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The Art Of Item Writing: Cross-Curricular Testing At Acer 1964-2014, Doug Mccurry, John Harding Nov 2017

The Art Of Item Writing: Cross-Curricular Testing At Acer 1964-2014, Doug Mccurry, John Harding

ACER Research Monographs

This monograph is about the development of a distinctive style of cross-curricular testing that was developed at the Australian Council for Educational Research in the 1960s and 1970s, and is still in use in some testing programs presently. The impetus for this kind of test development was the decision of the Menzies government to award 10,000 scholarships each year for students to study at Years 11 and 12 through a test called The Commonwealth Secondary Scholarship Examination (CSSE). The testing program ran for 10 years, during which around one million candidates sat the test. This monograph attempts to demonstrate the …


Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1973, Acer Jul 1973

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1973, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1973 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.


Quantitative Thinking 1973, Acer Jul 1973

Quantitative Thinking 1973, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1973 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.


Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1972, Acer Jul 1972

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1972, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1972 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.


Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1971, Acer Jul 1971

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1971, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper Year 10 students sat in 1971 as part of the Australian Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination.


Quantitative Thinking 1971, Acer Jul 1971

Quantitative Thinking 1971, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1971 as part of the Australian Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination.


Quantitative Thinking 1970, Acer Jul 1970

Quantitative Thinking 1970, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1970 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.


Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1970, Acer Jul 1970

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1970, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1970 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.


Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1969, Acer Jul 1969

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1969, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1969 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.


Quantitative Thinking 1969, Acer Jul 1969

Quantitative Thinking 1969, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1969 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.


Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1968, Acer Jul 1968

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1968, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1968 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.


Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1967, Acer Jul 1967

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1967, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1967 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.


Quantitative Thinking 1967, Acer Jul 1967

Quantitative Thinking 1967, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1967 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.


Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1966, Acer Jul 1966

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1966, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1966 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.


Quantitative Thinking 1966, Acer Jul 1966

Quantitative Thinking 1966, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1966 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.


Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1965, Acer Jul 1965

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1965, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1965 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.


Quantitative Thinking 1965, Acer Jul 1965

Quantitative Thinking 1965, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1965 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.


Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1964, Acer Oct 1964

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1964, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1964 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.


Quantitative Thinking 1964, Acer Oct 1964

Quantitative Thinking 1964, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1964 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.