The appropriate analysis of students' responses to an assessment is an essential step in improving the quality of the assessment itself as well as staff teaching and student learning. Many academics are unfamiliar with the formal processes used to analyze assessment results; the standard statistical methods associated with analyzing the validity…

The Musical Aptitude Profile (MAP) and four levels of the Iowa Tests of Music Literacy (ITML) were administered to university non-music majors to investigate the use of the "in doubt" test item response. The "in doubt" response was not used indiscriminately by the university students on either test battery. (Author)

The Test of Consumer Knowledge (TOCK), a test for determining knowledge of consumer concepts at various developmental levels, is elaborated upon in terms of administrating the test scoring, and the actual test itself (84 true-false statements). (BP)

In this article the author put forward some relatively novel ideas about the nature and purpose of tests and examinations. (Editor/RK)

Local educational agencies and county office staff are provided with information and specific guidelines on the development, maintenance and evaluation of local district testing programs. This manual contains New Jersey approved criteria for local testing programs, a step-by-step presentation of methods for planning, designing and evaluating…

In determining how reliable is reliable enough and how much error can be tolerated in criterion-referenced testing, the following relationships hold: (1) the more specific an objective is, the fewer the items required to reliably measure it; (2) the more specific the objectives are, the more objectives required to cover a given span of the…

The 135 distinct items from the Edward Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) were arranged in a five choice Likert Format and presented to 315 subjects. Factor scales were constructed and correlated with other measures of personality and academic ability. Differences between males and females were tested for significance. The results suggest that…

This paper presents guidelines for valid and effective test preparation and presentation. Working on the assumption that teacher secrecy about tests and the subsequent student test-fear are pointless and harmful, this paper outlines some tools for test preparation, such as pretests, teacher file cards as to items covered in class and clearly…

Suggests some practical testing skills needed by the classroom teacher. (Author/RK)

This study was undertaken to clarify the internal structure of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and shed light on the ability or abilities measured by the three item types that make up the test (logical reasoning, analytical reasoning, and reading comprehension). The study used data for two forms of the LSAT for general samples of LSAT…

Teacher-made tests are an important tool in formative and summative evaluation of learning. This evaluation instrument is designed to aid teachers as they work with tests in the classroom. Questions are included regarding planning, construction, administration, scoring, analysis, and use of test results. (Author)

This paper provides users of teacher-made tests with a computer program designed to improve reporting of student performance on academic tasks. Test planning and construction and form and technique for reporting student performance are described. (CHK)

The "noise" test is a dictation of English sentences recorded on tape with accompanying background white noise; it is used to evaluate English proficiency. This study describes a revision to increase test validity. Technical aspects of recording, syntactic comparability of test items, and data on revised instrument performance are discussed. (CHK)