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Zimmerman, Donald W.; Williams, Richard H.; Zumbo, Bruno D.; Ross, Donald – International Journal of Testing, 2005
This article focuses on Louis Guttman's contributions to the classical theory of educational and psychological tests, one of the lesser known of his many contributions to quantitative methods in the social sciences. Guttman's work in this field provided a rigorous mathematical basis for ideas that, for many decades after Spearman's initial work,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Test Theory, Social Sciences, Psychological Testing
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Shohamy, Elana – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1995
Reviews recent trends in performance testing, focusing on different definitions of performance testing; the extent to which performance tests have drawn upon the theoretical discussions of competence and performance; research on performance tests; and future developmental and research questions. (66 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Definitions, Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
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Roos, Bertil; Hamilton, David – Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice, 2005
This paper considers alternative assessment, feedback and cybernetics. For more than 30 years, debates about the bi-polarity of formative and summative assessment have served as surrogates for discussions about the workings of the mind, the social implications of assessment and, as important, the role of instruction in the advancement of learning.…
Descriptors: Feedback, Formative Evaluation, Cybernetics, Constructivism (Learning)
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Douglas, Dan – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1995
Reviews recent theoretical, methodological, and analytical developments in language testing, focusing on more refined models of language ability, reliability and validity, performance testing, innovative test formats, new applications of Item Response Theory and Generalizability Theory to test performance. An annotated bibliography discusses seven…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Takala, Sauli – 1998
This paper discusses recent developments in language testing. It begins with a review of the traditional criteria that are applied to all measurement and outlines recent emphases that derive from the expanding range of stakeholders. Drawing on Alderson's seminal work, criteria are presented for evaluating communicative language tests. Developments…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria
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Bloom, Benjamin S. – Teaching Education, 1988
A review of the development and innovation of testing at the higher education level focuses on Ralph Tyler's testing emphasis on the educational process and the objectives of instruction, a precursor to the current trend of integrating formative evaluation into the curriculum development process. (CB)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Higher Education
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Bachor, Dan G. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1990
Reviews medical and psychoeducational assessment models, illustrating need to expand assessment procedure database resulting from the measurement errors in traditional assessment practices. Introduces assessment model emphasizing collection of classroom-based information over time and evaluating data more critically. Suggests model facilitates…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Instructional Development
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Traub, Ross E. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1990
Describes five propositions concerning classroom assessment. Uses propositions to review seven conference papers. Propositions refer to the following: nature of achievement; student information necessary to interpret assessments; tension between need to describe and need to praise; distinction between formal and informal assessment; and need for…
Descriptors: Achievement, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Measures (Individuals)
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von Mayrhauser, Richard T. – American Psychologist, 1992
Examines accuracy evaluation in published testing programs of the following: J. M. Cattell; C. Spearman; A. Binet; L. M. Terman; R. M. Yerkes; E. L. Thorndike; and W. D. Scott. Developing community and consensus on testing required convergence between theorists and practitioners. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests, Educational History, Educational Testing