The Rasch model is generalized to a multicomponent model, so that observations of component events are not needed to apply the model. It is shown that the generalized model maintains the property of specific objectivity of the Rasch model. An application to a mathematics test is provided. (Author/JKS)

Multiple choice tests are widely viewed as the most effective and objective means of assessment. Item development is the central component of creating an effective test, but test developers often do not have the background in item development. This document describes recall, application, and analysis, the three cognitive levels of test items. It…

Development of the test instrument in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) was based on the expertise of many researchers, including "distinguished scholars from 10 countries" who participated on the TIMSS Subject Matter Advisory Committee. However, a close examination of the TIMSS Science items suggests that not…

This study explored whether the addition of the items with more advanced math content to the SAT Reasoning Test™ (SAT®) would impact test-taker performance. Two sets of SAT math equating sections were modified to form four subforms each. Different numbers of items with advanced content, taken from the SAT II: Mathematics Level IC Test (Math IC),…

The JEPI was re-analysed by item, factor and cluster analysis. (Editor)

Paper analyzes additive variance in such a fashion that it supports both a theory of types and a cognitive-frustration theory of behavior in the development of tests designed to assess mental disturbance'' versus normality'' amongst college students. (Author)

For the principles studied here, poor item-writing practices serve to obscure (or attentuate) differences between good and poor students. (Authors)

The development, initial standardization, and substantive data of the University Residence Environment Scales (URES) are presented. (Authors)

A listing of this program which includes illustrative input and output can be obtained by writing either author, Bureau of Educational Research, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. (Authors)

Author developed an instrument, called the Perceptual Index, which was designed to provide teachers of art with a valid and reliable measure of response to visual stimuli. (Author/MB)

This study offers one bit of evidence that quizzes written to require reasoning are more effective in attaining thinking" objectives than are recall quizzes. (Author)

Study investigated whether the proportion of examinees who answer an item correctly may be influenced by the difficulty of the immediately preceding item. (Authors/MB)