Papers by Gunilla Näsström
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In order to improve traffic safety a new driving licence category-AMwas introduced on the 1st of ... more In order to improve traffic safety a new driving licence category-AMwas introduced on the 1st of October, 2009 which is required in order to drive a moped class I. In order to obtain this driving licence the aspiring driver must attend a mandatory training course, which includes driving practice, and pass a theory test. The aim of this study was to analyse the results from the theory test for driving licence category AM during its first year in order to examine its reliability as well as any differences in test results between groups based on various background factors. All test results that the Swedish Transport Agency has gathered during the year were analysed. 17 275 persons took at least one theory test. 98.4 of these were 15 years old. The results showed that the items and the test were of adequate quality since reliability was found to be at a reasonable level and two concurrent test versions were parallel as to level of difficulty. For many items the degree of discrimination was deemed to be at a too low level and this has to be taken into consideration in future test construction. The analysis of the test results showed that 46 per cent of the test-takers passed their first test. While there were no differences in the percentage of passed tests in regard to gender and age there were differences in regard to how they were registered for the test. Test-takers who had been registered for the test by a driving school were more likely to pass the theory test on their first attempt. Private driving practice is not allowed so all who registered for the test had completed mandatory training. The analysis of test results over time showed that the percentage of passed tests increased during the spring and summer. The conclusion from the study is that the theory test for AM is of adequate quality. Since the test has only been in use since 2009 repeated studies of the test results and the quality of the test should be carried out in order to examine whether the quality is maintained and to study trends in test results.
International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2009
... Hanna, W. 2007. The new Bloom's taxonomy: Implications for music education. Arts Edu... more ... Hanna, W. 2007. The new Bloom's taxonomy: Implications for music education. Arts Education Policy Review , 108(4): 7–16. [Taylor & Francis Online] View all references) as well as in schools in several states in the USA (Pickard 200720. Pickard, MJ 2007. ...
In a standards-based school-system alignment of policy documents with standards and assessment is... more In a standards-based school-system alignment of policy documents with standards and assessment is important. To be able to evaluate whether schools and students have reached the standards, the assessment should focus on the standards. Different models and methods can be used for measuring alignment, i.e. the correspondence between standards and assessment. Based on the assumption that a model must be able to include content and cognitive complexity, nine different models are identified and these models are then scrutinized with reference to defined theoretical criteria. The conclusion is that Bloom's revised taxonomy and Porter's taxonomy are the most appropriate models.
Introducción. En un sistema escolar condicionado al cumplimento de objetivos, la concordancia ent... more Introducción. En un sistema escolar condicionado al cumplimento de objetivos, la concordancia entre los documentos normativos con los objetivos y la evaluación es importante. Para poder evaluar si los colegios y los alumnos han alcanzado los objetivos, la evaluación tiene que converger con los objetivos. Diferentes modelos y métodos pueden ser usados para medir la concordancia entre los objetivos y la evaluación. Basado en la suposición de que un modelo tiene que poder incluir contenido y complejidad cognitiva, fueron identificados nueve diferentes modelos y luego estos modelos han sido detenidamente examinados con la referencia a criterios teóricamente definidos. La conclusión es que la taxonomía revisada de Bloom y la taxonomía de Porter son los modelos más adecuados.
The trustworthiness of performance standards influences the credibility of criterion-referenced l... more The trustworthiness of performance standards influences the credibility of criterion-referenced large-scale testing. In this paper, two standard-setting methods are evaluated and compared, when applied to a test with polytomously scored constructed-response items. A version of the Angoff method is chosen as representative of the class of test-centred standard-setting procedures and the borderline-group method represents the class of examinee-centred procedures. The evaluation is based on procedural, internal and external evidence. The results indicate that both methods provide reasonable and trustworthy approaches to standard setting, but also confirm some of the potential problems with these methods.
The principal aim of the Swedish national course tests in mathematics for upper secondary school ... more The principal aim of the Swedish national course tests in mathematics for upper secondary school is to support the teachers grading of their students and to make the grounds for assessment across the country as unified as possible (SFS 2001:56). Another aim of the national course tests is that they should be valid and not consist of biased items. Bias
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