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Using Domain-Referenced Tests for Student Placement, Diagnosis, and Attainment in a System of Adaptive, Individualized Instruction

Nitko, Anthony J.; Hsu, Tse-Chi – Educational Technology, 1974

Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Educational Testing, Individual Testing, Individualized Instruction

Using Microcomputers to Administer Tests: An Alternate Point of View.

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Millman, Jason – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1984

In providing an alternative view to the previous article by Ward (TM 508 880), the author notes problems associated with adaptive testing, diagnostic testing, testing embedded in instruction, and testing through simulations. (BW)

Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation, Computer Software

Using Microcomputers to Administer Tests.

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Ward, William C. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1984

Some of the benefits available from using computers to administer the kinds of tests that are familiar in educational settings are reviewed. Four applications that represent current or near-term enhancements of assessment are discussed: computerized adaptive testing, diagnostic testing, test preparation, and administration of simulations of…

Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation

A Comparison of Four Methods of Determining Instructional Reading Levels.

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Tulley, Michael A.; Farr, Roger – Reading Psychology, 1987

Examines the validity of estimates of instructional reading level produced by the Reading Comprehension Test of the 1986 Metropolitan Achievement Tests (MAT). Compares reading level estimates provided by the MAT, basal reader placement tests, an informal reading inventory, and classroom teachers' judgments. Suggests that each method, because of…

Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Educational Testing, Elementary Education