University admission marks in Catalonia: Some highlights from the empirical research


Autoria(s): Cuxart, Anna; Grau, Rosa M.; Martí-Recober, Manuel
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa

Data(s)

15/09/2005

Resumo

The results of the examinations taken by graduated high school studentswho want to enrol at a Catalan university are here studied. To do so,the authors address several issues related to the equity of the system:reliability of grading, difficulty and discrimination power of the exams.The general emphasis is put upon the concurrent research and empiricalevidence about the properties of the examination items and scores. Aftera discussion about the limitations of the exams' format and appropriatenessof the instruments used in the study, the article concludes with somesuggestions to improve such examinations.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10230/952

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eng

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Palavras-Chave #Statistics, Econometrics and Quantitative Methods #admissions process #reliability of grading #index of difficulty #discrimination power
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