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Using Different Spectacles To Look at Student Achievement: Implications for Theory and Practice.
Badger, Elizabeth – 1990
Data from science and mathematics tests administered to 12th graders in Massachusetts were analyzed to compare the use of multiple-choice items with that of open-ended questions. Specifically, the study was designed to determine the statistical equivalence of the two types of test items, the information yielded by the items, and the grounds upon…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Grade 12, High School Students
On Their Own: Student Response to Open-Ended Tests in Reading.
Badger, Elizabeth; Thomas, Brenda – 1989
In the spring of 1988, Massachusetts conducted its second Educational Assessment Program to assess the performance of students in grades 4, 8, and 12 in reading, mathematics, science, and social studies. Students' responses to open-ended questions in one form of the reading test were studied. One-twelfth of the fourth-graders, one-sixteenth of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Figurative Language
On Their Own: Student Response to Open-Ended Tests in Math.
Badger, Elizabeth – 1989
This report presents a summary of information about the use in Massachusetts of open-ended questions in the Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program's biennial assessment of mathematics at grades 4, 8, and 12. These questions appeared in one form of the tests in each grade. One-twelfth of the fourth-graders, one-sixteenth of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12
On Their Own: Student Response to Open-Ended Tests in Science.
Badger, Elizabeth; Thomas, Brenda – 1989
In the spring of 1988, the Massachusetts Department of Education administered its second biennial assessment (the Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program), testing students in grades 4, 8, and 12 in reading, mathematics, science, and social studies. This report discusses the use of open-ended questions in one form of the science tests.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education