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Chalupsky, Albert B.; And Others – 1981
Intended to assist those working in the field of occupational competency testing, this report summarizes major milestones in the history of competency measurement in vocational education and overviews the current state of the art. To provide an orientation to the environment that stimulated the current interest in occupational competency testing,…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Minimum Competency Testing
Haenn, Joseph F.; And Others – 1984
The Maryland State Department of Education issued a request for proposals to develop a score reporting system for the Maryland Functional Testing Program. RMC Research Corporation conducted a literature review of extant literature and developed a national survey of non-norm-referenced test score reporting practices. This comprehensive analysis of…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Information Utilization, Minimum Competency Testing, Scores
Hambleton, Ronald K.; Eignor, Daniel R. – 1978
In light of the widespread use of competency testing, the authors consider that it is important to determine ways of developing and using competency testing to insure that it achieves its full potential. The paper, in three parts, introduces a model for the development and validation of competency tests, reviews several methods for setting…
Descriptors: Competence, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education
Torres, Rosalie T.; Harnisch, Delwyn L. – 1983
A review of functional literacy testing in the United States from 1955-82 is provided by summarizing the results of literacy assessment studies and synthesizing the major issues which they have engendered. These reviews are grouped with respect to content, criterion-related, and construct validity. The paper concludes by (1) summarizing some of…
Descriptors: Adults, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
Rubinstein, Sherry A.; And Others – 1982
A series of five papers is presented. Sherry Rubinstein, and others, characterize the changes of teacher certification programs and reflect on the factors propelling and influencing the direction of those changes such as increased emphasis on the description and testing of the skills and knowledge of prospective teachers, and the adoption of…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary School Teachers, Minimum Competency Testing
Scherer, Marge – Instructor, 1983
Competency testing is a fact of life for many new teachers. This article describes different types of tests and the purposes for which they are used in various states. Teachers and spokespersons for educational organizations and institutions express their views on testing and on how test results may affect teacher education. (PP)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Steinheiser, Frederick H., Jr.; And Others – 1978
Alternative mathematical models for scoring and decision making with criterion referenced tests are described, especially as they concern appropriate test length and methods of establishing statistically valid cutting scores. Several of these approaches are reviewed and compared on formal-analytic and empirical grounds: (1) Block's approach to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Decision Making