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Download full textRyan, Joseph M. – 1988
This monograph is designed for educators who must make decisions about curriculum, instruction, and the training of teachers. Many important educational decisions are made based primarily, if not exclusively, on test scores. This reliance on test scores has evolved for a variety of reasons. This monograph starts with test scores as a given in…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Evaluation Utilization
Cipfl, Joseph J. – 1984
This speech presents instructional evaluation techniques currently used in Belleville, Illinois. These are based on two criteria: (1) community opinion, and (2) performance level of students. To discover community opinions, needs, priorities, and levels of support, questionnaires are distributed, presenting a series of curricular goals and…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Needs Assessment
Direct linkMertler, Craig A. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2007
This book is designed to help K-12 teachers and administrators understand the nature of standardized tests and, in particular, the scores that result from them. This useful manual helps teachers develop the skills necessary to incorporate these test scores into various types of instructional decision making--a process known as "data-driven…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Decision Making, Testing, Preservice Teachers
McLean, James E.; Lockwood, Robert E. – 1996
This book addresses the roles assessments play in education and provides detailed descriptions of the common assessment types, norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests, and alternative assessments. Chapter 1 discusses the current arguments for and against the various methods of assessment, the quality requirements for test instruments, and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Williams, Paul L. – 1989
Both norm-referenced and criterion-referenced interpretations of student, school, district, and state testing data can be improved by customizing the traditional norm-referenced test. Improvements that can be made include: (1) increasing the relevance of the test to the curriculum and (2) having greater confidence in the national comparative…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Norm Referenced Tests
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Atlanta, GA. – 1983
This volume contains the initial draft of a model for assessing students in vocational education programs in Georgia. Addressed in the first section of the draft are some of the components that are believed to be critical in the development of a model for assessing vocational student achievement, including selecting a program for use in developing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Guidelines
