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Bond, Lloyd – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
Three important issues related to the testing debate, particularly in the context of college and professional school admissions, are reviewed and evaluated. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Equal Protection, Test Bias
Download full textSchwartz, Judah L., Ed.; Garet, Michael S., Ed. – 1981
In an effort to examine issues raised by the effort to assess the performance of educational institutions, a project focusing on the social purposes and intellectual foundations of assessment practices in education was initiated. The primary goal of the project was to explore the possibility of developing new, more appropriate educational…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Diagnosis
Plake, Barbara S., Ed. – 1984
An introduction by Barbara S. Plake emphasizes that this volume investigates social and technical influences on test development and usage. Essential preliminary information on how tests can be used and may be interpreted is presented. Under the heading "Social and Technical Influences" are: (1) "Struggles and Possibilities: The Use…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Psychology
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1993
Because of concerns about the validity of tests used in education and employment, a consultation on June 16, 1989, focused on tests of ability, achievement, and other skills. Invited experts were asked to address a set of issues common to both education and employment testing, primarily related to test construction procedures and how to establish…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Civil Rights, Educational Testing
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1987
Nine papers were presented at the 1986 Educational Testing Service Invitational Conference on outcomes assessment in higher education. The Award for Distinguished Service to Measurement was awarded to Frederic Kuder for development of the Kuder-Richardson 20 and KR-21 formulas for test reliability, the Kuder Preference Record, and the Kuder…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), College Students
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
