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Teacher Testing--An Update.
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Rudner, Lawrence M. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1988
State directors of teacher certification and testing provided updated data (reports, press clippings, manuals, legislative hearings, and validity studies) in April 1987 describing their testing programs and the latest passing rates. Twenty-seven states have admissions testing programs, and 44 have certification testing programs. It is unclear…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Program Evaluation, State Programs
Content Validity Studies of Licensing Examinations.
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Smith, I. Leon; Hambleton, Ronald K. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1990
Implementing measurement specialists' ideas about content validity with licensure examinations and the problem of court litigation are discussed. Validity issues surfacing when sponsors of national licensure examinations conduct validity investigations are considered. Issues include local versus national focus on content validity, job analysis,…
Descriptors: Classification, Content Validity, Court Litigation, Job Analysis
A Survey of State Teacher-Competency Examination Programs.
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Lehmann, Irvin J.; Phillips, S. E. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1987
Based on a survey of teacher competency testing practices in all the states, the authors provide an analysis of what areas are covered in teacher tests, which tests are used, and how the tests are used in both current and planned state teacher testing programs. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Minimum Competency Testing