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Fraas, John W.; Drushal, J. Michael; Graham, Jeff – 2002
This paper presents a method designed to assist practitioners in the interpretation of the practical significance of a statistically significant logistic regression coefficient is presented. To avoid the interpretation problems encountered when using the traditionally reported change in either the log odds or odds values, this method centers the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Probability, Regression (Statistics), Test Interpretation

Ponterotto, Joseph G.; And Others – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1989
Discusses various methods and procedures for assessing depression in clients. Reviews eight clinician rating and client self-report measures of depression on the basis of their psychometric properties and applied pragmatic utility. (Author)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Depression (Psychology), Evaluation Methods, Psychological Testing

Green, Donald Ross – NASSP Bulletin, 1987
Explains achievement test scores, focusing on types, uses, meanings, and relative importance. Describes currently used scales, normal distribution curves, percentile ranks, grade equivalents, and other rating systems. Advises inclusion of more than one kind of standardized test score, since each provides different information. Includes three…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Scores, Secondary Education, Standardized Tests
Pinkney, James W. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1985
Describes methodology and procedures for an interactive approach to the interpretation of profiles in which few occupational scales are in the similar range. The answer sheet is used as a means of understanding and exploring the client's career thinking with counseling focusing on identification of client decision base, theme analysis, and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Counselor Client Relationship

Mehrens, William A.; Lehmann, Irvin J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1987
Classroom measurement devices, when tailored to fit a teacher's particular instructional objectives, are essential for optimal teaching and learning. Teachers use test data to assess students' progress but often fail to analyze tests for validity. This article shows how locally and correctly developed assessment tools may serve a variety of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Instructional Development, Motivation, Secondary Education

Masters, Geofferey N. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
DICOT, a computer program for the Rasch analysis of classroom tests, is described. Results are presented in a self-explanatory form. Person ability and item difficulty estimates are expressed in a familiar metric. Person and item fit statistics provide a diagnosis of individual children and identification of problematic items. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries, Item Analysis, Latent Trait Theory

Prater, Doris; Padia, William – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1983
Sample guides for both holistic and analytic scoring of elementary school students' writing samples were written by the California State Department of Education. This article describes how the guides were developed and validated and explains complementary uses for the two types of scoring. (PP)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Guides
Petti, Michael – Academic Therapy, 1987
The nonverbal Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised can provide insight into students' learning characteristics, when diagnostic interpretations of subtest results offer meaningful information. Sample report statements are given for such subtests as picture completion and arrangement, block design, object assembly, coding, and puzzles,…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Handicap Identification
Schalock, Del; Fielding, Glen – 1985
This handbook deals with the specifics of integrating teaching and testing in the context of high school classes. It is part of a school-based staff development program for high school teachers and is designed to have faculty members in a department work as a team. Colleagues are asked to help one another develop instructional units and courses…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Design, Mastery Learning

McAloon, Ann, Ed.; Robinson, G. Edith, Ed. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1988
Argues that teachers should be encouraged to use not just pencil-and-paper tests but also observations, interviews, and even students' journals to gather information on which to base their evaluations. (PK)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Evaluation
Brightman, Harvey J.; And Others – Educational Technology, 1984
Describes the development and evaluation of interactive computer-based formative tests containing multiple choice questions based on Bloom's taxonomy and their use in a core-level higher education business statistics course prior to graded examinations to determine where students are experiencing difficulties. (MBR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Diagnostic Tests
Aviles, Christopher B. – 2001
Assigning grades is an integral part of social work education. However, social work educators must decide whether to use norm-referenced or criterion-referenced measurements to grade exams and other assignments. This paper presents arguments for grading with both norm-referenced and criterion-referenced measurements. The benefits of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Criterion Referenced Tests, Grading
Beetham, James – American Language Review, 1997
The International English Language Testing System is described, including the test's underlying principles, design, administration, scoring, reliability, and interpretation. Some criticisms of the program are briefly discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Language Tests, Program Design
Dearborn Public Schools, MI. – 1982
The purpose of the fifth annual Dearborn Achievement Test Score report is to summarize and to help interpret the test results so that Dearborn citizens and educators will have a better understanding of the educational achievements of Dearborn students. The District-wide Testing Program assesses reading readiness, scholastic aptitude, academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Curriculum Development, Reading Skills

Rennie, Leonie J.; Parker, Lesley H. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1987
Examines some of the problems in interpreting data from attitude measures when the dimensionality of the instrument and sources of heterogeneity in the population are ignored. Illustrates this point by describing the development of an instrument designed to measure children's attitude toward science-related activities. (TW)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
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