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Center on Standards and Assessments Implementation, 2018
Reliability is a measure of consistency. It is the degree to which student results are the same when they take the same test on different occasions, when different scorers score the same item or task, and when different but equivalent tests are taken at the same time or at different times. Reliability is about making sure that different test forms…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Test Validity, Student Evaluation, Test Bias
Sriram, Rishi – NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, 2014
When student affairs professionals assess their work, they often employ some type of survey. The use of surveys stems from a desire to objectively measure outcomes, a demand from someone else (e.g., supervisor, accreditation committee) for data, or the feeling that numbers can provide an aura of competence. Although surveys are effective tools for…
Descriptors: Surveys, Test Construction, Student Personnel Services, Test Use
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Cherasaro, Trudy L.; Brodersen, R. Marc; Yanoski, David C.; Welp, Laura C.; Reale, Marianne L. – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2015
This report presents a survey tool, developed by REL Central at Marzano Research, designed to gather information from teachers about their perceptions of and responses to evaluator feedback. District or state administrators can use this survey to systematically collect teacher perceptions on five key aspects of evaluation feedback: (1) feedback…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Evaluators, Teacher Attitudes, Feedback (Response)
Bracey, Gerald W. – Principal Leadership, 2008
One can not help but notice that the education community's professional fear-mongers focus heavily on PISA (Program of International Student Assessment) and rarely mention TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) or PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Study) in their discussion of the state of education in the United…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Performance Based Assessment, Student Evaluation, Politics of Education
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Gross, Edward J.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1994
This study describes the development of the Active Treatment Client Rights checklist (ATCR), which was designed to facilitate the assessment, monitoring, and implementation of readily observable client active treatment services for adults with developmental disabilities. The ATCR was found to be highly reliable, valid, and useful in enhancing…
Descriptors: Adults, Check Lists, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Maguire, Thomas O.; And Others – 1983
A study was commissioned to develop and validate a test to assess the attitudes of Alberta students towards the world of work. A revised instrument was created that used 75 items grouped into 15 scales, of five items each, measuring perceptions about available opportunities. During the validation field trial the instrument was administered to 467…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Education, Foreign Countries, Secondary Education
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Truman, William L. – AMATYC Review, 1992
Describes the development of a placement test specifically designed for students entering Pembroke State University. Includes question construction and suitable test standards in discussing the features of a good placement test. Concludes that the test provides a reliable measure of students potential success. (MDH)
Descriptors: Content Validity, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Tests
Stansfield, Charles W.; And Others – 1992
This report describes the development, construction, and validation of the Preliminary Chinese Proficiency Test (Pre-CPT), a standardized, nationally-normed test of listening and reading comprehension for beginning-level native English-speaking learners of Chinese as a second language. The Pre-CPT was designed as a lower-level version of the…
Descriptors: Chinese, Higher Education, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 1990
To facilitate the proper technical use of the test scores obtained from the administration of the tests, the curricular and psychometric characteristics of the tests are described in a series of technical manuals. This manual, the seventh in the series, contains a description of the characteristics of the North Carolina Test of Chemistry. The test…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Curriculum Evaluation, Science Education, Secondary Education
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1981
This bulletin describes the technical adequacy of the Florida Teacher Certification Examination and includes discussions on establishing test reliability, test validity, passing scores, and protecting the test from cultural or ethnic bias. Chapter I describes the development of the examination: (1) development, identification, and validation of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grading, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing
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Radocy, Rudolf E. – Music Educators Journal, 1989
Identifies the underlying concepts of student evaluation. Offers suggestions for evaluating musical achievement. Maintains that all evaluations are subjective, and suggests techniques for minimizing subjectivity. Considers various test formats, and discusses objectives for both classroom and performance achievement. (RW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Problems
Grosenick, J. K.; And Others – 1985
The document consists of a 125-item evaluation instrument for use in assessing the overall plan and quality of programs in the area of serious emotional disturbance (SED) or behavior disorders. Questions are organized according to the following nine categories (based on identified components of a well-designed SED program): (1) respondent and…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Delivery Systems, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods
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Nunnally, Marguerite – Science Teacher, 1989
Discusses teachers' responses to a survey on teacher competency testing. Describes Georgia's competency test and its results. Investigates the use of classroom performance as a test factor. Presents Georgia's test development process. (MLV)
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Faculty Evaluation, Science Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States, Atlanta, GA. – 1984
A project was conducted to develop vocational education tests for use in Georgia secondary schools, specifically for welding, machine shop, and sheet metal courses. The project team developed an outline of an assessment model that included the following components: (1) select a program for use in developing test items; (2) verify duties, tasks,…
Descriptors: Item Analysis, Job Skills, Machine Tool Operators, Machine Tools