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James Dean Brown; Ali Panahi; Hassan Mohebbi – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2023
Panahi and Mohebbi review James Dean Brown's 50-years of research in language testing, curriculum development and research statistics with reference to an impressionistic framework for analysis containing two components with their subcomponents: Annotations (i.e., briefing and implications) and main concepts and themes (i.e., testing and teaching…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests, Curriculum Development
Ysseldyke, James E.; Algozzine, Bob – 1979
The paper considers problems in current assessment and evaluation practices with learning disabled students and discusses forces for change. Among the weaknesses noted are inadequate conceptual and definitional frameworks, practitioner bias, and technical inadequacies of currently used norm referenced tests. The authors outline three factors…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Learning Disabilities, Student Evaluation
Ysseldyke, James E. – 1977
The author traces reasons to support his contention that the state of the art in assessing learning disabled students is not good. Among issues examined are the following: use of tests for purposes other than those for which they were intended; technical adequacy of currently used tests (standardization, reliability, validity); the use of deficit…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Learning Disabilities, Student Evaluation, Test Bias
Hills, John R. – 1984
The literature on item bias, i.e., the question of whether some items in tests favor one cultural group over another cultural group due to irrelevant factors, is reviewed and evaluated. All known references through 1981 are described including a large number of unpublished reports. Each method is described and the criticisms that have appeared in…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Item Analysis, Racial Differences, Test Bias
Pool, Donald A. – 1987
The paper examines issues, philosophy and guidelines for psychological assessment of the disabled. Focused on are: (1) adjustments in testing procedures and (2) applicability of standard norms with commonly used psychological test instruments for the assessment of ability, interest, and personality. The importance of accurate assessment for…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Interest Inventories, Personality Measures

Kormann, Adam; Sporer, Siegfried Ludwig – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1983
This article is intended to give a critical evaluation of the "learning test methodology," with special regard to diagnosis and optimization of learning processes. The learning test concept is based on the "pretest--educational training intervention--posttest" approach. (PN)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Identification
Longo, Julie; And Others – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1982
Technology has been used to measure visual acuity with the severely or profoundly mentally retarded child. The following categories of technology have been used for assessment: the recording of visual fixation within the habituation paradigm; equipment to measure eye movements and pursuits; operant techniques; and electrodiagnostic techniques…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Eye Movements, Measurement Equipment, Operant Conditioning

Matalene, Carolyn B. – College English, 1982
Reports on the development and testing of the Revision and Editing Test. Presents the test and its answer key in an appendix. (RL)
Descriptors: College English, Editing, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education

Moran, James D., III; And Others – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1988
Research findings on the measurement of creativity in young children are reviewed, focusing on construct validity, relationship between response quality and quantity, and situational factors affecting scores. The article concludes that creativity is measurable in young children, but current methods rely on inappropriate unidimensional forms of…
Descriptors: Creativity, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, Preschool Education

Downey, Ronald G.; Saal, Frank E. – 1978
The development of some psychometric indices of performance rating quality based in judgement is traced. The conceptual and analytical confusion that characterizes contemporary research in this area is described. The operational definitions of several criteria of rating quality, including leniency and severity of the rating effect, halo effect,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Evaluation Criteria

Bryce, T. G. K.; Robertson, I. J. – Studies in Science Education, 1985
Reviews studies focusing on practical assessment in science. Areas considered include what students are really doing in laboratories, how practical skills should be assessed, methods used to assess practical science (such as internal/external examinations and continuous assessment), methodological issues, and reasons for the failure of some…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Laboratory Procedures

Montgomery, Allen A.; Demorest, Marilyn E. – Volta Review, 1988
This paper outlines: the importance of clinical assessment of speechreading; problems in assessment of speechreading, such as intertalker differences and lack of correlation with other traits; issues in measuring change in speechreading performance; viseme scoring on open-ended response tasks; new approaches to the speechreading assessment; and…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Correlation, Evaluation Methods, Hearing Impairments
Ellis, Barbara B.; Raju, Nambury S. – 2003
This chapter briefly describes some of the methods that test developers and psychometricians have devised to identify item and test bias and some of the challenges they still face. Although it may not be reasonable for classroom teachers to use these methods on a day-to-day basis in constructing tests, the authors argue that it is important for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods
Guess, Doug; And Others – 1978
The authors examine existing procedures and instruments used to assess the motor and perceptual/motor skills of severely/multiply handicapped infants and young children. Following an introductory section is a discussion of the rationale for the sequencing of assessment items and the limitations of the instruments for yielding specific quantitative…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research, Multiple Disabilities
Fremer, John; Wall, Janet – 2003
This chapter outlines the purpose of testing and assessment, focusing on uses, and highlights some of the limitations of all forms of testing. The concept of testing is one of the major contributions of the field of psychology to society. Carefully developed tests, when used wisely, provide valuable information for decision makers in educational,…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education