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Ewing, Maureen; Packman, Sheryl; Hamen, Cynthia; Thurber, Allison Clark – Applied Measurement in Education, 2010
In the last few years, the Advanced Placement (AP) Program[R] has used evidence-centered assessment design (ECD) to articulate the knowledge, skills, and abilities to be taught in the course and measured on the summative exam for four science courses, three history courses, and six world language courses; its application to calculus and English…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Equivalency Tests, Evidence, Test Construction
Hendrickson, Amy; Patterson, Brian; Ewing, Maureen – College Board, 2010
The psychometric considerations and challenges associated with including constructed response items on tests are discussed along with how these issues affect the form assembly specifications for mixed-format exams. Reliability and validity, security and fairness, pretesting, content and skills coverage, test length and timing, weights, statistical…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Test Format, Test Construction, Test Validity