman, Joshua; Turhan, Ahmet – Pearson, 2012
Operational testing programs employing item response theory (IRT) applications benefit from of the property of item parameter invariance whereby item parameter estimates obtained from one sample can be applied to other samples (when the underlying assumptions are satisfied). In theory, this feature allows for applications such as computer-adaptive…
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Test Items, Test Format, Item Response Theory
Hoover, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2002
Discusses how, as the College Board prepares to make changes in the SAT, experts debate how fair the new exam will be. (EV)
Descriptors: Change, College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Standardized Tests
Peer reviewedScheid, Rickne C.; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1985
Dental students at one school were placed in two groups and surveyed about their attitudes toward the testing program and themselves as operative dentists. The students in the experimental group participated in a self-assessment with computer-generated feedback. Results of both groups are compared. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Change, Dental Students, Dentistry, Evaluation Methods
