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Rippey, Robert M.; And Others – Evaluation Quarterly, 1978
Retrospective pretesting is a method for inferring learning by using the students' recollections of their preinstruction knowledge in lieu of actual pretesting. The most significant problem encountered in such a procedure is establishing the validity of the inferred precourse level of information; attempts to deal with that issue are presented.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Tests, Higher Education, Knowledge Level
Chang, Moon K. – 1985
This study focused on two questions: (1) whether the types of study-aid test, or the levels of test anxiety would affect the level of performance on the test under non-anxious conditions; and (2) whether there would be any interaction effect between the types of study-aid test and the levels of anxiety under non-anxious conditions. Twelve female…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Grades (Scholastic)
Juarez, Manuela; Raimondis, Nina Mendoza – 1974
The study examined whether the California Achievement Test (CAT) results would be affected if the test instructions were administered in the language the children best understood. In a pre-post-test sequence, 77 Mexican American second graders between the ages of 7 and 8 of a low socioeconomic background attending the same elementary school in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingual Students, English, Grade 2
Evans, William H., Comp. – Illinois English Bulletin, 1965
Topics covered in these essays on testing in high school English are (1) the need for major literature tests to determine not factual recall but whether students are growing into rational and humane persons through their experiences with English; (2) the usefulness of pre-tests and re-tests, and the need to emphasize tests as a means of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, English Instruction, Essay Tests, Evaluation Criteria
Lord, Frederic M. – 1972
An elementary survey of item characteristic curve theory, centered around the problems of individualized (tailored) testing, is presented. Following the introduction, discussions are provided of the following: Test Theory for Itemized Tests; The Guttman Scale; Item Characteristic Curve Theory; An Alternative Model; Specialization, Application, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bulletins, Citations (References), Evaluation Methods
Diagnosis of Pupil Achievement in the Individually Prescribed Instruction Project. Working Paper 15.
Cox, Richard C.; Boston, M. Elizabeth – 1967
Diagnostic instruments of the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) Program measure pupil achievement in the IPI learning continuum. The IPI system employs the instructional unit to define progress in mathematics, reading and science. At the start of a school year, placement tests are administered to start the pupil in appropriate learning…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education