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Examining the Exam: A Critical Look at the California Critical Thinking Skills Test

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Fawkes, Don; O'meara, Bill; Weber, Dave; Flage, Dan – Science & Education, 2005

This paper examines the content of The California Critical Thinking Skills Test (1990). This report is not a statistical review. Instead it brings under scrutiny the content of the exam. This content will be of interest to the general reader, because the issues range from logic to ethics to pedagogy, and to questions of evidential and…

Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Test Content, Testing Problems

Making Sense of Assessment.

Lewis, Anne C. – School Administrator, 1996

Conflicting policy decisions, scaling difficulties, teacher resistance, and mediocre results are slowing adoption of authentic student-evaluation measures. With more conservative state leadership, California and Arizona rejected performance assessment, and other states have followed. Despite various setbacks, new assessments are becoming the norm.…

Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Based Assessment

Measuring Resilience and Youth Development: The Psychometric Properties of the Healthy Kids Survey. Issues & Answers. REL 2007-No. 34

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Hanson, Thomas L.; Kim, Jin-Ok – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2007

This report summarizes findings from a study of the psychometric properties of the resilience and youth development module, a key component of the Healthy Kids Survey. The study aims to improve resilience assessment and research so that educators can shape the school environment to promote academic resilience. The Healthy Kids Survey (HKS) is a…

Descriptors: Psychometrics, Educational Environment, Personality Traits, Interpersonal Relationship

Comparison and Contrast: The 1975 California State University and Colleges Freshman English Equivalency Examination.

White, Edward M. – 1976

The third administration of the California State University and Colleges Freshman English Equivalency Examination, a test consisting of an objective examination graded by the Educational Testing Service and an essay examination scored by California State University and College faculty, is analyzed in this report. After a short preface, the first…