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Books on: standardized test construction

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1.

Test Construction: Development and Interpretation of Achievement Tests

Book by Dorothy C. Adkins; Charles E. Merrill Publishing, 1974

Subjects:

Examinations--Design And Construction

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Criticisms of Standardized Tests of Cognitive...edition of Test Construction is the same...measuring devices. Standardized tests are far...technical defects in construction, the teachers...treatment to test scores. This...
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Rethinking the Sat: The Future of Standardized Testing in University Admissions

Book by Rebecca Zwick; RoutledgeFalmer, 2004

Subjects:

Scholastic Assessment Test--Evaluation, Universities And Colleges--United States--Entrance Examinations--Evaluation

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Rethinking the SAT is a unique presentation of the latest thoughts and research findings of key individuals in the world of college admissions, including the president of the largest public university system in the U.S., as well as the presidents of the two companies that sponsor college admissions ...
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Rethinking the SAT is a unique presentation of the latest thoughts and research findings of key individuals in the world of college admissions, including the president of the largest public university system in the U.S., as well as the presidents of the two companies that sponsor college admissions tests in the U.S. The contributors address not only the pros and cons of the SAT itself, but the broader question of who should go to college in the twenty-first century.
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Test Theory for a New Generation of Tests

Book by Norman Frederiksen, Robert J. Mislevy, Isaac I. Bejar; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1993

Subjects:

Ability--Testing, Educational Tests And Measurements, Examinations--Design And Construction, Examinations--Interpretation

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...studies had less influence on test construction, however, because they arrive...that these dicta could guide test construction solely from counts and patterns...alternatives. Of course, good test construction does consider the knowledge...
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Developing and Validating Multiple-Choice Test Items

Book by Thomas M. Haladyna; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999

Subjects:

Multiple-Choice Examinations--Design And Construction, Multiple-Choice Examinations--Validity

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...annually take some form of a standardized, MC test FairTest Examiner...schools where publishers standardized achievement test scores are used as a criterion...item writing, test design, test construction, test production, and test...
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Developing and Validating Multiple-Choice Test Items

Book by Thomas M. Haladyna; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

Subjects:

Multiple-Choice Examinations--Design And Construction, Multiple-Choice Examinations--Validity

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...where publishers standardized achievement test scores are used...misinterpretations of standardized achievement test scores. Haladyna...and skills. Most standardized achieve- ment tests, such as the Iowa Test of Basic Skills...

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Journal Articles on: standardized test construction

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Using Standardized Test Unconventionally: An Adapted Reading Assessment

Journal article by Ping Liu, Richerd Parker, Rafael Lara; Reading Improvement, Vol. 38, 2001

Subjects:

Educational tests and measurements--Evaluation, English as a second language--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...communication. October. Langer, J. A. (1987). The construction of meaning and the assessment of comprehension: An analysis of reader performance on standardized test items. In R. O. Freedle R. P. Duran (Eds.), Cognitive...
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Violating Conventional Wisdom in Multiple Choice Test Construction

Journal article by Annette Kujawski Taylor; College Student Journal, Vol. 39, 2005

Subjects:

College students--Testing, Educational tests, Educational tests and measurements, Examinations, Multiple choice tests, Multiple-choice examinations

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...of options because test construction is less laborious...aspects of overall test construction can be set aside. It...disorder. Thus, the construction of good items is paramount...about textbook-related test banks persist. For...
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Underprediction of Female Performance from Standardized Knowledge Tests: A Further Example from the Knowledge of Geography Test

Journal article by Burton D. Nelson, Robert H. Aron, Debra A. Poole; Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1999

Subjects:

Academic achievement--Forecasts, Achievement tests--Social aspects, Geography--Study and teaching, Prediction of scholastic success--Research, Women college students--Testing

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...class. Because the test was lengthy and...necessitating construction of addition al...scores on the KOG test on final grades...actual rather than standardized grades, due to...Intercorrelations Among Standardized Test Scores and...
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The Effects of Sample Size on the Equating of Test Items

Journal article by Ghada K. Eid; Education, Vol. 126, 2005

Subjects:

Sampling (Statistics)--Influence, Sampling (Statistics)--Models, Standardized tests--Design and construction, Standardized tests--Research, Statistical sampling--Influence, Statistical sampling--Models

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Background Test construction and administration...an achievement test provides primarily...a large-scale standardized test separately...solutions to many test construction and scoring issues...IRT methods for test construction and/or scoring...
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Cultivation and the Elaboration Likelihood Model: A Test of the Learning and Construction and Availability Heuristic Models

Journal article by Lisa M. Schroeder; Communication Studies, Vol. 56, 2005

Subjects:

Human information processing--Models, Human information processing--Research, Perception, Disorders of--Models, Perception, Disorders of--Research, Perceptual distortion--Models, Perceptual distortion--Research, Television viewers--Psychological aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...discrepancy scores were standardized. Third, the discrepancy...learning and construction or passive, availability...elaboration that test ones ability...regression was used to test H3. H3 tested...learning and construction model. Age, gender...learning and construction model. In H4...regression was used to test cultivation through...

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Magazine Articles on: standardized test construction

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Putting Vendors to the Test

Magazine article by Geoffrey M. Jung, Ronald J. Morris, Mary Alice Hogan; Security Management, Vol. 50, April 2006

Subjects:

Electronic security systems--Evaluation, Electronic security systems--Forecasts and trends, Security measures--Evaluation, Security measures--Forecasts and trends, Security systems--Evaluation, Security systems--Forecasts and trends

Collections: Entire Library

...Procedures Testing procedures must be standardized, so there is a consistent baseline for...just be brought in at the end and handed test criteria. In our case, the security department...control vendor, the CCTV vendor, the construction services department, and representatives...
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Making the Grade: Black Congressional Members Pass NAACP Test

Magazine article by Cliff Hocker; Black Enterprise, Vol. 32, June 2002

Subjects:

African American legislators--Appreciation, Congressional Black Caucus--Appreciation, NAACP--Statistics

Collections: Entire Library

...black congressional members pass NAACP test by Cliff Hocker The African...students in certain grade levels to pass standardized tests, and school voucher provisions...23/01 Construction Funds...
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Constructing Ethics and the Ethics of Construction: John Ruskin and the Humanity of the Builder

Magazine article by John Matteson; Cross Currents, Vol. 52, Fall 2002

Subjects:

Architecture--Moral and ethical aspects, Art and morals, Ruskin, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Ruskin, John--Moral and ethical aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...when people discover, test, and gradually expand...arts. Refining the construction workers soul through...too, is the fact that standardized labor, even if not...unimaginable speed. Construction in our time has to...only t he process of construction, but also those of...
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Protecting Pacemakers from Interference

Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 127, June 1999

Subjects:

Defibrillators--Design and construction, Pacemaker, Artificial (Heart)--Design and construction, Pacemakers--Design and construction

Collections: Entire Library

...electronic article surveillance systems and two EAS system tag deactivators provided by their manufacturers. Using standardized test procedures, they measure how the medical devices respond through their full range of operation. The resulting data...
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Money Mutterers

Magazine article by Kevin G. Welner; School Administrator, Vol. 64, June 2007

Subjects:

American Legislative Exchange Council--Powers and duties, Education and state--Interpretation and construction, Education policy--Interpretation and construction, Education--Analysis, Education--Finance, Educational finance--Analysis

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...increased most on items that are unlikely to show up in standardized test scores, such as special education, dropout prevention...low-scoring students in school, thus reducing average test scores for the school. The more money spent, the lower...

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Newspaper Articles on: standardized test construction

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Society of Inspectors Offers Test Standards

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 9, 2004

Subjects:

American Society of Home Inspectors

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Its about the most standardized test for home inspectors...electrical, plumbing, construction or other home maintenance...had with the lack of standardized inspection services...beginning to require a standardized examination process...
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Fox Valley in 60 Seconds

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 21, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Wredling students standardized test results. Those results showed...overall high performance on standardized tests. District 301 OKs...additional land for new school construction. In a windfall, the district...will help pay for new school construction, said Ron Cope, the districts...
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Editorials

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 22, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...assignment done on time: Results of last school years standardized test scores for Illinois students are not uniformly great...that the STAR rail line is, at best, a decade from construction. But, as village officials note, this plan gives...
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State Spending Limit Plan Goes to Voters

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), August 1, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...spending, such as highway and bridge repairs and construction projects funded by road fees and gas taxes, and tuition...comparisons since 1992, ranging from per-capita income to standardized test results for 3rd-graders, "Colorado beats the hell...
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It's Time We Went to Year-Round Schooling

Newspaper article by Adrienne T. Washington; The Washington Times, June 15, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...year-round schooling. With the heightened emphasis on standardized test scores and the implementation of rigorous, mandatory...that year-round schooling can actually save money in construction costs if school districts stagger sessions among...

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