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Student, Sanford R.; Gong, Brian – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2022
We address two persistent challenges in large-scale assessments of the Next Generation Science Standards: (a) the validity of score interpretations that target the standards broadly and (b) how to structure claims for assessments of this complex domain. The NGSS pose a particular challenge for specifying claims about students that evidence from…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Test Validity, Test Items, Test Construction
Larry Katz; Dave Carlgren; Cory Wright-Maley; Megan Hallam; Joan Forder; Danielle Milner; Lisa Finestone – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2024
Student-generated questions can be an effective study technique to improve active learning, metacognitive skills, and performance on examinations. Students have shown greater success when assessed using peer-made study questions than when studying without questions. In three semesters of a kinesiology research methods course students were taught…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Kinesiology, Multiple Choice Tests, Student Developed Materials
Bradshaw, Laine; Levy, Roy – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2019
Although much research has been conducted on the psychometric properties of cognitive diagnostic models, they are only recently being used in operational settings to provide results to examinees and other stakeholders. Using this newer class of models in practice comes with a fresh challenge for diagnostic assessment developers: effectively…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Probability, Classification, Diagnostic Tests
Sivaci, Seda – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2020
The purpose of the present study is to evaluate proficiency tests of the universities in Turkey in line with the ALTE Quality Assurance Checklists in terms of four dimensions: a. Test construction, b. Administration & Logistics c. Grading, Marking Results and d. Test Analysis & Post-examination Review. The study took place in four…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Educational Quality
Cheewasukthaworn, Kanchana – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2022
In 2016, the Office of the Higher Education Commission issued a directive requiring all higher education institutions in Thailand to have their students take a standardized English proficiency test. According to the directive, the test's results had to align with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). In response to this…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Standardized Tests, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
Designing Computer-Based Tests: Design Guidelines from Multimedia Learning Studied with Eye Tracking
Dirkx, K. J. H.; Skuballa, I.; Manastirean-Zijlstra, C. S.; Jarodzka, H. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2021
The use of computer-based tests (CBTs), for both formative and summative purposes, has greatly increased over the past years. One major advantage of CBTs is the easy integration of multimedia. It is unclear, though, how to design such CBT environments with multimedia. The purpose of the current study was to examine whether guidelines for designing…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Computer Assisted Testing, Multimedia Instruction, Eye Movements
Keng, Leslie; Boyer, Michelle – National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, 2020
ACT requested assistance from the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment (Center for Assessment) to investigate declines of scores for states administering the ACT to its 11th grade students in 2018. This request emerged from conversations among state leaders, the Center for Assessment, and ACT in trying to understand the…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Scores, Test Score Decline, Educational Trends
Nicky Roberts; Qetelo M. Moloi; Thelma Mort – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024
Background: In Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes, there are concerns about student teachers' English language proficiency. Aim: To discuss the first iteration of the PrimTEd English language and literacy test and analyse the results for information about the test instrument and about student teacher attainment. Setting: South African…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teacher Education Programs, Program Design
Reckase, Mark D. – ETS Research Report Series, 2017
A common interpretation of achievement test results is that they provide measures of achievement that are much like other measures we commonly use for height, weight, or the cost of goods. In a limited sense, such interpretations are correct, but some nuances of these interpretations have important implications for the use of achievement test…
Descriptors: Models, Achievement Tests, Test Results, Test Construction
Nebraska Department of Education, 2021
This technical report documents the processes and procedures implemented to support the Spring 2021 Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS) Phase I Pilot in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and Science assessments by NWEA® under the supervision of the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE). The technical report shows how the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Standard Setting, English, Language Arts
Gan, Zhengdong; Oon, Emily Pey Tee; Davison, Chris – Language Testing in Asia, 2017
Background: The English language school-based assessment (SBA) component of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Examination is innovative in that the assessment tasks involve assessing English oral language skills in a high-stakes context but they are designed and implemented in the ESL classroom by school teachers in light of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Oral Language
Nebraska Department of Education, 2022
In Winter 2021-2022, the Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS) assessments are administered in ELA and mathematics in Grades 3-8. In Spring 2021-2022, the NSCAS assessments are administered in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics in Grades 3-8 and in science in Grades 5 and 8. The purposes of the NSCAS assessments are to…
Descriptors: English, Language Arts, Student Centered Learning, Mathematics Tests
Beutner, Marc; Rüscher, Frederike Anna – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
This paper provides insights in the development of a skill matching test which addresses soft skills integrated videos as media to provide information about situations to be rated. The design of the skill testing and matching tool is situated in the educational ERASMUS+ project SMART which is presented as well. With a specific view on team work…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Testing, Video Technology
Nebraska Department of Education, 2020
The Spring 2020 Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS) General Summative testing was cancelled due to COVID-19. This technical report documents the processes and procedures that had been implemented to support the Spring 2020 assessments prior to the cancellation. The following sections are presented in this technical report: (1)…
Descriptors: English, Language Arts, Mathematics Tests, Science Tests
Nebraska Department of Education, 2023
In Fall and Winter 2022-2023, the NSCAS assessments were administered in ELA and mathematics for grades 3-8. In Spring 2022-2023, the NSCAS assessments were administered in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics for grades 3-8 and in science for grades 5 and 8. The purposes of the NSCAS assessments are to measure and report Nebraska students'…
Descriptors: English, Language Arts, Student Centered Learning, Mathematics Tests