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Download full textResearch Connections in Special Education, 1998
In response to new provisions in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), this issue describes the promising special education research that is helping all students participate successfully in large-scale testing programs. The first article, "State-Wide Assessment Programs," discusses the new provisions in IDEA that…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Hart, Kathleen A.; Joscelyn, Mary K., Ed. – 1989
Standardized college-level tests of thinking have serious drawbacks, but they can be used effectively to compare results with other teachers or researchers and to suggest possible ways of measuring aspects of thinking in faculty-constructed tests. Faculty-designed tests should provide opportunities for students to use the important knowledge and…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Intelligence Tests
Information Update, 1989
This issue of a quarterly newsletter focuses on alternative assessment methods in adult basic education. It is occasioned, as explained in the opening editorial, by the announcement of the requirement for use of the 1987 edition of the Tests of Adult Basic Education for pre- and posttesting of basic education students in New York City, beginning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Alternative Assessment
Dykes, Mary K.; And Others – Florida Educational Research and Development Council, Inc., Research Bulletin, 1979
This brief monograph, intended for preschool teachers and administrators, explains various aspects of the assessment and evaluation of children and early childhood education programs. The value of evaluation procedures for program development is noted. The different forms that research designs and tests can take are explained. It is emphasized…
Descriptors: Administrators, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Burt, Miriam, Ed. – NCLEnotes, 2003
This issue of the National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE) newsletter includes an article titled "Assessment and Accountability: What Do We Know and Where Are We Going?" and a profile of Inaam Mansoor, director of the Arlington Education and Employment Program (REEP) in Arlington, Virginia. Also included are resource updates, news…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Language Tests, Literacy Education
Baker, Eva L.; And Others – 1987
Guidelines for evaluating responses to requests for proposals (RFPs) for state-level educational assessment programs are presented. The guidelines articulate key choice points, options, and considerations by state (and district) testing directors as they solicit services for large-scale assessment from commercial testing companies. Focus is on…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Contracts, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance
Rudner, Lawrence M. – Capital Ideas, 1987
This newsletter issue focuses on the subject of mandatory testing of prospective teachers prior to certification. The following questions are discussed: (1) What are the major types of teacher tests? (2) How prevalent are teacher tests? (3) What are the major teacher tests? (4) What problems do teacher testing programs address? (5) What are the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Burry, James, Ed.; Quellmalz, Edys S., Ed. – Evaluation Comment, 1978
Abstracts are presented of the major conference papers and thematic discussions delivered at the 1978 Measurement and Methodology Conference. The titles of the presentations are: Policy-Responsive Evaluation (Wiley); When Educators Set Standards (Glass); Comments on Wiley and Glass (Schutz); Key Standard-Setting Considerations for Minimal…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Conference Reports
Thurlow, Martha; Elliott, Judy; Ysseldyke, Jim – NCEO Policy Directions, 1999
This paper addresses the controversy about use of "out-of-level" testing, the practice of assessing students (usually those with disabilities) with a lower-level version of a test. The controversy pits unintended instructional consequences against "accurately" measuring performance and avoiding student frustration. Introductory…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Colloquy, 1987
The three articles in this newsletter focus on questions of what teacher knowledge consists of and how it can be measured. Three contemporary efforts to assess teacher knowledge, each with a different purpose, are presented. The first, based on a report of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, summarizes state assessment efforts and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Measures (Individuals)
Suydam, Marilyn N., Ed.; Kasten, Margaret L., Ed. – Investigations in Mathematics Education, 1982
Fourteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. Five studies deal with aspects of mathematics instruction, and there are four reports each on mathematics achievement and on two cognitive processes. The remaining items concern calculators, attitudes, and aptitude-treatment interaction. Research related to…
Descriptors: Calculators, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Interwest Applied Research, Inc., Portland, OR. – 1984
The Alaska Statewide Assessment Test is administered to fourth and eighth graders every two years in reading and mathematics. Assessment Report 7 describes how the assessment process works, analyzing results, test content, results for 1983, and statewide average scores. A question-answer format is used to discuss the following: (1) Was students'…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Grade 4, Grade 8
Peer reviewedO'Sullivan, Rita G. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1995
The five articles of this theme issue focus on new developments in the evaluation of science education programs that have both substantive and theoretical implications for the field of evaluation. Past and current evaluation approaches are reviewed, and an overview is given of new assessments consistent with new curriculum developments. (SLD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau, Office of Education, Assessment and Research. – 1985
The Alaska Statewide Assessment Test (ASAT) in reading and math is administered to fourth and eighth graders every two years. This document contains three separate assessment reports generally titled "An Update on the Alaska Statewide Testing Program." Assessment Report 8, "The Interpretive Panels Look at Results," lists…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Grade 4, Grade 8
Developmental Learning: Evaluation and Assessment. NARDSPE Research Report, Number 1. First Edition.
Hild, Harold N., Ed. – 1982
Three types of evaluation methods are discussed in terms of their use in evaluating both cognitive and affective learning in developmental programs: standardized tests; criterion-referenced tests; and naturalistic inquiries. Section I looks at the complexities of learning and the inherent difficulties in judging the quality and quantity of what is…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Testing
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