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Download full textHOLTZMAN, PAUL D. – 1967
THE AUTHOR POINTS OUT PROBLEMS IN TEST RESEARCH AND INTERPRETATION, SOME OF WHICH ARE DUE TO CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE FINDINGS OF THE DATA ANALYST WHO IS RESTRICTED TO BASING HIS DECISIONS ON SELECTED DATA ONLY, AND THE TEST INTERPRETER WHO IS AWARE OF VARIABLE VALIDITIES OF SUCH UNTESTED FACTORS AS SITUATIONAL ANXIETY, PERSONALITY, MOTHER-TONGUE…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Testing, English (Second Language), Factor Analysis
Peer reviewedMadaus, George F.; Rippey, Robert M. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1966
The validity of the multiple-choice Sequential Tests of Educational Progress (STEP) Writing Test (1957) was tested by the University of Chicago Center for the Cooperative Study of Instruction. Seven criteria developed by the center to score essay assignments were used to determine the relationship between STEP and actual writing behavior. Of the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Testing, English Instruction, Evaluation Criteria
Lado, Robert – 1961
Intended as a comprehensive introduction to the construction and use of foreign language tests, this book utilizes modern linguistic knowledge as a base for scientific language testing. Major attention in testing is focused on such integrated language skills as auditory and reading comprehension, speaking, writing, translation, and over-all…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing, Cultural Education
Farnham, Nicholas; And Others – 1982
Consisting of four papers, this study examines university entrance examinations in France, Great Britain, and West Germany and compares them to similar tests in the United States on the basis of three subjects: world history, language study, and biology. The first paper, "The Relationship of the Examinations to the Secondary School Age…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement Programs, Biology, College Entrance Examinations
Centre for Information on Language Teaching, London (England). – 1971
This bibliography includes most publications on the theory and practice of foreign language testing which have appeared since 1950. It does not include those referring to testing in the mother tongue. Parts 1 and 2 include other bibliographies on testing and a short selection of published tests which embody recent techniques. Part 3--the main…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Bibliographies, Educational Testing
Oller, John W., Jr.; Perkins, Kyle – 1978
This book addresses the question of what tests are measures of. Intelligence, achievement, and personality tests not based on empirical investigation have questionable validity. Some researchers now suspect that almost all tests given to students in all subjects, as well as general tests of intelligence and personality, are essentially language…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Cloze Procedure
