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Interpreting Test Scores: More Complicated than You Think

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Tully, Susannah – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008

As more colleges move to "test optional" admissions policies, the debate over the utility and interpretation of standardized-test scores continues. In this article, the author interviews Daniel Koretz, a professor of education at Harvard University and author of "Measuring Up: What Educational Testing Really Tells Us". Koretz…

Descriptors: Higher Education, State Programs, Educational Testing, Standardized Tests

Assessment Handbook: A Practical Guide for Assessing Alaska's Students.

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Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. – 1986

This handbook is designed to serve as a resource for Alaskan district-level administrators in charge of planning, implementing and monitoring districtwide student assessment programs. The information is divided into 10 chapters, including: (1) aligning assessment with curriculum and instruction; (2) planning an assessment program; (3)…

Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Testing, Program Costs

The Uses and Abuses of Standardized Testing.

Haag, Carl H. – 1978

Some uses of achievement tests to provide information for school administrators are described. Three systematic programs are described briefly: (1) a computer-based approach to management and planning designed to answer what is to be learned, how is it to be learned, and has it been learned; (2) a problem solving design for accountability that…

Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives

The Second National Conference on Testing: Major Issues. Proceedings.

Bossone, Richard M., Ed. – 1978

The speeches presented at the second national conference on testing deal with models for program evaluation, reporting of test results, minimum competency programs, and the role of state and federal government in educational testing. Various approaches to program evaluation, and its relationship to testing are described by Michael Scriven, Lee J.…

Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods, Federal Regulation

Profiles of School District Performance 1976-77. A Guide to Interpretation.

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California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1977

This document is designed to help the reader understand the district profiles of the California statewide testing program. These data assist the reader to compare a districts' performance with that of previous years and of other districts, especially those with similar characteristics. A brief description of the development and content of the…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Testing

Utilization Guide for Georgia Statewide Testing Program Test Scores.

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Hutcheson, Larry D.; Schabacker, William H. – 1974

Each year all Georgia children and youth in the fourth, eighth and eleventh grades are tested; the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills is used in the fourth and eighth grades, the Tests of Academic Progress in the eleventh grade. Test scores which provide a wealth of information, may be used as a tool for the teacher, principal, curriculum specialist or…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing

Oklahoma School Testing Program. Summary Report: 1986. Metropolitan Achievement Tests, Grades 3, 7, 10.

Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1986

The first annual administration of Oklahoma's School Testing Program is described, and the results for 1985-86 are summarized. The Metropolitan Achievement Tests were administered in grades 3, 7, and 10. Extensive appendices, which make up the bulk of this document, present: (1) suggested learner outcomes for the subjects tested--reading, language…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education

Comparison and Contrast: The 1975 California State University and Colleges Freshman English Equivalency Examination.

White, Edward M. – 1976

The third administration of the California State University and Colleges Freshman English Equivalency Examination, a test consisting of an objective examination graded by the Educational Testing Service and an essay examination scored by California State University and College faculty, is analyzed in this report. After a short preface, the first…