The development of the Holy Trinity College-college entrance test (HTC-CET)

Added Title

Proposed evaluation of the college guidance programs of the Holy Trinity College
Critical analysis of criterion related validity studies made on FAPE-CET

Date of Publication

1986

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Educational Measurement and Evaluation

Subject Categories

Higher Education

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Counseling and Educational Psychology

Abstract/Summary

This study develops the Holy Trinity College Entrance Test (HTC-CET) for the freshmen college applicants of the Holy Trinity College in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. The HTC-CET underwent content validation, the process which involves the systematic examination of the test content and objectives to determine whether the test covers a representative sample of the skills to be measured. Readings on related literature were made. Subject matter and test development specialist in English and mathematics were consulted. Test specifications were prepared. Subject matter specialists assisted in item writing and reviewing. The test underwent first and second try out to aid in the selection of items in the final form. An item analysis was performed on the test data utilizing a specially developed program in the Center for Educational Measurement (CEM). The difficulty index of each item was computed using the number of examinees who answered the item correctly divided by the total number attempting to answer the item. To find the discriminatory capacity of each item, the biserial correlation was used. Option analysis was also done in the distractors of each item to determine its attractiveness. An item is selected upon meeting the following criteria for item acceptability: 1) The difficulty level should be between .05 to .95 2) The discrimination level should have a biserial correlation coefficient between .30 to .90 and 3) At least 3 percent of the number of the examinees should choose each of the item. After the pretest analysis items were selected and arranged according to difficulty level by sub-areas. Items requiring minor revisions were changed accordingly and the final form was assembled.

Item analysis yielded the following findings: 1) HTC-CET 325 pretest items has a spread of difficulty ranging from very difficult to very easy ones. Majority of the items are average on difficulty. Very few items fall on very easy category. More items are difficult than the easy ones. 2) HTC-CET pretest discrimination indices ranged from -.01 to .80. Majority of these items have biserial correlation values ranging from .30 to .80. Out of 175 items or 53.83 percent with moderate to very high discrimination values and very easy to very difficult indices, 150 items were selected for the final form of test. This number met almost all of the criteria for test item acceptability 3) Majority of the items in the pretest form of the HTC-CET were maintained while a few which needed minor revision were improved. Whereas, items that are found miskeyed and intrinsically ambiguous were rejected 4)The HTC-CET final form showed better spread of difficulty and a high mean discrimination levels which are higher than the pretest forms average mean difficulty and moderate discrimination indices. The conclusions reached were: 1) Majority of the pretest items met the criteria for test item acceptability and are positively discriminating as far as the subjects under study concerned. 2) Selected test items for the final form of the test met the content and test objectives. 3) The HTC-CET final form of test has selected good items and is ready for final administration or norming stage. 4) Acceptable test items not included in the test can be used in the future.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TG01501A

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

50 leaves ; 28 cm.

Keywords

College freshmen--Entrance examinations

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