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Download full textMathews, Walter M. – 1972
This symposium discussed the problems school systems have with their testing programs, and presented as a model for discussion the approach used by the Madison (Wisconsin) Public Schools to redesign their system-wide testing program. The symposium looks at the traditional school district testing program and finds it dysfunctional and inadequate.…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Conferences, Test Construction, Testing Programs
Hansen, Lee H. – 1972
A review of the work of an affective sub-committee of the Nucleus Testing Committee is provided. Proposed recommendations of the sub-committee are that: (1) the committee as a group identify an important question in the affective domain and design a testing project by which to gather data to answer the question; (2) a set of guidelines for the use…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Educational Testing, Research Committees, Testing Programs
Nettleton, Aileen L. – 1972
The city-wide standardized testing program of Madison Public Schools was reviewed by a committee of a cross-section of school system educators as part of a total effort to design a testing program more sensitive to the needs of the system. As a result, standardized testing was reduced to reading (grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8) and mathematics (grade…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Mathematics, Reading Tests
Cleary, T. Anne; Mathews, Walter M. – 1971
Steps in the development of a Nucleus Testing Committee to assist in the development of a system-wide testing program in the Madison, Wisconsin, school system are described. Over 60 participants were selected for the committee, using the following selection guidelines: interest in the project and the role to be assumed, commitment to the school…
Descriptors: Faculty Organizations, Information Needs, Participant Characteristics, Research Committees
Christiansen, Peter – 1972
The activities of the Nucleus Testing Committee, particularly its Curriculum Related Subcommittee, of the Madison, Wisconsin public schools are described in relation to its effort to bring about increased awareness of the need for reexamination of both district-wide and local school evaluation procedures. The sub-committee's recommendations are…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Research Committees
Seeman, Myron – 1972
As part of a process of restructuring a city-wide testing program in Madison, Wisconsin, members of the school staff were surveyed concerning their perception of priorities for a testing program. The survey list, presented in Table I, was developed from a pool of items contributed by representative members of the staff. As a result of the survey,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Interest Research, Professional Personnel, School Personnel
Sapone, Carmelo V. – 1972
The activities of the Nucleus Testing Committee of the Madison County (Wisconsin) Schools in developing a new student testing program are discussed, and suggestions for the development of appropriate testing procedures are given. An individualized learning packet, developed by the author, using the psychological and educational modalities of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Development, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Testing
