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Peer reviewedShick, Jacqueline – Science Teacher, 1990
Described is how tests that accompany texts can be effective if items selected relate to topics stressed in class. Identified are problems commonly found in these types of tests and directions on how to improve problem questions. (KR)
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Materials, Science Tests, Secondary Education
Download full textReed, Linda – 1983
Prepared as part of a series applying recent research in oral and written communication to classroom practice, this booklet reviews a number of concepts and issues important to communication assessment. The first section of the booklet discusses several issues related to assessing communication at both district and classroom levels. Issues…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Communication Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
Backlund, Philip M. – 1983
In response to the 1978 amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, many states have developed curriculum and assessment procedures for listening skills. A review of several states' listening objectives, however, indicates a lack of any universally accepted definition of listening. One model of communication that divides a person's…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment
Selden, Ramsay W.; And Others – Curriculum Review, 1985
Articles in this series on testing and evaluation specifically address the use of tests to assess and improve educational status; achievement test selection; and trend toward increased use of coaching materials to improve test performance. Professional literature on educational measurement is reviewed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Rubadeau, Duane O.; And Others – 1990
Intended as a guide in the development of a sound evaluation program utilizing both instructor-produced and standardized tests, this booklet presents a practical, understandable rationale for the development and use of both kinds of testing in the educational setting. Section I discusses the functions of measurement, offering a rationale for…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Community Colleges, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Rubadeau, Duane O.; And Others – 1990
Designed to assist community college practitioners in understanding and utilizing standardized test results for making instructional, guidance, and administrative decisions, this three-part guidebook examines the uses of test results, the evaluation of standardized tests, and procedures for interpreting test scores. Section I discusses the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests
Blakemore, Thomas; And Others – 1984
This manuscript was written to provide rehabilitation professionals, and vocational evaluation practitioners in particular, with information about learning style assessment instruments. The first section of the guide consists of a literature review that focuses on such aspects of development of the learning styles concept as individual…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Evaluation Criteria
