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Issues in Testing for Competency.

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Ebel, Robert L.; Livingston, Samuel A. – NCME Measurement in Education, 1981

This issue of Measurement in Education is presented in the form of a dialogue between Dr. Robert L. Ebel, Distinguished Professor of Educational Measurement at Michigan State University, and Dr. Samual A. Livingston, Program Research Scientist at the Educational Testing Service. Alternative views on some aspects of the use of tests in assessing…

Descriptors: Competence, Criterion Referenced Tests, Multiple Choice Tests, Norm Referenced Tests

Testing and the Curriculum: Proceed with Caution.

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Wadleigh, Sandra L.; And Others – 1993

A study compared the performance of 44 applicants seeking admission to an alternative high school (n=19) and nursing assistant program (n=25) at a Wisconsin postsecondary institution on the Assessment of Student Skills for Entry Transfer (ASSET) test and the Nelson-Denny Reading Test. (Applicants who did not achieve a minimum score on ASSET then…

Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Testing, High Schools, Nontraditional Education