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Bovaird, James A., Ed.; Geisinger, Kurt F., Ed.; Buckendahl, Chad W., Ed. – APA Books, 2011
Educational assessment and, more broadly, educational research in the United States have entered into an era characterized by a dramatic increase in the prevalence and importance of test score use in accountability systems. This volume covers a selection of contemporary issues about testing science and practice that impact the nation's public…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Test Use, Student Placement, Educational Research
California State Board of Corrections, Sacramento. – 1987
This package consists of an information booklet for job candidates preparing to take California's Corrections Officer Examination and a user's manual intended for those who will administer the examination. The candidate information booklet provides background information about the development of the Corrections Officer Examination, describes its…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Cutting Scores, Occupational Tests
California State Board of Corrections, Sacramento. – 1987
This package consists of an information booklet for job candidates preparing to take California's Probation Officer Examination and a user's manual intended for those who will administer the examination. The candidate information booklet provides background information about the development and validation of the Probation Officer Examination,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Cutting Scores, Job Applicants
California State Board of Corrections, Sacramento. – 1987
These two booklets, one for juvenile counselor candidates and one for test administrators, provide information about the examination developed as part of the evaluation procedures for juvenile counselor candidates in the Standards and Training for Corrections program in California. The candidate information booklet (1) provides background…
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Counselor Evaluation, Counselor Qualifications, Counselor Selection
Clark, Burton A. – 1990
This first test and technical manual explains the development, purpose, use, validity, and reliability of the criterion-referenced final examination for the Chemistry of Hazardous Materials course of the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg (Maryland). Because of possible diversity in the testing knowledge and background of readers, the manual…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Fire Fighters
Greenan, James P. – 1984
This manual is intended to provide students, teachers, counselors, and other school personnel with a set of practical instruments and procedures designed to measure the generalizable mathematics skills of students in secondary vocational programs. Three types of assessment instruments and procedures are presented and discussed: (1) student…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills
Cohen, Libby G.; Spenciner, Loraine J. – 1998
This book is designed to provide future and experienced educators and other professionals with a fundamental understanding of traditional and contemporary perspectives on the assessment of children and youth, aged 3 through 21. It features broad coverage of traditional and contemporary assessment approaches. Individual tests are discussed at…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Child Development, Children
Hopkins, Kenneth D. – 1998
Since 1941, this book has been a standard textbook in educational measurement. As in the previous editions, the selection and treatment of topics were guided by the knowledge and skills that are necessary for the development of valid evaluation measures and the knowledge and competencies needed to interpret teacher-made and standardized tests.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Janda, Louis H. – 1998
This text prepares students to quantify observations through psychological testing. Measurement is critical in all the subareas of psychology, and the text begins by discussing the applications of testing in the subdisciplines of psychology. The book also discusses the extent to which tests are actually used. Early chapters discuss general…
Descriptors: Ability, Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Diagnostic Tests
Pierangelo, Roger; Giuliani, George A. – 2002
The 19 chapters of this text on assessment in special education are divided into two parts. Part 1 discusses basic concepts in assessment in special education. Part 2 addresses the special education process by describing steps in the assessment continuum. Individual chapters examine the following topics: (1) an introduction to assessment; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Rating Scales, Disabilities, Disability Identification
Gredler, Margaret E. – 1999
This book presents the full array of assessment methods available to the classroom teacher in an interesting and engaging format, broadens the preservice and inservice teacher's understanding of related assessment issues, and places assessment in a meaningful context. The text, which was developed for an introductory course in classroom…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Constructed Response, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education