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Improve Assessment Literacy Outside of Schools Too
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Stiggins, Rick – Phi Delta Kappan, 2014
Educators need to become more assessment literate. When they do, they will be able to use assessments better to guide their teaching and communicate their expectations and results with students and the broader education stakeholders and audiences.
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Evaluation, Evaluation Needs, Institutional Mission
Computer Adaptive Tests and Computer-Based Tests.
Van Horn, Royal – Phi Delta Kappan, 2003
Describes computer-adaptive tests and computer-based tests used in improvement-referenced evaluation. Reviews tests developed by the Northwest Evaluation Association and Lexia. (PKP)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Tests
The U.S. National Assessments in Reading: Reading Too Much into the Findings.
McLean, Leslie D.; Goldstein, Harvey – Phi Delta Kappan, 1988
The authors criticize an article by John Carrol in the February 1987 "Phi Delta Kappan" in which he discussed the Reading Proficiency Scale issued by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. They feel the Reading Proficiency Scale has limited usefulness. Includes 21 references. (Author/MD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, National Norms, Norm Referenced Tests
Reflections on Measuring Thinking, while Listening to Mozart's "Jupiter" Symphony.
Wasserman, Selma – Phi Delta Kappan, 1989
Reflects on educators' current preoccupation with assessment of higher order thinking skills. Easy-to-mark, forced-choice, pencil-and-paper tests with single numerical scores may trivialize the wonderful complexity of human capabilities. Includes 17 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education