Using Micros for Test Development: Item Bank Software versus Word Processing.

Gullickson, Arlen; Farland, Dale

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Publication Date: 1990

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Using Micros for Test Development: Item Bank Software versus Word Processing.

Gullickson, Arlen; Farland, Dale

TechTrends, v35 n2 p22-26 1990

Discussion of the use of microcomputers for developing tests for paper-and-pencil presentation compares two options: item-bank, or test-generator software, and word processing. Tests and test generators supplied by textbook publishers are described, cost effectiveness is considered, and possible future developments are suggested. (10 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Intermode Differences, Item Banks, Microcomputers, Teacher Made Tests, Test Construction, Textbooks, Word Processing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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