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Bachman, Lyle F. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1989
Applied linguistics and psychometrics have influenced language testing, providing additional tools for investigating factors affecting language test performance and assuring measurement reliability. An examination is presented of language testing, including the theoretical issues involved, the methodological advances, language test development,…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency, Language Tests

Epstein, Nathan B.; And Others – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1983
Describes the McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD), a newly developed questionnaire designed to evaluate families according to the McMaster Model of Family Functioning. Discusses the procedures used to develop the FAD and presents scale means and scale reliabilities from a sample of 503 individuals. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Counseling Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Family (Sociological Unit)
Broadfoot, Patricia; Black, Paul – Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice, 2004
The completion of the first ten years of this journal is an occasion for review and reflection. The main issues that have been addressed over the ten years are summarized in four main sections: Purposes, International Trends, Quality Concerns and Assessment for Learning. Each of these illustrates the underlying significance of the themes of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Student Evaluation, Educational Trends, Evaluation Methods

Andrews, Jac; Janzen, Henry – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Presents globally oriented scoring sheet, reference guide, and rating scale for facilitating clinical hypotheses from children's Kinetic School Drawings (KSDs) and further empirical evaluations of KSD technique. Provides information on instrument construction and preliminary findings in terms of procedures' reliability and discriminant validity.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Freehand Drawing

Reynolds, Cecil R. – Journal of School Psychology, 1981
The use of grade equivalent scores contrasted against grade placement is widespread in the diagnosis of dyslexia and other reading disabilities. Discusses difficulties and distortions of this method. Presents an alternative method for reliably determining aptitude/achievement discrepancies. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Dyslexia, Educational Diagnosis
Powills, Judith A.; And Others – 1979
Language arts teachers participated in an inservice program, The Writer's Clinic, and evaluated their students' improvement in writing ability using holistic essay scoring techniques. Seventh and eighth grade students were administered an essay composition pretest in December; the same essay topic was given as the post test in May. Students were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cost Effectiveness, Essay Tests, Essays