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Webber, Bev, Comp. – 2000
Papers presented at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research present diverse views on assessment in the context of proposals for national testing in primary schools in New Zealand. Also of widespread interest as the conference was developed was the restructuring of secondary school examinations. The papers are: (1)…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Download full textSpearritt, Donald, Ed. – 1982
Educational and psychological measurement has been a main area of work for the Australian Council for Educational (ACER) since its inception. The theoretical and practical contributions of latent trait measurement and commentary on the relatively recent use of these models in Australia were the focus of a seminar celebrating the 50th anniversary…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Educational Research, Educational Testing
Bateson, David J., Ed. – 1992
This document provides the following 13 conference papers: (1) "Introduction: Where Do We Go From Here?" (D. J. Bateson); (2) "The Context of Classroom Procedures in Evaluating Students" (R. J. Wilson); (3) "Student Evaluation in the Ungraded Primary School: The SCRP (Systematic Cumulative Record of Performance)…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Luijten, Anton J. M., Ed. – 1991
This collection of 18 papers (selected from a total of 57 presented at a conference of the International Association for Educational Assessment) represents efforts by examining bodies and institutes to: improve the examination system and testing techniques; develop reliable instruments; and establish standards for public examinations. The papers…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Jenkinson, Jo, Ed. – Psychological Test Bulletin, 1989
Nine papers are presented that focus on the Raven Progressive Matrices tests. An overview of research on the Progressive Matrices; a review of international norming studies; recent data from China, Hong Kong, Brazil, New Zealand, and Australia; and a comparison of data for retarded and nonretarded children are presented. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Conference Papers, Cross Cultural Studies
Kohonen, Viljo, Ed.; Pitkanen, Antti J., Ed. – 1985
Eighteen papers, 11 in English, and 6 in Finnish and 1 in German are presented on the general theme "Language--Knowledge and Skill," a theme that emphasizes the need to examine the communicative goal in foreign language education from the perspective of both theory and practice. The English-language articles on foreign language testing,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Policy
Heyneman, Stephen P., Ed.; Fagerlind, Ingemar, Ed. – 1988
In September 1984, the Chinese government asked the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank to assist the officials of the Chinese Ministry of Education in thinking through some policy options for examinations and standardized testing. This document summarizes the descriptions of testing programs and advice provided to these Chinese…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Coombe, Christine A., Ed. – 1998
Papers from the 1997 and 1998 Current Trends in English Language Testing (CTELT) conferences include: "Computer-Based Language Testing: The Call of the Internet" (G. Fulcher); "Uses of the PET (Preliminary English Test) at Sultan Qaboos University" (R. Taylor); "Issues in Foreign and Second Language Academic Listening…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Second Language Programs, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
