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New Directions in Educational Assessment.

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Nickerson, Raymond S. – Educational Researcher, 1989

Discusses issues involved in the construction, validity, and use of tests that evaluate educational progress, especially those that assess higher-order cognitive functioning. Reviews the four articles in this special issue. (FMW)

Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation

On Writing Essay Topics for a Test of the Composition Skills of Prospective Teachers: With a Review of Literature on the Creation, Validation, and Effects of Topics on Essay Examination. Volume Four of Five.

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Hoetker, James – 1979

The literature on essay testing, and particularly the selection of topics which will stimulate the writing of essays, was reviewed in order to recommend a set of specifications that will produce topics that are maximally fair to all teacher certificate candidates. It was found that by far the greater part of the research relating to writing…

Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Education Majors, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests