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Direct linkStevens, Christopher John; Dascombe, Ben James – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2015
Sports performance testing is one of the most common and important measures used in sport science. Performance testing protocols must have high reliability to ensure any changes are not due to measurement error or inter-individual differences. High validity is also important to ensure test performance reflects true performance. Time-trial…
Descriptors: Athletics, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Testing
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1984
Argues that if a testing situation is not similar to situations in which a child regularly performs linguistically, the test's ecological validity is compromised and its results must be viewed skeptically. (FL)
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Intelligence Tests, Performance Factors, Performance Tests
Download full textHartman, Rhona C.; Redden, Martha Ross – 1985
The fact sheet focuses on considerations when testing adaptations are needed, provides some facts about disability, and identifies a variety of adaptations of testing procedures which have been developed and successfully used in schools, vocational training programs, and on college campuses. Testing adaptations are discussed in terms of disability…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Spirer, Janet E., Ed. – 1980
Addressing issues facing vocational education on the topic of performance testing, this handbook consists of a collection of seventeen commissioned papers and reactions to the papers. Two papers are presented on each of the following types of issues that must be considered before a performance test can be constructed: philosophical, technical,…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Legal Responsibility, Performance Tests, Program Implementation
Peer reviewedHapp, Deborah A.; Altmaier, Elizabeth M. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1982
Presents an overview of the basic issues to be considered in counseling hearing-impaired clients. Summarizes basic information about deafness and considers several common misconceptions about hearing-impaired people. Discusses communication barriers between the counselor and the client and the experiential deficits of hearing-impaired people.…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship
Kneer, Marian E. – 1981
Psychomotor, or physical education skills, can be tested through the use of various measures which employ one or more sport-specific objective measures, such as norm- or criterion-referenced tests, or subjective measures, such as teacher ratings or student self-rating. Norm-referenced tests embody standards which are set relatively for the purpose…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Coeducation, Criterion Referenced Tests
Knapp, Joan E. – 1979
Following a summary of what is presently known about transfer skills, the options available for assessment of transfer skills are identified and problems inherent in that task examined. Transfer skills (the ability or capacity of the learner or worker to transfer skills or knowledge from prior experiences to new ones) are discussed using the work…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Essay Tests, Higher Education, Individual Testing
