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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Effect of Including Pretest Items in an Operational Computerized Adaptive Test: Do Different Ability Examinees Spend Different Amounts of Time on Embedded Pretest Items?
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Ferdous, Abdullah A.; Plake, Barbara S.; Chang, Shu-Ren – Educational Assessment, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of pretest items on response time in an operational, fixed-length, time-limited computerized adaptive test (CAT). These pretest items are embedded within the CAT, but unlike the operational items, are not tailored to the examinee's ability level. If examinees with higher ability levels need less…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Reaction Time, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Items
Ability of Panelists To Estimate Item Performance for a Target Group of Candidates: An Issue in Judgmental Standard Setting.
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Plake, Barbara S.; Impara, James C. – Educational Assessment, 2001
Examined the reliability and accuracy of item performance estimates from an Angoff standard setting application with 29 panelists on 1 year and 30 in the next year. Results provide evidence that item performance estimates were both reasonable and reliable. Discusses factors that might have influenced the results. (SLD)
Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), Evaluators, Performance Factors, Reliability
A Standard-Setting Method Designed for Complex Performance Assessments: Categorical Assignments of Student Work.
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Plake, Barbara S.; Hambleton, Ronald K. – Educational Assessment, 2000
Applied the analytical judgment standard setting method to 90 papers from the 1996 Grade 8 National Assessment of Educational Progress science assessment. Compared sorting versus direct classification, long and short versions of the classification scale, and effects of discussion on cutscores. Results from 17 Georgia teachers and 8 Michigan…
Descriptors: Classification, Cutting Scores, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools