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Download full textMathieu, Cindy K. – 1997
This paper presents six steps in test construction generally recommended by measurement textbook authors. The focus is primarily on paper-and-pencil achievement tests as used by class instructions, although the discussion touches on the construction of other types of assessment. The six steps are: (1) determine the test purpose; (2) determine the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Difficulty Level, Measurement Techniques, Selection
Bruce, Bertram C.; And Others – 1993
One of 10 reports commissioned by the National Academy of Education, this report investigates topics related to an assessment program piloted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) designed to support state-by-state and state-to-nation comparisons of student performance in reading. The report focuses on three issues: (1) the…
Descriptors: Content Validity, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Research
Budescu, David V.; And Others – 1994
Modified Parallel Analysis (MPA) is a heuristic method for assessing "approximate unidimensionality" of item pools. It compares the second eigenvalue of the observed correlation matrix with the corresponding eigenvalue extracted from a "parallel" matrix generated by a unidimensional and locally independent model. Revised…
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Heuristics, Item Analysis, Item Banks
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 1999
This document is a supplement to the Test Content Description for the Georgia High School Test in Science. The sample items are representative of items on the actual Georgia High School Tests. The strands (major areas) being tested are: (1) World Studies (18% to 20% of the test); (2) United States History since 1865 (18% to 20% of the test); (3)…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Social Studies, Standardized Tests
Dings, Jonathan; Childs, Ruth; Kingston, Neal – 2002
This study examined matrix sampling of test content, the practice of giving various students in the same school differing test questions. This often-used approach to large-scale assessment allows for relatively broad coverage of the curriculum, but with fewer comparable individual student scores than a conventional test. One can be sure that…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Performance Based Assessment, Reliability
Peer reviewedHollwitz, John C.; Pawlowski, Donna R. – Journal of Business Communication, 1997
Describes the development and testing of a structured ethical integrity interview that can be used in the selection of applicants. Examines directions for future testing and study. (SR)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Employment Interviews, Ethics, Higher Education
Peer reviewedEichelberger, R. Tony – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1992
Concerns about norm-referenced achievement tests involve (1) the purposes of the tests (comparability of results); (2) the content of the tests; (3) psychometric screening of test items; (4) the form of tests items; (5) the interpretation of summary scores; and (6) the construct validity of the tests. Offers guidelines for use of norm-referenced…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Norm Referenced Tests, Reliability
Peer reviewedSireci, Stephen G.; Geisinger, Kurt F. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1992
A new method for evaluating the content representation of a test is illustrated. Item similarity ratings were obtained from three content domain experts to assess whether ratings corresponded to item groupings specified in the test blueprint. Multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis provided substantial information about the test's content…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Content Analysis, Multidimensional Scaling, Multiple Choice Tests
What's on the Test? An Analytical Framework and Findings from an Examination of Teachers' Math Tests
Direct linkArchbald, Douglas A.; Grant, Theresa J. – Educational Assessment, 2000
Reports results from research that developed and applied a content analysis instrument to measure the content of 12 middle school mathematics teachers' tests and quizzes. Results shed light on content and methods and on "enacted" curriculum. One finding is the large preponderance of single-path/ single-solution problems related to number…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Middle School Teachers
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 2002
In 1998, the Kentucky legislature made adjustments to the assessment and accountability system established by the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 to create a new system, the Commonwealth Accountability and Testing System (CATS). The Kentucky Core Content Tests (KCCT) are a component of CATS. KCCT assessments are given in grades 4, 5, 7, 8,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Portfolio Assessment, Reliability
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1998
Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) assessments are criterion-referenced performance tests designed, developed, and implemented by the Maryland State Department of Education in collaboration with classroom teachers and other Maryland educators. MSPAP is the major strategy for implementing Maryland's educational reform…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation, Reliability, Scoring
Measurement Inc., Durham, NC. – 1999
Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) assessments are criterion-referenced performance tests designed, developed, and implemented by the Maryland State Department of Education in collaboration with classroom teachers and other Maryland educators. MSPAP is the major strategy for implementing Maryland's educational reform…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation, Reliability, Scoring
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 2000
Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) assessments are criterion-referenced performance tests designed, developed, and implemented by the Maryland State Department of Education in collaboration with classroom teachers and other Maryland educators. MSPAP is the major strategy for implementing Maryland's educational reform…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation, Reliability, Scoring
Schafer, William D.; Moody, Mark – 2003
This paper makes the case that mandated tests, such as those administered through a state's accountability system, can best meet the goal of curricular reform by making their domains of learning targets transparent to users. Test maps are proposed as an effective device to accomplish that goal. A test map describes the content of the test and how…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Maps
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. – 1999
This booklet presents the Reading Framework for the 1992, 1994, 1998, and 2000 National Assessments of Educational Progress (NAEP), adopted by the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB). The Framework contains the rationale for the aspects of reading assessed and criteria for development of the assessment. Developed through a national…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, Reading Achievement, Reading Skills
