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A Pilot Study on the Extent to Which a Standardized Subject-Matter Test Assesses Critical Thinking Abilities. Critical Thinking Reports Number 5.
Fisher, Michelle B. – 1989
This document is a pilot study designed to examine the extent to which currently-used subject-matter standardized tests already test for critical thinking in order to determine if there is a need for the construction of new tests. The study also is intended to be a step toward devising a reliable procedure and scoring key that will enable future…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Research, High Schools, Social Studies
A New Generation of Standardized Achievement Test Batteries: A Profile of Their Major Features.
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Iwanicki, Edward F. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1980
Five new test batteries are reviewed: California Achievement Tests, Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, Metropolitan Achievement Tests, SRA Achievement Series, and Sequential Tests of Educational Progress. The review covers six basic areas: test administration, norming, test scores, reporting and interpretation, aptitude test considerations, and general…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Scores
The Use of "Ability" Measures as Controls for Concurrent or Subsequent Achievement (Comment on Alexander et al., ASR, October 1981).
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Coleman, James S. – American Sociological Review, 1982
Comments upon a 1981 article by Alexander, Pallas, and Cook. Discusses whether particular standardized tests measure achievement or ability and the implications of this issue for school effects research. (GC)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement Tests, Environmental Influences, Outcomes of Education
The Use of Standardized Achievement Test Batteries in the Evaluation of Curriculum Changes in Junior High School Earth Science.
Nimmer, Donald N. – 1980
The sampling of test items found within the Science portion of selected standardized achievement test batteries is examined. The lack of sensitivity of such items to the curriculum changes often attempted in Earth Science is demonstrated. The following five standardized achievement test batteries commonly administered to pupils in grades 7-9 were…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Evaluation, Earth Science, Junior High Schools
Reply to Coleman.
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Alexander, Karl L; Pallas, Aaron M. – American Sociological Review, 1982
Discusses the need for appropriate controls in school effects research based on standardized test outcomes. (GC)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement Tests, Environmental Influences, Outcomes of Education
Your Scores in Basic Skills: Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. AISD Junior High Schools, School Year 1981-82. AISD Senior High Schools, School Year 1981-82.
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Austin Independent School District, TX. – 1982
Designed for junior high and high school students and their parents, this brochure explains the structure, function, and method for interpretation of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and the Sequential Tests of Educational Progress. A question and answer format is used to provide information on scope and purposes of the tests, meaning and accuracy…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Testing, Graduation Requirements
Investigation of the Appropriateness of the Anchor Test Study Equating Results for Selected Subgroups. Final Report.
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Bianchini, John C.; Vale, Carol A. – 1975
The Anchor Test Study (ATS) yielded equating tables for vocabulary, reading comprehension, and total reading scores for eight commonly used reading tests at the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade levels. Because of the original ATS sampling design which resulted in a nationally representative sample of school children at those grades, the equating tables…
Descriptors: Bias, Black Students, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students