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A Paradox in the Study of the Benefits of Test‐Item Review
- W. D. Linden, M. Jeon, Steve Ferrara
- Psychology
- 1 December 2011
According to a popular belief, test takers should trust their initial instinct and retain their initial responses when they have the opportunity to review test items. More than 80 years of empirical… Expand
Assessing learning in the classroom
- J. McTighe, Steve Ferrara
- Psychology
- 1998
Be planned, discrete events (e.g., no-stakes quiz, muddiest point, minute paper, directed paraphrasing, blind poll). Arise spontaneously (e.g., posing questions, listening to student questions and… Expand
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Performance Level Descriptors: History, Practice, and a Proposed Framework: Karla L. Egan, M. Christina Schneider, and Steve Ferrara, CTB/McGraw-Hill
- K. Egan, M. C. Schneider, Steve Ferrara, Ctb, Mcgraw-hill
- Art
- 22 March 2012
A Framework for Policies and Practices to Improve Test Security Programs: Prevention, Detection, Investigation, and Resolution (PDIR)
- Steve Ferrara
- Psychology
- 22 May 2017
Test security is not an end in itself; it is important because we want to be able to make valid interpretations from test scores. In this article, I propose a framework for comprehensive test… Expand
Study of a Dual-Language Test Booklet in Eighth-Grade Mathematics
- Teresa Duncan, Lourdes del Rio Parent, +4 authors Yann-Yann Shieh
- 1 April 2005
The purpose of this study was to address the effectiveness of a Spanish-English dual-language test booklet in 8th-grade mathematics. This study used analyses of test data (n = 402) as well as… Expand
Evaluating Comparative Judgment as an Approach to Essay Scoring
- J. Steedle, Steve Ferrara
- Psychology
- 30 March 2016
ABSTRACT As an alternative to rubric scoring, comparative judgment generates essay scores by aggregating decisions about the relative quality of the essays. Comparative judgment eliminates certain… Expand
A Comparison of IRT, Delta Plot, and Mantel-Haenszel Techniques for Detecting Differential Item Functioning Across Subpopulations in the Maryland Test of Citizenship Skills.
- H. Baghi, Steve Ferrara
- Psychology
- 22 March 1989
Use of item response theory (IRT), the delta plot method, and Mantel-Haenszel techniques to assess differential item functioning (DIF) across racial and gender groups associated with the Maryland… Expand
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The Consistency Between Raters Scoring in Different Test Years
- Anne R. Fitzpatrick, K. Ercikan, W. M. Yen, Steve Ferrara
- Psychology
- 1 April 1998
The consistency between raters over 3 years of a high-stakes performance assessment was examined in 2 studies that involved students in Grades 3, 5, and 8. The students' performance was evaluated in… Expand
Matching the Judgmental Task with Standard Setting Panelist Expertise: The Item-Descriptor (ID) Matching Method
- Steve Ferrara, M. Perie, Eugene J. Johnson
- Computer Science
- 1 February 2008
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Using NAEP for Interstate Comparisons: The Beginnings of a “National Achievement Test” and “National Curriculum”
- Steve Ferrara, S. Thornton
- Psychology
- 1 September 1988
Current plans to use National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results to compare and rank states may lead to a perception of NAEP as a “national achievement test” representing a “national… Expand
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