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Eggleston, Jim F. – Forum for the Discussion of New Trends in Education, 1976
Majority of testing programs is designed to demonstrate the superiority of performance of one student over another rather than evaluate the degree to which an individual has mastered specific skills. The necessity of changing this orientation is discussed. (RW)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods
Harris, Chester W., Ed.; And Others – 1974
Six essays on technical measurement problems in criterion referenced tests and four essays by psychometricians proposing solutions are presented: (1) "Criterion-Referenced Measurement" and Other Such Terms, by Marvin C. Alkin which is an overview of the first six papers; (2) Selecting Objectives and Generating Test Items for Objectives-Based…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives