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Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

2003

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An Analysis Of Fall, 2002 Course Evaluations, Richard Frye Oct 2003

An Analysis Of Fall, 2002 Course Evaluations, Richard Frye

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Examination of summary data from 1067 courses evaluated by the Testing Center in the fall of 2002.


A Profile Of The 2002 Western Washington University Graduating Class, Evelyn Albrecht, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney May 2003

A Profile Of The 2002 Western Washington University Graduating Class, Evelyn Albrecht, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Summary and analysis of statistics for the 2002 Western graduating class.


A Profile Of The 2001 Western Washington University Graduating Class, Evelyn Albrecht, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney May 2003

A Profile Of The 2001 Western Washington University Graduating Class, Evelyn Albrecht, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Summary and analysis of statistics for the 2001 Western graduating class.


Item Format Types And Their Influence On Cross-National Comparisons Of Sudent Performance, Alla Routitsky, Ross Turner Mar 2003

Item Format Types And Their Influence On Cross-National Comparisons Of Sudent Performance, Alla Routitsky, Ross Turner

Dr Alla Routitsky

An important decision to be made in the design and implementation of large-scale assessments is the appropriate balance of item types — in particular the balance between objectively coded multiple-choice type items and item types that require coding by trained professionals. Decisions made in this regard depend upon finding an appropriate balance in the light of cost and construct validity concerns. Given the importance of this decision there are surprisingly few international studies that consider the effect of item format on achievement and the results of these studies are not consistent. Some of these studies do, however, illustrate that item …