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Download full textZumbo, Bruno D.; Gelin, Michaela N. – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2005
The present study introduces and demonstrates a new methodology for item and test bias studies: "moderated differential item functioning (DIF)." This technique expands the DIF methodology to incorporate contextual and sociological variables as moderating or mediating effects of the DIF. Specifically, this paper explores differential…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Multiple Choice Tests, Mathematics Tests, Numeracy
Tully, Derek; Dunn, Rita; Hlawaty, Heide – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2006
This research compared the effects of a Programmed Learning Sequence (PLS) (Dunn & Dunn, 1993) versus Traditional Teaching (TT) on 100 sixth-grade Bermudian students' test scores on a Fractions Unit. Fifty-three males' and forty-seven females' learning styles were identified with the "Learning Style Inventory" (LSI) (Dunn, Dunn,…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Cognitive Style, Semantics
Direct linkSchultz, Rosemary – Journal of School Public Relations, 2006
In December 2004, the "Amarillo Globe News" reported on a "Dallas Morning News" story that analyzed state-mandated test scores from across Texas (Benton & Hacker, 2004; Wilson, 2004). According the "Amarillo Globe News," "the Dallas Morning News" study implicated Sunrise Elementary School, in Amarillo,…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Mathematics Tests, Testing, Cheating
Judy W. Webb – ProQuest LLC, 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine the variables that are associated with the percentage of students who pass Tennessee's Gateway exams in high school. Associations were examined between the Gateway exams and variables such as: socioeconomic status, ethnicity, dropout rate, graduation rate, attendance, average daily membership, per-pupil…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, High School Students, Academic Achievement, Socioeconomic Status
Perez, Kristina M. – 1996
The KeyMath Revised is a power test that measures the understanding and application of mathematics skills and concepts. It is individually administered and is intended for students from kindergarten through the ninth grade to determine student mastery of mathematics concepts. The revised version is designed to be user-friendly for the student and…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Curriculum Development, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis
Bennett, Randy Elliot; And Others – 1995
Two computer-based categorization tasks were developed and pilot tested. In study 1, the task asked examinees to sort mathematical word problem stems according to prototypes. Results with 9 faculty members and 107 undergraduates showed that those who sorted well tended to have higher Graduate Record Examination General Test scores and college…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Classification, College Entrance Examinations, College Faculty
Martin, Michael O., Ed.; Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed. – 1996
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the most ambitious study conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement to date. TIMSS developed and administered tests and questionnaires in three student populations to study achievement in participating countries and the factors associated…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education
Achenbach, Thomas M. – 1993
The major innovation of the American Psychiatric Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual III" (DSM-III) was the explicit specification of criteria for determining whether an individual's problems qualify for a particular diagnosis. However, neither the choice of child diagnostic categories in DSM-III nor the choice of criteria…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Children
Riverside Publishing Co., Chicago. IL. – 1990
This summary for administrators describes the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED), which are broadly based achievement tests for grades 9 through 12. The seven tests in the battery provide information about students' development in skills that are among the fundamental goals of secondary education. Emphasis is on the objectives that…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Expressive Language, High School Students, High Schools
Cox, Peter – 1997
As part of the new Victorian Certificate of Education, the state of Victoria, Australia, implemented changes to secondary mathematics courses in order to cater to the needs and aspirations of all students by using a variety of teaching and assessment strategies. The first year that the changes were fully implemented for grade 12 was 1992. A…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Geographic Isolation, High School Seniors
Mullis, Ina V. S.; Dossey, John A.; Owen, Eugene H.; Phillips, Gary W. – 1991
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as "The Nation's Report Card," is a congressionally mandated survey of educational achievement of American students in a variety of curriculum areas and of changes in that achievement across time. Part 1 of this report consists of the results of NAEP's 1990 national…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Grade 12, Grade 4
Ryan, Katherine E. – 1992
Whether specification of focal group membership based on ethnicity as well as educational opportunity affects differential item functioning (DIF) of test items was studied. Subjects were 4,342 freshmen admitted to a large midwestern university who completed the 40-item Advanced Mathematics Placement Examination in the spring of 1991. There were…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Black Students, College Freshmen, Comparative Testing
Frederiksen, Norman – 1994
Past research on the effects of Minimum Competency Tests (MCT) on teaching and learning is reviewed, and the large database of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is used to shed more light on these effects. There seems to be little doubt that MCT, together with associated changes in instructional methods, has produced some…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Educational History
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Test Collection. – 1990
The 118 tests cited in this bibliography consist of items related to instructional objectives. Assessment of gains is made in terms of mastery of objectives rather than in comparison with group norms. Some of the entries are item banks geared to objectives from which the test administrator selects appropriate items for evaluating the test takers.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Cognitive Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests
Malouf, David B.; And Others – 1990
This study evaluated an instructional model entitled "Integrating Computer Software into the Functional Mathematics Curriculum: A Diagnostic Approach," which was intended to prepare middle-school special education students for the Maryland Functional Mathematics Test. The model consisted of eight major components: pretests/posttests, diagnostic…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Diagnostic Teaching, Disabilities
