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Peer reviewedBaum, Susan M.; And Others – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1996
Evidence is presented for the reliability and validity of the Talent Identification Instrument, an observation process in music and dance in which multiple judges rate students throughout a multisession audition. Strong agreement among raters and adequate stability estimates were found. Factor analysis and construct validity procedures provided…
Descriptors: Dance, Elementary Education, Music, Performance Based Assessment
Peer reviewedTindal, Gerald; Marston, Douglas – Exceptionality, 1996
The authors of a report on the technical adequacy of alternative reading measures reflect on issues concerning "whole language" terminology, the use of both quantitative and qualitative measures, and instructional decision making. (DB)
Descriptors: Concurrent Validity, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Instructional Design
Can Portfolios Assess Student Performance and Influence Instruction? The 1991-92 Vermont Experience.
Download full textKoretz, Daniel; And Others – 1992
The results of an evaluation of Vermont's statewide assessment initiative are presented, with information about the implementation of the program, its effects on educational practice, the analytic challenge presented by the portfolio scoring process, the reliability and validity of portfolio scores, and the tensions between assessment and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedTindal, Gerald; Marston, Douglas – Exceptionality, 1996
Two studies focused on concurrent validity and instructional decision making in using alternative reading measures with elementary regular and special education students. The first study examined the relation of oral reading performance to several other reading measures; the second study investigated teacher decision making, using quantitative and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Concurrent Validity, Decision Making, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedPlucker, Jonathan A.; And Others – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1996
This study evaluated the reliability and validity of a battery of instruments based on Multiple Intelligences theory, including teacher checklists and performance-based assessment activities developed for the identification of talent in culturally diverse and/or low-income kindergarten and first-grade students. Acceptable reliability but…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Alternative Assessment, Check Lists, Cultural Differences
Wigdor, Alexandra K., Ed.; Green, Bert F., Jr., Ed. – 1991
This is the sixth and final report of the National Research Council's Committee on the Performance of Military Personnel on the Joint-Service Job Performance Measurement/Enlistment Standards (JPM) Project, a project designed to develop measures of performance for entry-level military jobs so that enlistment standards could be linked to performance…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedZimmerman, Enid – Visual Arts Research, 1994
Discusses issues related to standardized testing and a national art curriculum. Maintains that cultural diversity among students makes valid and fair assessment difficult. Argues that teachers should be trained in the use of authentic assessment methods. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Cultural Pluralism, Culture Fair Tests
