ACS Exams as an Example of Scholarship-based Assessment in a Discipline

Holme, Thomas A.; Grunert, Megan L.

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ACS Exams as an Example of Scholarship-based Assessment in a Discipline

written by Thomas A. Holme and Megan L. Grunert

The Examinations Institute of the American Chemical Society has been producing norm-referenced exams for over 75 years and these efforts are reviewed here. The process by which exam-writing committees produce these exams involves both the setting of the content and trial testing of items prior to establishing the released exam. Beyond this process, the Institute has engaged in research based on data derived from various tests.

Physics Education Research Conference 2011
Part of the PER Conference Invited Paper series
Omaha, Nebraska: August 3-4, 2011
Volume 1413, Pages 35-38

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Published: February 6, 2012

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Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3679987
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Restriction:: © 2011 American Institute of Physics
DOI:: 10.1063/1.3679987
NSF Numbers:: 0817409; 0943783
PACSs:: 01.10.Fv; 01.40.gf
Keywords:: PERC 2011, cognitive complexity
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created April 23, 2012 by Lyle Barbato
Record Updated:: May 15, 2012 by Vince Kuo
Last Update when Cataloged:: February 6, 2012
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=11806">Holme, Thomas, and Megan Grunert. "ACS Exams as an Example of Scholarship-based Assessment in a Discipline." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, August 3-4, 2011.</a>

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Holme, Thomas, and Megan Grunert. "ACS Exams as an Example of Scholarship-based Assessment in a Discipline." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, August 3-4, 2011. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11806&DocID=2656 (accessed 1 May 2025).

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