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Supporting Students' College Success: The Role of Assessment of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Competencies
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Herman, Joan, Ed.; Hilton, Margaret, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2017
The importance of higher education has never been clearer. Educational attainment--the number of years a person spends in school--strongly predicts adult earnings, as well as health and civic engagement. Yet relative to other developed nations, educational attainment in the United States is lagging, with young Americans who heretofore led the…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Student Evaluation, Interpersonal Competence
The ABCs of CBM: A Practical Guide to Curriculum-Based Measurement. Practical Intervention in the Schools Series
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Hosp, Michelle K.; Hosp, John L.; Howell, Kenneth W. – Guilford Publications, 2007
This pragmatic, accessible book presents an empirically supported conceptual framework and hands-on instructions for conducting curriculum-based measurement (CBM) in grades K-8. The authors provide everything needed to evaluate student learning in reading, spelling, writing, and math; graph the resulting data; and use this information to make…
Descriptors: Spelling, Curriculum Based Assessment, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
How To Measure Performance and Use Tests. CSE Program Evaluation Kit, Volume 7. Second Edition.
Morris, Lynn Lyons; Fitz-Gibbon, Carol Taylor; Lindheim, Elaine – 1987
The "CSE Program Evaluation Kit" is a series of nine books intended to assist people conducting program evaluations. This volume, the seventh in the kit, provides an overview of a variety of approaches to measuring performance outcomes. It presents considerations in deciding what to measure and in selecting or developing instruments best suited to…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Performance Tests, Program Evaluation
The Survey Handbook. The Survey Kit, Volume 1.
Fink, Arlene – 1995
The nine-volume Survey Kit is designed to help readers prepare and conduct surveys and become better users of survey results. All the books in the series contain instructional objectives, exercises and answers, examples of surveys in use, illustrations of survey questions, guidelines for action, checklists of "dos and don'ts," and…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Collection, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
How To Design Surveys. The Survey Kit, Volume 5.
Fink, Arlene – 1995
The nine-volume Survey Kit is designed to help readers prepare and conduct surveys and become better users of survey results. All the books in the series contain instructional objectives, exercises and answers, examples of surveys in use, illustrations of survey questions, guidelines for action, checklists of "dos and don'ts," and…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Collection, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
How To Conduct Self-Administered and Mail Surveys. The Survey Kit, Volume 3.
Bourque, Linda B.; Fielder, Eve P. – 1995
The nine-volume Survey Kit is designed to help readers prepare and conduct surveys and become better users of survey results. All the books in the series contain instructional objectives, exercises and answers, examples of surveys in use, illustrations of survey questions, guidelines for action, checklists of "dos and don'ts," and…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Collection, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
How To Conduct a Formative Evaluation.
Beyer, Barry K. – 1995
Formative evaluation consists of assessing educational programs or other kinds of educational products while they are being developed to help shape them into their final forms. This publication is intended for those whose job it is to develop new programs and products or to evaluate them during development. Topics discussed include: (1) the nature…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Assessment in Counseling: A Guide to the Use of Psychological Assessment Procedures. Second Edition.
Hood, Albert B.; Johnson, Richard W. – 1997
Assessment has always played an important role in counseling. This book provides information about the various psychological assessment procedures that are relevant for practicing counselors. The text deals with the use of tests that are most often employed by counselors and it includes case studies. Its purpose is to help counselors become better…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counselors, Developmental Psychology, Evaluation Methods
How To Conduct Interviews by Telephone and In Person. The Survey Kit, Volume 4.
Frey, James H.; Oishi, Sabine Mertens – 1995
The nine-volume Survey Kit is designed to help readers prepare and conduct surveys and become better users of survey results. All the books in the series contain instructional objectives, exercises and answers, examples of surveys in use, illustrations of survey questions, guidelines for action, checklists of "dos and don'ts," and…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Collection, Educational Research, Eligibility
How To Analyze Survey Data. The Survey Kit, Volume 8.
Fink, Arlene – 1995
The nine-volume Survey Kit is designed to help readers prepare and conduct surveys and become better users of survey results. All the books in the series contain instructional objectives, exercises and answers, examples of surveys in use, illustrations of survey questions, guidelines for action, checklists of "dos and don'ts," and…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Research
How To Ask Survey Questions. The Survey Kit, Volume 2.
Fink, Arlene – 1995
The nine-volume Survey Kit is designed to help readers prepare and conduct surveys and become better users of survey results. All the books in the series contain instructional objectives, exercises and answers, examples of surveys in use, illustrations of survey questions, guidelines for action, checklists of "dos and don'ts," and…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Data Collection, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
How To Report on Surveys. The Survey Kit, Volume 9.
Fink, Arlene – 1995
The nine-volume Survey Kit is designed to help readers prepare and conduct surveys and become better users of survey results. All the books in the series contain instructional objectives, exercises and answers, examples of surveys in use, illustrations of survey questions, guidelines for action, checklists of "dos and don'ts," and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Guides
Children's Psychological Testing: A Guide for Nonpsychologists. Third Edition.
Wodrich, David L. – 1997
To ensure that every child receives appropriate educational and developmental support, professionals who make referrals and who rely on psychological test results need to understand what these tests measure. The principles behind psychological testing, the definitions of key terminology, and the ways in which psychologists interpret test data are…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Children
How To Measure Survey Reliability and Validity. The Survey Kit, Volume 7.
Litwin, Mark S. – 1995
The nine-volume Survey Kit is designed to help readers prepare and conduct surveys and become better users of survey results. All the books in the series contain instructional objectives, exercises and answers, examples of surveys in use, illustrations of survey questions, guidelines for action, checklists of "dos and don'ts," and…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Collection, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
How To Sample in Surveys. The Survey Kit, Volume 6.
Fink, Arlene – 1995
The nine-volume Survey Kit is designed to help readers prepare and conduct surveys and become better users of survey results. All the books in the series contain instructional objectives, exercises and answers, examples of surveys in use, illustrations of survey questions, guidelines for action, checklists of "dos and don'ts," and…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Collection, Educational Research, Error of Measurement