College entrance test

• Main Author: Ballenas, Arminda A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1993
• Subjects: Universities and colleges > Entrance examinations; Achievement tests; Educational tests and measurements; Higher Education
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/2356
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study develops and item analyzes the College Entrance Test (CET) mainly in response to the need to have a local evaluation instrument to be used for admission and diagnostic purposes for college freshmen. One of the areas included in the CET is mathematics, an area considered to be a basic skill to be mastered in order to attain better academic performance. Only the mathematics substest is presented in this study. The mathematics had undergone content validation after the Table of Specifications was clearly defined. The table of specifications served as basis for item writing. These items were subjected to critiques and reviewed by some experts and teachers in the field. One parallel form for each subtest was prepared to ensure enough number of items for the final form. pretesting was done after the items were verified. The test was administered to 100 fourth year high school students of St. Paul Paranaque. CEM's computer program did the item analysis. Items that satisfied the criteria for acceptability were included in the final form. In the light of the findings from the results of the item analysis, the following conclusions were drawn: 1) The mathematics subtest of the CET can be used as an admission instrument which measures the applicant's proficiency in mathematics. 2) Most of the pretest items satisfied the criteria for test item acceptability and were positively discriminating. The mathematics difficulty and discrimination indices are good for future use. 3) Selected test items for the final form of the test met the content and test objectives in the final test specifications. 4) The mathematics final form has selected good items ready for final administration for norming. Poor items need to be checked properly if they yield good results after being pretested again.