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Download full textAmanda A. Wolkowitz; Russell Smith – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2024
A decision consistency (DC) index is an estimate of the consistency of a classification decision on an exam. More specifically, DC estimates the percentage of examinees that would have the same classification decision on an exam if they were to retake the same or a parallel form of the exam again without memory of taking the exam the first time.…
Descriptors: Testing, Test Reliability, Replication (Evaluation), Decision Making
Catherine Mata; Katharine Meyer; Lindsay Page – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
This article examines the risk of crossover contamination in individual-level randomization, a common concern in experimental research, in the context of a large-enrollment college course. While individual-level randomization is more efficient for assessing program effectiveness, it also increases the potential for control group students to cross…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Large Group Instruction
Direct linkApril L. Millet; Emre Dinç; Timothy J. Bralower – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
This study aimed to examine the effect of four types of assessment on overall student success in an online college-level climate change course. Quizzes, midterms, lab assignments, and a capstone project as well as knowledge check questions were used to assess different aspects of student learning, consistent with Bloom's taxonomy hierarchy.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Test Format, Tests, Laboratory Experiments
Sanne Unger; Alanna Lecher – Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
This action research project sought to understand how giving students a choice in how to demonstrate mastery of a reading would affect both grades and evaluations of the instructor, given that assessment choice might increase student engagement. We examined the effect of student assessment choice on grades and course evaluations, the two…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Alternative Assessment, Test Selection
Hoadley, Ursula; Muller, Johan – Curriculum Journal, 2016
Why has large-scale standardised testing attracted such a bad press? Why has pedagogic benefit to be derived from test results been downplayed? The paper investigates this question by first surveying the pros and cons of testing in the literature, and goes on to examine educators' responses to standardised, large-scale tests in a sample of low…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, Developing Nations, Visual Discrimination
