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Hoover, H. D. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2003
Discusses three common misconceptions about achievement testing: (1) the idea that men generally outscore women; (2) the notion that the primary role of norms is to compare one student to another; and (3) the misconception that it is not possible to measure the achievement of kindergarten and primary grade students with group tests. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Primary Education, Student Evaluation
Whitehead, David J.; Halil, Tony – 1989
Tests of achievement in economics have a variety of uses. Their principal role is to evaluate how successful students have been in learning economics on a particular course, either overall or in particular aspects of economics. They may also serve to provide evidence about the efficacy of specific teaching materials and/or strategies. Finally,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economics, Economics Education, Foreign Countries
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McFadden, Teresa Ukrainetz – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1996
This article describes errors resulting from use of standardized language tests using a "normal" sample as the normative comparison group. Resulting errors include, among others, identifying normal children as language impaired, providing misleading profiles of verbal and nonverbal performance, and inability to determine impairment severity.…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments
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Moy, Raymond H. – System, 1984
Discusses the problems associated with "grading on a curve," the approach often used for standard setting on language proficiency tests. Proposes four main steps presented in the setting of a non-arbitrary cut-score. These steps not only establish a proficiency standard checked by external criteria, but also check to see that the test covers the…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Correlation, Dictation, English (Second Language)
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Stockman, Ida J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2000
This article examines whether changes in the ethnic minority composition of the standardization sample for the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III (PPVT-III) can be used as the sole explanation for children's better test scores when compared to an earlier edition. Analysis suggests other factors may explain improved performance. (Contains…
Descriptors: Children, Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
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Meyer, Kevin D.; Foster, Jeff L. – International Journal of Testing, 2008
With the increasing globalization of human resources practices, a commensurate increase in demand has occurred for multi-language ("global") personality norms for use in selection and development efforts. The combination of data from multiple translations of a personality assessment into a single norm engenders error from multiple sources. This…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Cultural Differences, Norms, Human Resources
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Sackett, Paul R.; Wilk, Steffanie L. – American Psychologist, 1994
Reviews the literature on subgroup norming in testing and examines several types of score-adjustment methods. The authors discuss social and policy perspectives as well as the scientific and theoretical underpinnings of score adjustment. (GLR)
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Literature Reviews
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Gottfredson, Linda S. – American Psychologist, 1994
Focuses on score adjustment by racial or ethnic group (race norming) in employment testing, and provides a history of the original controversy. The author analyzes race-based adjustments in test scores and discusses how personnel-selection science is being compromised in an effort to reconcile contradictory legal demands. (GLR)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Lam, Tony C. M. – 1988
The National Commission on Testing and Public Policy is conducting a 3-year policy-oriented investigation of the role of tests, especially standardized, norm-referenced tests, in the allocation of educational, training, and employment opportunities in the United States today. This document reports on the first hearing, which focused on the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Educational Assessment