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Peer reviewedAllen, Don L. – Journal of Dental Education, 1992
Because most states incorporate similar clinical tests in their dental licensing examinations and most dentists surveyed would like greater mobility between states without taking another clinical examination, development of a national clinical examination is desirable. Demonstration of continued competency should also be required. (MSE)
Descriptors: Certification, Clinical Experience, Competence, Dentistry
Download full textSiskind, Theresa G. – 1991
Drawing tests are often used to provide confirmatory and supporting evidence of intelligence or intellectual functioning. The relationship between scores on these types of instruments and academic achievement was studied among graduate students seeking degrees in education. The sample consisted of 125 graduate students in education (93 women and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adults, Correlation
Armour-Thomas, Eleanor – 1986
The use of standardized tests and test data to detect and address differences in cognitive styles is advocated here. To this end, the paper describes the componential theory of intelligence addressed by Sternberg et. al. This theory defines the components of intelligence by function and level of generality, including: (1) metacomponents: higher…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Diagnostic Tests
Hallam, Philippa M.; Williams, John G. – 1987
The purpose of the study was to determine whether particular aspects of movement control influenced the performance of 2-year-old children on a standard developmental test, and thus influenced assessments of intellectual progress based on that test. Six cerebral-palsied (CP) children were compared with six children not suffering motor system…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Child Development, Difficulty Level, Early Childhood Education
Zajano, Nancy C. – 1990
The effects of a statewide testing policy on school district organizational structure are described in this report. A year-long ethnographic case study identified the following dysfunctional results of school reform based on external regulation: ambivalent local educator attitudes; the promotion of a professional teaching dilemma; negative…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrative Organization, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Change
Ware, Leland – 1989
Legal issues associated with competency testing of teachers are reviewed, with an emphasis on the problem of bias against minority examinees taking standardized tests. The central legislative foci of legal activity in this area are Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII requires employers to show, with validation studies,…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
