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Download full textLinn, Robert L. – 1983
In considering the problem of measuring achievement for the evaluation of school effectiveness, there are at least three questions that need to be answered: (1) What is to be measured? (2) How is it to be measured? (3) How are the results to be analyzed? Following a discussion related to the first two questions--determining content objectives and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Measurement Objectives
Wiener, Harvey S. – Writing Program Administration Journal, 1986
Suggests that the current tests for writers form a paradigm for how other liberal studies faculties can shape assessment programs that reflect the important tenets of their disciplines, because these tests have grown from sound academic principles, rather than from the expediencies of budget offices, campus testing services, or legislative…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Liberal Arts, Postsecondary Education
Tomko, Thomas N.; Ennis, Robert H. – 1979
A discussion of evaluating informal logic competence centers on the identification of currently available tests and on a description of test theory, to aid in test selection. The following concepts in test theory are discussed: norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests, true scores, reliability, validity, test selection and evaluation, test…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking, Educational Testing
Grigorenko, Elena L.; Sternberg, Robert J. – 1999
Noting that the last 40 years have witnessed an enormous increase in the number of psychological tests designed for the assessment of competencies in very young children, this review summarizes the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of psychological tests and other assessment instruments used to evaluate the cognitive functioning of…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Infants
Meisels, Samuel J.; And Others – 1989
Many professionals are convinced that more testing, tracking, and retention are taking place in the early school years than ever before. They also believe that developmentally inappropriate modifications to curricula are being implemented. As a result of inappropriate use of standardized tests, disproportionate numbers of poor and minority…
Descriptors: Criteria, Criterion Referenced Tests, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices
Desjarlais, Lionel – 1977
A survey was conducted among Ontario, Canada teachers, administrators, and parents regarding the following aspects of French-language achievement testing: which standardized and criterion-referenced tests were used; who developed the tests; how test results were used; how school boards communicated test results to parents; what trends existed in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrator Attitudes, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
