Towards the development and standardization of the ULS Achievement Test in Arithmetic (ULS-ATA)
Added Title
Proposed evaluation of the college guidance program of the University of Southern Mindanao
Critical analysis of educational literature on achievement test
Date of Publication
1987
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Educational Measurement and Evaluation
Subject Categories
Education | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
College
Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education
Department/Unit
Counseling and Educational Psychology
Thesis Adviser
Esperanza Buen
Defense Panel Chair
Alexander Calata
Defense Panel Member
Salud Evangelista
Roberto T. Borromeo
Abstract/Summary
This study attempted to develop and standardize an achievement test in arithmetic for the freshmen students of the University Laboratory Schools of the University of Southern Mindanao (ULS-USM). The test construction started with the planning which mainly involved the preparation of the test table of specifications. Five content areas were covered namely: Numerals, Whole Numbers Fractions Decimals, Percentages and Ratio and Proportion and Measurement. Knowledge and understanding, computation and application were the behavioral levels included. Item writing and review followed. The items were of the multiple-choice type. Pretest forms were prepared and administered. Content validity was partly established. Item analysis showed that the items were of average difficulty but discriminated poorly. Typographical errors and poor distractors prompted item revisions. Only 72 out of the 150 items pretested were accepted. Majority of the acceptable items and a set of pretest items composed Final Form-A of the test which is yet to be administered. Further pretesting is necessary to generate more items to fill all the cells in the test blueprint. A student's performance on the scorable items of Final Form-A can already provide limited information regarding the extent of his or her arithmetic learning. It was recommended that the development and standardization process be completed to establish all the important test attributes.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TG01630A
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
3v in 1 ; 28 cm.
Keywords
Achievement tests; Arithmetic -- Examinations; questions; etc
Recommended Citation
Durano, A. M. (1987). Towards the development and standardization of the ULS Achievement Test in Arithmetic (ULS-ATA). Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/43