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Crosby-Muilenburg, Corryn – 1989
This digest lists guides to non-commercial tests and compilations of such tests to help identify potentially useful non-commercial tests and assessment instruments to measure special characteristics of students. Reliability and validity information is frequently available. The guides reviewed include: (1) "Measures for Psychological…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Psychological Testing, Reference Materials
Ascher, Carol – 1990
Standardized achievement and aptitude tests may be of very limited value in making placement or instructional decisions about bilingual students. The practice of categorizing standardized test scores by ethnic groups obscures the difficulties of administering and interpreting tests taken by bilinguals. Individuals who are bilingual have two…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Bilingual Students, Educational Assessment
Williams, Paul L. – 1989
Both norm-referenced and criterion-referenced interpretations of student, school, district, and state testing data can be improved by customizing the traditional norm-referenced test. Improvements that can be made include: (1) increasing the relevance of the test to the curriculum and (2) having greater confidence in the national comparative…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Norm Referenced Tests
Wildemuth, Barbara M. – 1984
Five alternatives to standardized testing of student achievement are described in this brief overview. The first, criterion-referenced tests, are designed to evaluate the accomplishment of specifically stated instructional objectives. Student performance is judged on the basis of the objectives, rather than in comparison to other students taking…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods
Brescia, William; Fortune, Jim C. – 1988
The testing of many American Indian children using standardized exams (achievement, aptitude, ability, and intelligence tests) developed for the majority American society represents a case of cross-cultural testing which is likely to produce invalid results in the form of underestimation of student performance. Requirements for obtaining accurate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, American Indian Education, American Indians
Haury, David L. – 2001
Schools across the United States are striving to improve student performance in science by adjusting curricula and teaching practices to meet national and state standards. This ERIC Digest describes the current status of proficiency testing in science, including the topics of high stakes testing and its outcomes. It also discusses the future of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, National Standards, Science Instruction
Rudner, Lawrence M.; Dorko, Kathryn – 1988
An annotated list of 11 books, guides, and online information retrieval systems that describe available standardized aptitude and achievement tests, test reviews, databases, and other sources of testing information is provided. The list is designed to help in the identification of useful standardized tests. (TJH)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Aptitude Tests, Books
Clawson, Thomas – 1995
Certification of professional counselors is presently viewed in two realms, that of state regulation and of national voluntary credentialing. This digest considers national voluntary certification. The first national certification began in 1972; in 1983 the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) began certification for general practice…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Counselor Certification, Counselor Evaluation, Counselor Training
Stansfield, Charles W. – 1996
Failure to include nonnative English speaking students in a testing program, something that is especially important in a state where a high school graduation test is administered, can cost students the opportunity to practice for the test, as well as the opportunity for diagnosis of educational attainment and feedback about their progress. For…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Feedback, Graduation Requirements, Language Minorities
Roeber, Edward D. – 1996
These guidelines are provided to offer guidance to district and state policy makers and assessment directors concerning some issues of managing the development, administration, and use of performance assessments in large scale assessment programs. The term "performance assessment" is used for assessments that go beyond paper-and-pencil,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Bagin, Carolyn Boccella – 1989
This digest highlights one tool that teachers use--standardized tests--from the parent's viewpoint. The discussion covers basic features of testing and suggests questions that a parent might ask his or her child's teacher concerning such tests. Standardized tests are usually objective tests sold by commercial publishers and designed to provide a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Role
Macklem, Gayle L. – 1990
Aptitude tests are defined in contrast to intelligence and achievement tests. Although aptitude tests, like intelligence tests, measure a student's overall performance across a broad range of mental capabilities, the former also often include items that measure more specialized abilities (such as verbal and numerical skills) that predict…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing
Bond, Linda A. – 1996
Tests can be categorized into two major groups: norm-referenced tests (NRTs) and criterion-referenced tests (CRTs). NRTs are designed to highlight achievement differences between and among students to produce a dependable rank order of students across a continuum of achievement from high achievers to low achievers. With NRTs, a representative…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, National Norms
Bowers, Bruce C. – 1989
Standardized testing of American students provides comparative scores for the placement of individual students, enables students to make appropriate decisions regarding a future course of study, and offers the opportunity to assess the effectiveness of teachers, schools, and school districts. As a result of using standardized test scores for…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Bagin, Carolyn Boccella – 1989
This digest explains basic elements of standardized tests in order to help teachers in making students feel comfortable about taking such tests. Usually created by commercial publishers, standardized tests are designed to provide a common measure of students' performance. They help compare an individual student's performance with the performance…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, High School Students, High Schools