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Gao, Rui; He, Wei; Ruan, Chunyi – ETS Research Report Series, 2012
In this study, we investigated whether preequating results agree with equating results that are based on observed operational data (postequating) for a college placement program. Specifically, we examined the degree to which item response theory (IRT) true score preequating results agreed with those from IRT true score postequating and from…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Student Placement, Item Response Theory, True Scores
Bernstein, Robert – Community College Social Science Quarterly, 1974
Article investigated teaching methods that stimulate students toward learning content in an introductory American government course. (RK)
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational Research, Lecture Method, Role Playing
Dodd, Barbara G.; And Others – 1980
During the fall of 1979 the University of Texas Department of Government requested that the credit-by-examination program for a basic survey of American government be examined. The course, Government 310L, was developed out of previous policies and earlier validity studies of the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests. The present validity…
Descriptors: Credit Courses, Equivalency Tests, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
Perry, Nancy – College Board Review, 1990
Rapidly advancing technologies, increased international competition, and the shift to a people-driven service economy are forcing industry to work smarter and to hire smarter workers. New partnerships between schools, colleges, and business are necessary. Successful state reform movements require the active involvement of the governor and the…
Descriptors: Business, Change, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship