The American Chemical Society Examinations Institute (ACS-EI) has recently developed the Exams Data Analysis Spread (EDAS) as a tool to help instructors conduct customizable analyses of their student data from ACS exams. The EDAS calculations allow instructors to analyze their students' performances both at the total score and individual item…

The concept of assigning partial credit on multiple-choice test items is considered for items from ACS Exams. Because the items on these exams, particularly the quantitative items, use common student errors to define incorrect answers, it is possible to assign partial credits to some of these incorrect responses. To do so, however, it becomes…

Provides list of tests available for the 1983 American Chemical Society (ACE) testing program and tables of condensed norms for six ACE examinations. Also provides a listing of the subject matter content of General Chemistry Form 1983 and 1983B. The test contains 80 items in 15 major areas. (JN)

Lists seven new and 19 other tests currently available from the American Chemical Society and presents in table form norms of recent tests condensed from larger data aggregates. (SK)

Provides information on the American Chemical Society's (ACS) 1986 testing program, listing currently available tests (includes five new tests). Also provides condensed norms for ACS examinations, including high school chemistry forms 1985 and 1985-S, general-organic-biological chemistry form 1985, general chemistry (brief version) form 1985-B,…

Lists the tests available in 1987 from the Examinations Institute of the American Chemical Society. Provides test results from the 1985 Inorganic Chemistry Test, the 1986 Advanced High School Chemistry Test, the 1986 Organic Chemistry Test, and the updated 1985 General-Organic-Biological Chemistry Test. (TW)

Presents (1) a list of American Chemical Society (ACS) chemistry examinations available for the 1985 testing program (including seven new tests) and (2) condensed norms for the most recent tests (including Brief Organic Chemistry Form 1984-B and High School Advanced Chemistry Form 1984-ADV). (JN)