INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUED INTO VARIOUS EFFECTS OF NON-INDEPENDENT ERROR INTRODUCED INTO MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST SCORES AS A RESULT OF CHANCE GUESSING SUCCESS. A MODEL IS DEVELOPED IN WHICH THE CONCEPT OF THEORETICAL COMPONENTS OF SCORES IS NOT INTRODUCED AND IN WHICH, THEREFORE, NO ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUCH COMPONENTS NEED…

Eighteen studies of the effects of changing initial answers to objective test items are reviewed. While students throughout the total test score range tended to gain more points than they lost, higher scoring students gain more than did lower scoring students. Suggestions for further research are made. (Author/JKS)

The true-false testing method evaluated in a perception and cognition course provided a quick and thorough means of testing structural knowledge, i.e., the knowledge of how concepts within a domain are interrelated in a semantic network of ideas. It also caused students to think about relationships among concepts as they studied. (RM)

Some students study, and some learn, in preparation for exams; to increase their number, author (a high school teacher) presents a restructured exam program." (SP)

The Test Analysis Program (TAP) is a comprehensive, flexible computer system designed to score and to analyze objective educational tests. The goals of the designers were to construct a program which would be user-oriented, flexible, and clear in structure and in output. (Author/JKS)

How accurate are self-estimates of cognitive abilities? An investigation of self-estimates of verbal, math, and spatial abilities is reported with a battery of parallel objective tests of abilities. Self-estimates were obtained prior to and after objective ability testing (without test feedback) in order to examine whether self-estimates change…

Disciplinary alternative schools have a reputation as gateways to the juvenile and criminal justice systems. The authors conducted an evaluation of an intervention (Strategies for Success) designed to divert seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade alternative school students from this gateway. They used propensity score matching and a multivariate…

Counselors and teachers are sometimes asked for advice concerning the advisability of changing a response made to an objective test item. This article examines the current beliefs of students, the advice given in the 'how to' literature, and the effects of changed responses. (Author)

Argues that objective tests in secondary English will lead to a packaged humanity in which individuals are essentially similar. (Author/RB)

Provides 11 rules to follow in developing new objective evaluation methods to replace standardized tests. (DD)

It was found that significantly lower ratings were given by judges in a gymnastics event who viewed the vault from the front and had received extensive training themselves. (JD)

Suggests an easy and effective procedure for testing student comprehension of a single literary work. (DD)

Two methods of practical assessment, differing in degree of objectivity, were compared using a sample of bricklaying teachers. The results indicated that use of a substantially objective marking scale was more reliable, provided lower marks, and required substantially more time to complete. (JOW)

Presents a brief history of objective tests and their characteristics and limitations as compared to essay tests. (CP)