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PDF pending restorationSchulz, E. Matthew; Kolen, Michael J.; Nicewander, W. Alan – 1997
This paper compares modified Guttman and item response theory (IRT) based procedures for classifying examinees in ordered levels when each level is represented by several multiple choice test items. In the modified Guttman procedure, within-level number correct scores are mapped to binary level mastery scores. Examinees are then assigned to levels…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Item Response Theory, Mathematics Tests
Download full textPatz, Richard J.; Wilson, Mark; Hoskens, Machteld – 1997
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) collects data in the form of repeated, discrete measures (test items) with hierarchical structure for both measures and subjects, that is complex by any standard. This complexity has been managed through a "divide and conquer" approach of isolating and evaluating sources of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Patterns
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 1999
This document is a supplement to the Test Content Description for the Georgia High School Test in Science. The sample items are representative of items on the actual Georgia High School Tests. The strands (major areas) being tested are: (1) World Studies (18% to 20% of the test); (2) United States History since 1865 (18% to 20% of the test); (3)…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Social Studies, Standardized Tests
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 2000
This document lists the test and item specifications for the Washington Assessment of Student Learning for fourth grade reading. The test section of the document explains that the purpose of this test is to measure Washington fourth grade students' level of proficiency in the Essential Academic Learning Requirements in reading. The reading test…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Reading Comprehension
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 2000
This document outlines the test and item specifications for the Washington Assessment of Student Learning for tenth grade reading. The purpose of this test is to measure Washington tenth grade students' level of proficiency in the Essential Academic Learning Requirements in reading. The reading test described in the document contains literary,…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Grade 10, High Schools, Reading Comprehension
Zhu, Renbang; Yu, Feng; Liu, Su – 2002
A computerized adaptive test (CAT) administration usually requires a large supply of items with accurately estimated psychometric properties, such as item response theory (IRT) parameter estimates, to ensure the precision of examinee ability estimation. However, an estimated IRT model of a given item in any given pool does not always correctly…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Estimation (Mathematics)
Hoyt, Cathy Fillmore – 2003
This booklet contains the teacher's guide to a mathematics placement test which was developed to assist teachers in providing the best match between instructional materials and student needs. It covers math skills from whole numbers to algebra. The placement test is divided into six parts, each consisting of 10 to 22 problems, and is based on exit…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Evaluation, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Education
Yang, Wen-Ling – 2000
The Achievement-Levels Setting (ALS) process for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) resulted in numerical cutscores on the NAEP score scale representing the performance standards for three achievement levels: Basic, Proficient, and Advanced. This paper focuses on an important, but less researched, aspect of the standard setting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Civics, Evaluation Methods
Le, Vi-Nhuan – 1999
This study examined gender-based differential item functioning (DIF) on the 10th-grade history achievement test administered as part of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), which followed 24,599 8th graders into 10th and 12th grades. Several DIF analyses with varying matching criteria were conducted, and the results were…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Femininity, Grade 10, High School Students
Lau, C. Allen; Wang, Tianyou – 2000
This paper proposes a new Information-Time index as the basis for item selection in computerized classification testing (CCT) and investigates how this new item selection algorithm can help improve test efficiency for item pools with mixed item types. It also investigates how practical constraints such as item exposure rate control, test…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Classification, Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Parsons, Jim; Fenwick, Tara – 1999
This "toolbox" offers suggestions about how and when to create objective tests. Such tests are sometimes a quick way to find out how students are doing, and sometimes they help students focus on what they are doing in class or help teachers define the content that is worth knowing. The following suggestions are offered for developing objective…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Objective Tests
Milewski, Glenn B.; Patelis, Thanos – 2001
The 1999 Advanced Placement[R] (AP[R] Psychology Examination contains items drawn from 13 factors related to the study of psychology. This factor structure had not been explored previously. This study focuses on evaluating the fit of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) models to examination items. Since examination items were dichotomous and…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Factor Structure, Goodness of Fit, High School Students
Glas, Cees A. W.; Vos, Hans J. – 2000
This paper focuses on a version of sequential mastery testing (i.e., classifying students as a master/nonmaster or continuing testing and administering another item or testlet) in which response behavior is modeled by a multidimensional item response theory (IRT) model. First, a general theoretical framework is outlined that is based on a…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Classification, Computer Assisted Testing
Drasgow, Fritz, Ed.; Olson-Buchanan, Julie B., Ed. – 1999
Chapters in this book present the challenges and dilemmas faced by researchers as they created new computerized assessments, focusing on issues addressed in developing, scoring, and administering the assessments. Chapters are: (1) "Beyond Bells and Whistles; An Introduction to Computerized Assessment" (Julie B. Olson-Buchanan and Fritz Drasgow);…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Scoring
Louisiana State Department of Education, 2004
This document is part of a series of materials meant to promote understanding of knowledge and skills students must have and the kinds of work they must produce to be successful on the LEAP 21. LEAP 21 is an integral part of the Louisiana school and district accountability system passed by the state legislature and signed into law in 1997. The…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Test Items, Social Studies, Scores
