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Welch, Catherine J.; Dunbar, Stephen B. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2020
The use of assessment results to inform school accountability relies on the assumption that the test design appropriately represents the content and cognitive emphasis reflected in the state's standards. Since the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act and the certification of accountability assessments through federal peer review practices,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Test Construction, State Standards, Content Validity
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Zajda, Joseph, Ed. – Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, 2020
This book analyses the nexus between ideology, the state, and education reforms worldwide. The research evinces the neo-liberal ideological imperatives of current education and policy reforms and illustrates the way these shifts in the relationship between the state and education policy are affecting current trends in education reforms and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Ideology, Educational Change, Neoliberalism
Evans, Carla – National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, 2020
There is a growing interest in conceptualizing, defining, and assessing what are often called 21st century skills or deeper learning competencies. The purpose of this literature review is to explore the conceptualizations, definitions, and understandings in the research literature related to critical thinking. Key initial questions include: What…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, 21st Century Skills, Skill Development, Definitions
College Board, 2023
Over the past several years, content experts, psychometricians, and researchers have been hard at work developing, refining, and studying the digital SAT. The work is grounded in foundational best practices and advances in measurement and assessment design, with fairness for students informing all of the work done. This paper shares learnings from…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Psychometrics, Computer Assisted Testing, Best Practices
NWEA, 2017
When Superintendent Dennis Vespe came to Somerdale Park School District, he was very interested in strengthening teachers' capacity to track student growth and progress. To do this, he knew the district needed to enhance its "ability to accurately assess and accurately drive instruction." But years of experience had taught him that new…
Descriptors: School Districts, Achievement Tests, Achievement Gains, Data
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Hernández-Ocampo, Sonia Patricia – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2022
The current discussion about assessment in the language teaching context--involving topics such as immigration and citizenship, and university entrance--has brought with it the issue of justice in assessment. Although in Colombia such concerns are not generally discussed, it is important to consider fairness when it comes to classroom assessment.…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Wainer, Howard – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2016
The usual role of a discussant is to clarify and correct the paper being discussed, but in this case, the author, Howard Wainer, generally agrees with everything David Thissen says in his essay, "Bad Questions: An Essay Involving Item Response Theory." This essay expands on David Thissen's statement that there are typically two principal…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Educational Assessment, Sample Size, Statistical Inference
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Trierweiler, Tammy J.; Lewis, Charles; Smith, Robert L. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2016
In this study, we describe what factors influence the observed score correlation between an (external) anchor test and a total test. We show that the anchor to full-test observed score correlation is based on two components: the true score correlation between the anchor and total test, and the reliability of the anchor test. Findings using an…
Descriptors: Scores, Correlation, Tests, Test Reliability
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Galeoto, Giovanni; D'Elpidio, Giuliana; Alvaro, Rosaria; Zicari, Anna Maria; Valente, Donatella; Riccio, Marianna – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2021
The Italian Disciplinary section of Test of Competences (TECO-D) project is an important longitudinal study used to analyze learning outcomes of ungraded students and to measure quality of the educational process. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the TECO-D in students enrolled in the Bachelor's Degree in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Nursing Education, Psychometrics, Longitudinal Studies
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Otoyo, Lucia; Bush, Martin – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2018
This article presents the results of an empirical study of "subset selection" tests, which are a generalisation of traditional multiple-choice tests in which test takers are able to express partial knowledge. Similar previous studies have mostly been supportive of subset selection, but the deduction of marks for incorrect responses has…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Grading, Test Reliability, Test Format
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Alhadi, Moosa A. A.; Zhang, Dake; Wang, Ting; Maher, Carolyn A. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2022
This research synthesizes studies that used a Digitalized Interactive Component (DIC) to assess K-12 student mathematics performance during Computer-based-Assessments (CBAs) in mathematics. A systematic search identified ten studies that categorized existing DICs according to the tools that provided language assistance to students and tools that…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Mathematics Tests, English Language Learners, Geometry
Sussman, Joshua; Wilson, Mark R. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2019
We investigated the use and validity of standardized achievement tests for summative evaluation of 78 educational intervention projects funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) math and science education program. Investigators from 46 projects evaluated curricular interventions with standardized achievement tests as outcome measures.…
Descriptors: Test Use, Test Validity, Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests
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Oliveri, María Elena; Nastal, Jessica; Slomp, David – ETS Research Report Series, 2020
This report discusses frameworks and assessment development approaches to consider fairness, opportunity to learn, and consequences of test use in the design and use of assessments administered to diverse populations. Examples include the integrated design and appraisal framework and the sociocognitively based evidence-centered design approach.…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Guidelines, Test Use, Test Construction
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Shin, Dongil; Cho, Eunhae – Language Testing in Asia, 2020
Drawing on critical discourse analysis methodologies, this study examines the discursive conflicts and strategies employed by newspaper media surrounding the National English Ability Test (NEAT) in Korea. NEAT was reported to cause severe competition among young learners of English and lacked public support. Discursive conflicts over whether NEAT…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Newspapers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Flett, Gordon L.; Nepon, Taryn; Hewitt, Paul L.; Zaki-Azat, Justeena; Rose, Alison L.; Swiderski, Kristina – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2020
In the current article, we describe the development and validation of the Mistake Rumination Scale as a supplement to existing trait and cognitive measures of perfectionism. The Mistake Rumination Scale is a seven-item inventory that taps the tendency to ruminate about a past personal mistake. Psychometric analyses confirmed that the Mistake…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Cognitive Processes, Test Construction, Cognitive Tests
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