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Ogle, Donna; Fritts, James R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
In developing criterion-referenced reading tests, staff in a Skokie (Illinois) school district answered parents' concerns about accountability, participated in a valuable inservice learning experience, and achieved coordination between elementary and junior high programs. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Campbell, Clifton P.; Hatcher, Timothy G. – Performance and Instruction, 1989
Discussion of testing methods that adequately measure the ability to perform manipulative tasks focuses on criterion-referenced performance tests (CRPT) to evaluate trainees. Topics discussed include predictive validity; physical fidelity; test construction; testing constraints; performance conditions; criteria for attainment standards; scoring…
Descriptors: Criteria, Criterion Referenced Tests, Industrial Training, Performance Factors
DeLong, Barbara J. – 1981
Preplanning to insure sex-fair evaluation of student performance in physical education should include: (1) establishment of instructional and performance objectives for each activity; (2) development of performance standards which take into account ability levels and documented biological differences between the sexes; and (3) a well-defined…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Criterion Referenced Tests, Individual Instruction, Performance Contracts
Winnick, Joseph P.; Short, Francis X. – 1998
This final report discusses the outcomes of a project designed to extend the nation's current emphasis on health-related, criterion-referenced fitness testing and programming to children and adolescents with disabilities. It summarizes project activities leading up to the Brockport Physical Fitness Test and related measures. Activities included:…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Children, Criterion Referenced Tests
Williamson, Bert; Pedersen, Joe F. – 1984
This set of 21 performance tests in electronics technology was developed on the basis of a review of commercial and noncommercial instructional materials dealing with electronics technology. The tests, which were reviewed by a group of community college instructors and an advisory committee for electronics technology, address the following…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Development, Electric Circuits, Electrical Occupations
Laugen, Ronald C.; Hintzen, Neil – 1986
A project was conducted to develop two criterion-referenced, multiple-choice tests and a performance test for the dental assistant occupational area. Procedures were recommended for administration of the tests and field test and for revision of the tests. Evaluation experts analyzed the performance standards being tested, drafted test items,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Ltd., Leabrook (Australia). – 1990
These proceedings contain 17 papers from plenary sessions, workshops, and other presentations at a conference to consider and clarify major issues in assessment and standards in vocational education and training, including identification of problems and suggested solutions. A summary of discussions follows most presentations. Plenary session…
Descriptors: Certification, Competence, Competency Based Education, Credentials
Olsen, Diane; Hintzen, Neil – 1986
A project was conducted to develop two criterion-referenced, multiple-choice tests and a performance test for the hotel clerk occupational area. Procedures were recommended for administration of the tests and field test and for revision of the tests. Evaluation experts analyzed the performance standards being tested, drafted test items, reviewed…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Clerical Workers, Competence, Competency Based Education
Rock, Samuel K., Jr.; Chagalis, George P. – 1980
The Basic Medical Specialist course has one of the largest enrollments of the U.S. Army's Academy of Health Sciences; 11,000 soldiers were trained in this course in 1977 and 1978. Training encompasses both emergency first aid (for field medics) and basic nursing skills. A task force working to improve Army training developed this course, in…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Competency Based Education, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives