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Hendrickson, Amy; Patterson, Brian; Ewing, Maureen – College Board, 2010
The psychometric considerations and challenges associated with including constructed response items on tests are discussed along with how these issues affect the form assembly specifications for mixed-format exams. Reliability and validity, security and fairness, pretesting, content and skills coverage, test length and timing, weights, statistical…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Test Format, Test Construction, Test Validity
Gierl, Mark J.; Tan, Xuan; Wang, Changjiang – College Board, 2005
The results of this study conclude that there is a multidimensional basis for test score inferences on the mathematics and critical reading sections of the SAT. Results from the exploratory analyses indicate that the data are multidimensional, as mathematics displayed two dimensions and critical reading displayed three dimensions. The correlations…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Standardized Tests, Scores, Inferences