Duplex Design Project: Science Pilot Test.
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| Title: | Duplex Design Project: Science Pilot Test. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, Los Angeles, CA. |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 84 |
| Publication Date: | 1990 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research Tests/Questionnaires |
| Descriptors: | Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Educational Assessment, Grade 12, High School Seniors, High Schools, Individual Testing, Physics, Pilot Projects, Science Education, Science Tests, Scoring, Test Construction, Test Items |
| Abstract: | Work is reported towards the completion of a prototype duplex-design assessment instrument for grade-12 science. The student course-background questionnaire and the pretest section of the two-stage instrument that was developed were administered to all 134 12th-grade students at St. Clairsville High School (Ohio). Based on the information obtained from the first-stage form, a second-stage form was prepared and adapted to the course level and background of each student in each of four science areas: (1) earth sciences; (2) biology; (3) chemistry; and (4) physics. Second-stage testing plans were made for statewide testing in 40 Ohio schools in March and April of 1991. Additional open-ended items were sought to complete the six forms of the instrument. Two papers on the present stage of the project are provided: "Individualized Educational Assessment: Twelfth-Grade Science" (R. Darrell Bock and Michele Zimowski); and "The Graded Mark-Point Method of Scoring Performance Exercises and Open-Ended Items" (R. Darrell Bock). The questionnaire and pretest from the pilot administration, and individualized test booklets representing four levels of difficulty in the second-stage forms are included. (SLD) |
| Entry Date: | 1991 |
| Accession Number: | ED327571 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Work is reported towards the completion of a prototype duplex-design assessment instrument for grade-12 science. The student course-background questionnaire and the pretest section of the two-stage instrument that was developed were administered to all 134 12th-grade students at St. Clairsville High School (Ohio). Based on the information obtained from the first-stage form, a second-stage form was prepared and adapted to the course level and background of each student in each of four science areas: (1) earth sciences; (2) biology; (3) chemistry; and (4) physics. Second-stage testing plans were made for statewide testing in 40 Ohio schools in March and April of 1991. Additional open-ended items were sought to complete the six forms of the instrument. Two papers on the present stage of the project are provided: "Individualized Educational Assessment: Twelfth-Grade Science" (R. Darrell Bock and Michele Zimowski); and "The Graded Mark-Point Method of Scoring Performance Exercises and Open-Ended Items" (R. Darrell Bock). The questionnaire and pretest from the pilot administration, and individualized test booklets representing four levels of difficulty in the second-stage forms are included. (SLD) |
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