A Comparison of Multiple-Choice and Open-Ended Assessments

ISBN-13: 9783838336411 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 88 str.

Diann Dillon

Opis

This study examines the question if test results from multiple-choice formatted math tests give an inflated representation of a students knowledge. Specifically, it compares the test scores of a standardized multiple-choice formatted math test to the scores posted from the same math test but with the answer choices removed. The study involves 120 fifth grade students from three elementary schools from one Central Texas school district. It is a quantitative study utilizing both convenient and cluster sampling. The methodology used in this study is one of comparing the sample fifth grade students math scores on a multiple-choice formatted test to their scores on an alternative assessment. Results from the study indicate that in every instance of comparing the scores by gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status and math objective the mean scores posted from the multiple- choice formatted test were higher than those posted by the open-ended assessment.

O autorze

Dr Dillon has been an educator for 22 years. She earned a BA im Dance at Texas Tech University and an MFA at Southern Methodist University. After teaching dance at Southwest Missouri State University, she earned an MS and an EdD from Baylor University in Education Administration. Currently she is an assistant principal in Waco, Texas.