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Download full textLane, Suzanne – ETS Research Report Series, 2020
The impetus for test-based accountability systems is to improve the educational opportunities afforded to all students so as to improve their learning; therefore, integral to the validity argument of these systems is the appraisal of test-based inferences and decisions in terms of their consequences. Both positive and negative consequences of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Test Results, Educational Legislation
O'Hearn, Mary – 1984
This review assesses the American College Test (ACT) Assessment and examines circumstances that can affect students' test outcomes. Understanding the ACT tests is important for using and interpreting test results appropriately. The ACT subtests incorporate both aptitude and achievement measures. The content scope and structure, and limitations of…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, High School Students, Performance Factors, Secondary Education
Lovelace, Terry; Martin, Charles E. – 1984
This study examined how well the scores from the revised National Teacher Examinations (NTE), the American College Test (ACT), cumulative grade point average, personal characteristics, and certification level can predict actual classroom performance, as measured by three instruments from the Teacher Performance Assessment Instruments (TPAI).…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Affective Measures, Evaluation Methods, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedStrong, Sue; Sexton, Larry C. – Contemporary Education, 1996
Researchers surveyed Kentucky high school seniors to collect data on and compare the results of the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS) open-response reading results and ACT reading multiple-choice format. Results found a great deal of disagreement between the KIRIS and ACT reading results. (SM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods, High School Seniors
Nichols, Teresa M.; And Others – 1994
Validity evidence was determined for an instrument used at a state university to measure student perception of the institutionally stressed importance of various professional traits and his/her performance of these traits. Subjects were 87 preservice teachers at the end of student teaching. Scores from the institutionally stressed importance…
Descriptors: Correlation, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
Bills, David B. – 1977
A number of tables present data on the changing characteristics of high school students taking the American College Testing Program examination (ACT), and on the declining ACT scores, from 1970 to 1975. A brief research review indicates that the observed declines are not merely a result of the tests themselves. The author suggests these…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
