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Download full textRudner, Lawrence M. – 1994
The "Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing" of the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education are intended to provide a comprehensive basis for evaluating tests. This digest identifies key standards applicable to most test…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Evaluation Methods, Norms
Katz, Lilian G. – 1997
The concept of developmental appropriateness can be applied to the assessment of young children. Clarifying the main purpose for which children are assessed can help determine what kinds of assessments would be most appropriate. Assessment of individual children might serve one of the following purposes: (1) to determine progress on significant…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Criteria, 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
