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Diamond, Esther E. – 1982
Increasing public understanding of school testing programs is seen as the joint responsibility of test publishers and schools, and also as a primary responsibility on the part of test publishers to increase the schools' understanding of tests. The most common areas of misunderstanding about tests are addressed: purpose of the testing program; the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Minimum Competency Testing, Public Opinion, Student Placement
Peer reviewedHinchman, Kathleen – Journal of Reading, 1985
Reviews the Test of Practical Knowledge, a multiple choice test of "functional competency," noting that the test's task requirements are confounded by such factors as intelligence, achievement, social knowledge, and reading ability. (HOD)
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Minimum Competency Testing, Multiple Choice Tests, Secondary Education
International Reading Association, Newark, DE. – 1978
Three members of the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association express their positions about minimum competency standards. Kenneth Goodman presents a humanitarian, idealistic view of the controversy and questions the effectiveness of legislative mandates. Roger Farr expresses concern that limitations of testing procedures might…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competencies
Snyder, Fred A.; And Others – 1981
This collection of articles is designed to enhance leadership for the promotion of effective evaluation and learning. The articles include an Introduction, by Fred Snyder; Exerting Leadership Toward Effective Evaluation of Pupil Performance, by T. L. Drake; The Elementary Principal as an Instructional Leader, by John Ourth; The Secondary Principal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Leadership
Coffman, William E. – Executive Review, 1980
Standardized achievement tests are often misused as indicators of a school's quality or effectiveness relative to other schools. This is an incorrect use because it ignores variation among schools in student abilities, family support of education, student mobility, and other factors. People also misuse tests because they impute to them more…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Testing
Keene, John M. – 1988
Increasing numbers of state-mandated testing programs have resulted in the selection of norm-referenced tests (NRTs) for statewide assessment. Adaptation or customization of existing tests has become a viable solution for individual programs. Changes in test instruments have arisen from the behaviorist approach and mastery learning, minimum…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores, Item Banks
Bligh, Harold F. – 1979
The strengths and weakness of standardized tests, and trends in achievement testing in the last 15 years are examined. The discussion of achievement tests includes survey, instructional, diagnostic, and basic skills tests, as well as tests used for formative and summative evaluation. Minimum competency tests are not examined in detail. Advantages…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement
