Identifies critical variables that underlie young adults' performance on document literacy tasks from the National Assessment of Educational Progress's Young Adult Literacy study. Argues that the variables identified and document grammar developed could help improve the usability of documents, assist readers in understanding documents, and develop…

This article focuses on common errors associated with true-false, matching, completion, and essay questions as presented in textbook test manuals. Teachers should be able to select and/or adapt test questions which would be applicable to the content of their courses and which meet minimal standards for test construction. (JD)

This paper reviews the role of the item in test construction, and suggests some new methods of item analysis. A look at dynamic, graphical item analysis is provided that uses the advantages of modern, high-speed, highly interactive computing. Several illustrations are provided. (Author/TJH)

Explains Subkoviak's method for estimating alternate-form reliability from one administration of a criterion-referenced test and describes computer program that handles tests for large number of examinees and allows application of Subkoviak's technique. Concludes that program is superior to other methods since user can directly check…

Discusses the evaluation of a teacher's craft knowledge, or wisdom of teaching. Uses case studies from a national board certification assessment to illustrate the problems of test design and validation. (FMW)

A competency exam can help determine whether a training program has been effective only if it can pass the test of content validity. Seven steps for ensuring validity are developing learning objectives, outlining content, establishing format, constructing test items, evaluating validity, administering the exam, and analyzing results. (JOW)

Reviews the literature that focuses on common sources of bias related to the test-generation process, discusses implications of this literature for the business school faculty, and suggests future empirical studies in the areas that pertain to the resolution of these issues. (Author)

Describes a criterion-referenced test development process that promises to bring a vocational program closer to the business and industrial community by providing opportunities for their representatives to assist in designing test instruments and by creating opportunities for industry-education partnerships through the test validating and updating…

Developed 24-item, 5-subscale Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) as useful diagnostic tool for professional caregivers. Administered CBI to 107 caregivers of cognitively impaired older people. Individual cases illustrated that caregivers with same total burden scores can have markedly different patterns of burden and different social and…

Reports on the guidelines of the American Psychological Association for Computer-Based Tests and Interpretations (CBTI). Guidelines for users in the areas of test administration and interpretation are described, guidelines for developers including human factor and psychometric issues are explained, and the validity of computer interpretations is…

Factors enabling the construction of high-quality tests are clearly defined learning objectives, unambiguous test directions and arrangement, and bias-free statements. (SK)

Examines various procedures for constructing confidence intervals that have been suggested in measurement texts in relation to their approximation to the most accurate procedure that uses the estimated true score as the center of the confidence interval and the standard error of estimate to determine width. (Author/ABL)

Describes ways that language test design can be computerized, and illustrates some test construction methods derived from the field of operations research. (CB)

To explore possible misconstruing of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) profiles, MMPI-2 protocols from 196 clinical outpatients were compared to 196 randomly generated protocols in a 3-stage scale development procedure designed to detect inconsistent responses. Results support the new scale as a screening measure. (SLD)

Data from 255 normal individuals were factor analyzed. Variables included subtests from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R), the Kaufman Adolescent and Adult Intelligence Test (KAIT), and two new brief measures. Results are interpreted in the context of previous Horn analyses of the KAIT and WAIS-R. (SLD)