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Eaves, Ronald C. – Diagnostique, 1981
Global achievement tests are best used for broad purposes (program evaluation) or purposes such as screening which will be followed up with more precise instruments. (SB)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Test Interpretation, Test Selection
Bailey, Jennifer; Little, Chelsea; Rigney, Rex; Thaler, Anna; Weiderman, Ken; Yorkovich, Ben – Online Submission, 2010
This handbook is designed as a quick reference for first-year teachers who find themselves in an assessment driven environment with little experience to help make sense of the language, underlying philosophy, or organizational structure of the assessment system. The handbook begins with advice on developing and evaluating effective learning…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Portfolio Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Based Assessment

Hills, John R. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1983
Percentile scores appear to be the easiest standardized test scores for parents to understand. Yet in this true-false test, Hills reveals commonly held misconceptions about percentile score reports. (LC)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Norm Referenced Tests, Scores, Standardized Tests
Cason, Gerald J. – 1978
Guidelines developed specifically for cases in which objectively scored written tests are to be used are described. When objective cognitive tests are properly built and used, they can serve four educationally important functions. These tests provide the instructor information on what a student can and cannot do. The instructor needs this…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Objective Tests, Scoring, Test Coaching
Miller, William G. – Man/Society/Technology, 1983
Illustrates how microcomputers can assist the instructor in scoring and analyzing classroom tests. Describes a BASIC language program adapted to several commonly available microcomputers that can be used in scoring and analyzing test results. (JOW)
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Programs, Microcomputers, Scoring
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD. – 1980
The purpose of this handbook is to acquaint principals and teachers with the California Achievement Tests, mandated by the Maryland State Department of Education. Reports of the test results are also discussed. The first chapter describes the test and provides examples of question formats. A table of the objectives measured is also included. The…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Objectives, Scores
Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1982
Explanations of and guidelines for using the Stanford Achievement Test for Hearing Impaired (SAT-HI) children are given. Types of scores from the test (raw scores, grade equivalent scores, scaled scores, and percentile rankings) are described. Limitations on test interpretations are suggested as well as reminders on using achievement test scores…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Standardized Tests
Rudner, Lawrence M. – 1977
The use of Stanford Achievement Tests (SATs) with hearing impaired students is considered. Background of the test is given, and the SAT-HI (SAT for the Hearing Impaired) is discussed in terms of its content, item wording, and norms. Among six specific recommendations made are to use the SAT-HI because it minimizes floor and ceiling effects,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Evaluation Methods, Hearing Impairments, Secondary Education
Teglasi, Hedwig – 2001
This book provides guidance into the use of storytelling techniques as an approach to personality assessment and explains how to administer, score, and interpret such tests. The tests discussed include the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), the Roberts Apperception Test for Children, and the TEMAS (Tell-Me-a-Story). Each chapter contains callout…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Tests, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures
Keller, Richard M. – 1997
This paper focuses on challenges to psychologists and psychology graduate students who are blind or visually impaired in the administration and scoring of various psychological tests. Organized by specific tests, the paper highlights those aspects of testing which pose particular difficulty to testers with visual impairments and also describes…
Descriptors: Adults, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Intelligence Tests
Haenn, Joseph F. – 1981
Procedures for conducting functional level testing have been available for use by practitioners for some time. However, the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS), developed in response to the educational amendments of 1974 to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), has provided the impetus for widespread adoption of this…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Difficulty Level, Scores, Scoring
Schreiner, Robert, Ed. – 1979
This guidebook puts testing in proper perspective as one aspect of evaluation and leads the test user through a practical discussion about selecting and developing valid, reliable tests. Its primary purpose is to assist classroom teachers, reading consultants, and school administrators in making decisions about measuring student reading…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Diagnosis
Renzulli, Joseph S.; Smith, Linda H.; White, Alan J.; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Hartman, Robert K.; Westberg, Karen L. – 2002
This manual describes development and use of the revised "Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students" (SRBCSS-R), a teacher judgment instrument appropriate for use as one measure in the identification of gifted students. Part 1 explains the judgmental and empirical procedures used to revise the items on the original…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Behavior Rating Scales, Elementary Secondary Education
Bentley, Cynthia K. – 1985
The article reviews concerns related to the selection and administration of career interest inventories for handicapped secondary students, discusses utilization of the results within an educational setting and considers the importance of cooperative efforts. Useful instruments for students in grades 9-12 are listed and administration procedures…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Exploration, Disabilities, High Schools

Silver, Stephen J.; Clampit, Michael K. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1990
A table is provided for determining the frequency of occurrence of Verbal-Performance discrepancies on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) in profiles of high Intelligence Quotient children. Warnings are offered regarding the adverse effect of subtest substitution or omission when administering the WISC-R to highly…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests