This year, some 20,000 eighth graders took part in a new test of technological and engineering literacy. The computer-based test asked students to solve the kinds of problems used in real settings, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of two item formats on item difficulty and item discrimination indices for ...

U.S. 15-year-olds scored above average on a first-of-its-kind international assessment that measured creative problem-solving skills. However, their mean scores were significantly lower than those ...