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Download full textMehrens, William A.; Ebel, Robert L. – NCME Measurement in Education, 1979
The discussion on criterion-referenced (CRT) and norm-referenced achievement tests (NRT) is divided into two parts: definitions and use. The authors contrast CRTs, tests which compare an individual's performance to some specified behavioral criterion of proficiency, and NRTs, tests which compare an individual's score to scores of others. They also…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Definitions, Mastery Tests
Holmes, Susan E. – 1985
Open testing and test disclosure legislation has fostered a renewed interest in the problems and issues associated with test equating. This paper focuses on a specific application of test equating, that of professional and occupational testing for certification and licensure. Test equating is the process of making test scores from different forms…
Descriptors: Certification, Competence, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores
Linn, Robert L. – 1983
In considering the problem of measuring achievement for the evaluation of school effectiveness, there are at least three questions that need to be answered: (1) What is to be measured? (2) How is it to be measured? (3) How are the results to be analyzed? Following a discussion related to the first two questions--determining content objectives and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Measurement Objectives
Walter, L. James; And Others – Catalyst, The Journal of the Nebraska Council of School Administrators, 1981
This special issue of "Catalyst", entitled Testing Programs in Schools: What's New?, was published jointly by the Nebraska Council of School Administrators and the Nebraska Association for Supervision and Curriculum. The articles emphasize desirability of designing testing programs to meet the information needs of educators and the…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Information Utilization, Latent Trait Theory, Program Improvement
Scott, Laurie – 1978
Discussions at the National Consortium on Testing conference are summarized. Updates on recent and upcoming events are given by Jeff Schiller (National Institute of Education), Doug Whitney (American Council on Education), John Maxwell (National Council of Teachers of English), Dorianne Almann (National Science Teachers Association), Eric Gardner…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Bagby, Susan Anne – 1981
The migrant lifestyle, in which a student moves to a new school nearly three times per year, destroys the continuity of educational programs and contributes to abnormally high dropout rates. Educational testing can help improve educational continuity for migrant students by yielding valuable information about their levels of skills mastery so they…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Research, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
