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Direct linkBovaird, 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
Download full textBank, Adrianne; Williams, Richard C. – 1983
The Center for the Study of Evaluation Systems Project focuses on assessing the costs and impacts of managing testing, evaluation, and instructional (T/E/I) systems through a collection of nine papers: (1) "School District Evaluation Offices: Are They Worth the Money?," by Richard C. Williams and Pam McGranahan; (2) "How Two…
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Testing
Afflerbach, Peter, Ed. – 1990
This paper presents six chapters that describe how statewide reading assessment is currently being performed and how the data are being used. The validity of statewide reading assessment instruments and the appropriate uses of statewide reading assessment data are explored. Several chapters discuss new ways in which some states conduct reading…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Educational Practices
Huynh, Huynh; Saunders, Joseph C. – 1980
A basic technical framework is provided for the design and use of mastery tests. The Mastery Testing Project (MTP) prepared this framework using advanced mathematics supplemented with computer simulation based on real test data collected by the South Carolina Statewide Testing Program. The MTP focused on basic technical issues encountered in using…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Annotated Bibliographies, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Assisted Testing
Hambleton, Ronald K., Ed.; Zaal, Jac N., Ed. – 1991
The 14 chapters of this book focus on the technical advances, advances in applied settings, and emerging topics in the testing field. Part 1 discusses methodological advances, Part 2 considers developments in applied settings, and Part 3 reviews emerging topics in the field of testing. Part 1 papers include: (1) "Advances in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Aptitude Tests, Computer Assisted Testing
Brown, James Dean, Ed.; Yamashita, Sayoko Okada, Ed. – 1995
Papers on second language testing in Japan include: "Differences Between Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced Tests" (James Dean Brown); "Criterion-Referenced Test Construction and Evaluation" (Dale T. Griffe); "Behavioral Learning Objectives as an Evaluation Tool" (Judith A. Johnson); "Developing Norm-…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Cloze Procedure, College Entrance Examinations
