Analysis of Score Change Patterns of Examinees Repeating the Graduate Record Examinations General Test.

Autor/inn/en	Kingston, Neal; Turner, Nancy
Institution	Graduate Record Examinations Board, Princeton, NJ.; Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.
Titel	Analysis of Score Change Patterns of Examinees Repeating the Graduate Record Examinations General Test.
Quelle	(1984), (49 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	College Entrance Examinations; Graduate Study; Higher Education; Multiple Regression Analysis; Quantitative Tests; Scores; Student Characteristics; Test Format; Test Reliability; Test Wiseness; Verbal Tests; Graduate Record Examinations + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aufnahmeprüfung; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Testentwicklung; Testreliabilität; Mündliche Prüfung
Abstract	This investigation examines the impact the l98l Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test Format Revision had on the stability over time of the verbal, quantitative, and analytical scores. Scores were used from the self-selected group of repeaters who took the GRE General Test twice between October 1980 and June 1982. Examinees were divided into three groups based on the test format taken. Three sets of analysis were performed: (1) analysis of difference scores and analysis of estimated true difference scores; (2) analysis of same form versus different form repeaters; and (3) analysis of predicted scores. Results for the new-format General Test show the greatest stability over time for the verbal measure and the least for the analytical measure. The large percentage of both gains and decreases on the analytical measure is primarily explained by the measure's lower reliability. Taking the same test edition twice provides the greatest expected score increase advantage for the analytical measure, and the least for the verbal measure. The psychometric characteristics with regard to score changes for the quantitative measure are between those for the verbal and analytical measures. Appendices include: (1) demographic characteristics of GRE repeaters; (2) group differences in background variables; and (3) regression equations. (BS)
Anmerkungen	Educational Testing Service, Research Publications R-ll6, Princeton, NJ 0854l
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC