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Bosma, Tirza; Resing, Wilma C. M. – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2012
The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of dynamic testing in the measuring of children's need for instruction and to explore responses of special education teachers to dynamic testing results. Thirty-six 10-12-year-old children with a moderate to mild intellectual disability and their teachers participated. Children in the…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Educational Needs, Mental Retardation, Testing
Wendler, Cathy; Powers, Donald – Educational Testing Service, 2009
Should individuals use a test for purposes other than those for which it was originally intended? Should they give it to groups of people other than those for whom it was originally designed? This issue of "Educational Testing Service (ETS) R&D Connections" provides ideas for repurposing tests. (Contains 1 footnote.)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Testing, Test Use, Educational Objectives

Moreland, Kevin L.; And Others – American Psychologist, 1995
Describes results of research by the Test User Qualifications Working Group that can be applied to improving testing practices, including 86 test use competencies and 7 factors accounting for misuse; a test classification system; and empirically based test purchaser qualification forms. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Competence, Educational Assessment, Educational Research

Behrman, Edward H. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2000
Discusses validity issues associated with three popular content-general reading college placement tests and then presents a theoretical argument to support an alternative placement procedure using content-specific testing. Proposes that content-specific tests would have improved content-related and construct-related validity. States that more…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Content Validity, Educational Testing, Equivalency Tests
Matter, M. Kevin; Ligon, Glynn – 1983
Yearly administrations of a standardized achievement test are a part of the educational process in many school districts in the United States. The Systemwide Testing Program in the Austin Independent School District Office of Research and Evaluation has gradually developed a process and support materials whereby the test administrations are a tool…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Testing

Pollingue, Alice – Journal of Special Education, 1987
The article examines problems in the traditional assessment procedures used with the physically handicapped and discusses the use of adaptive behavior scales with emphasis on application of the results through a multidisciplinary approach. Selected adaptive behavior scales are described, and guidelines for test administration with the physically…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Behavior Rating Scales, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Testing
Bailey, Alison L.; Huang, Becky H.; Shin, Hye Won; Farnsworth, Tim; Butler, Frances A. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2007
Within an evidentiary framework for operationally defining academic English language proficiency (AELP), linguistic analyses of standards, classroom discourse, and textbooks have led to specifications for assessment of AELP. The test development process described here is novel due to the emphasis on using linguistic profiles to inform the …
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Reading Comprehension, Textbooks, English (Second Language)
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, Lexington, KY. – 1995
As part of a Kentucky effort to improve public education and to increase taxpayer confidence in expanded educational funding, a citizen committee examined and made recommendations on approaches to school accountability and assessment, particularly student testing in the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS). The recommendations…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment
Cassady, Jerrell C.; Gridley, Betty E. – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2005
This study analyzed the effects of online formative and summative assessment materials on undergraduates' experiences with attention to learners' testing behaviors (e.g., performance, study habits) and beliefs (e.g., test anxiety, perceived test threat). The results revealed no detriment to students' perceptions of tests or performances on tests…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Student Attitudes, Formative Evaluation, Testing
Testing Achievement in Basic Skills. Volume I: Executive Summary and Research Reports. Final Report.
Singer, Harry; And Others – 1982
This comprehensive evaluation of basic skills testing in California's elementary and secondary schools is divided into an executive summary and a collection of research reports. The summary evaluates current testing conducted by the state, school districts, and classroom teachers; describes experimental studies on new ways of testing and reporting…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Research
Singer, Harry; And Others – 1983
Intended both to evaluate the California testing program's success in assessing student achievement in the basic skills and to suggest possible improvements in the program, this report includes an executive summary evaluating current testing procedures, describing experimental studies on new ways of testing and reporting testing information, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests
Haertel, Edward H.; Herman, Joan L. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
In this article, the authors describe various rationales for accountability testing programs over the past century. This history forms the backdrop for current test-driven reforms, including Public Law 107-110, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), which was signed into law in January 2002. The goals of the authors are first, to illustrate…
Descriptors: Test Use, Testing Programs, Federal Legislation, Testing