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Talmadge, Max; and others – Percept Mot Skills, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Disadvantaged, Educational Testing
Download full textPINNOCK, THEODORE J. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF TESTING IN SEASONAL AND MIGRANT FARMERS' EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IS NOT FOR MEASUREMENT BUT FOR DIAGNOSIS OF THE DEGREE AND INTENSITY OF HELP NEEDED. TESTS SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY THE TEACHER TWO OR THREE WEEKS AFTER CLASS BEGINS WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY SHOULD BE SCORED CAREFULLY, AND THE RESULTS ANALYZED AND INTERPRETED. THE AUTHOR…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Testing, Group Testing
Minton, Henry L. – 1985
The association between Lewis M. Terman and the World Book Company is traced in order to gain insight about the role of test publishing in the testing movement. The test publisher assumes the position of an intermediary between the test developer and the educational administrator responsible for making decisions about test adoption. Terman began…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Armed Forces, Educational History, Educational Testing
Smith, Jeffrey K. – 1979
Educators are more interested in instruction and learning than in testing per se. If evaluation, the process of gathering information for instructional improvement, could be accomplished without the quantitative, formal processes of measurement and testing, there would be no need for them. Unfortunately, informal processes are more inefficient,…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Testing, Informal Assessment
CLEARY, T. ANNE – 1966
FOR THIS RESEARCH, A TEST WAS SAID TO BE BIASED FOR MEMBERS OF A SUBGROUP OF THE POPULATION IF, IN THE PREDICTION OF A CRITERION FOR WHICH THE TEST WAS DESIGNED, CONSISTENT NONZERO ERRORS OF PREDICTION ARE MADE FOR MEMBERS OF THE SUBGROUP. SAMPLES OF NEGRO AND WHITE STUDENTS FROM THREE INTEGRATED COLLEGES WERE STUDIED. IN THE TWO EASTERN COLLEGES,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing, Culture Fair Tests, Educational Testing
Peer reviewedKreitzberg, Charles B.; And Others – Computers and Education, 1978
Describes the rationale underlying computerized adaptive testing (CAT), discusses the psychometric and technical developments which make it practical, and reviews some previous work which has shaped the current state of the art. The possible advantages, constraints, and operational requirements, and possible areas of application are examined.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adaptive Testing, Computer Managed Instruction, Cost Effectiveness
Braddock, Richard; Statler, Charles R. – 1968
To supplement an experiment at the University of Northern Iowa on the effectiveness of college-level instruction in freshman composition, the University of Iowa conducted its own experiment on the evaluation of freshman composition. This experiment was designed to determine (1) which method of rating papers is more reliable--the "general…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Curriculum Research, Educational Experiments, Educational Testing
Spencer, Thelma L. – 1975
This paper provides a historical review of national standardized testing and its relation to ethnic and racial minorities. In the pre-World War I period, psychological testing was conducted on the large masses of immigrants that were arriving in the U.S., and on black and white army draftees. Generally these tests showed that black draftees and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Testing, Ethnic Groups, Group Testing
Frankel, Steven M.; And Others – 1983
In response to concerns raised by principals at both the elementary and intermediate levels regarding the amount of instructional time consumed by students taking tests which were not related to day-to-day instruction, a study was conducted of the amount of time spent preparing to give such tests and actually administering them, and the manner in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Education, Group Testing
Jensen, Joyce Martin – 1969
The study was based on a year's work with Crow Indian children, grades 1-4, at Pryor, Montana. Five tests were given and evaluated: the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, the Metropolitan Achievement Tests, the Gesell Developmental Examination, the Lowenfeld Mosaic, and 3 selected tasks from Piaget. The 21 pupils used for this study were broken…
Descriptors: Achievement, American Indians, Educational Testing, Elementary School Students
BONHAM, S.J., JR. – 1963
THIS STUDY WAS DONE TO DETERMINE THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP ACHIEVEMENT TESTS WHEN USED TO EVALUATE DEAF CHILDREN. THE 36 CHILDREN SELECTED FOR THIS STUDY WERE IN GRADES 2, 4, AND 6 IN THE KENNEDY SCHOOL IN DAYTON, OHIO. ALL HAD SEVERE AUDITORY HANDICAPS AND WERE 10 TO 16 YEARS OLD. FOUR PSYCHOLOGISTS ADMINISTERED THE FOLLOWING…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Children, Deafness, Educational Testing
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1975
The National Education Association's Task Force on Testing has stated its opinion that standardized tests are overused. The task force suggests that the application of sampling techniques and a variety of alternatives to current testing practices would accomplish the same purposes. Representatives of the testing industry have indicated that the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Testing
Green, Donald Ross; Draper, John F. – 1972
This paper considers the question of bias in group administered academic achievement tests, bias which is inherent in the instruments themselves. A body of data on the test of performance of three disadvantaged minority groups--northern, urban black; southern, rural black; and, southwestern, Mexican-Americans--as tryout samples in contrast to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bias, Comparative Testing, Educational Testing
Peer reviewedCurtis, Connie June; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1979
The score distributions of the two methods of administration described in the title revealed comparable means, standard deviations, and general shape of distribution. With respect to validity coefficients, no appreciable differences were found. (JKS)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Educational Testing, Eye Hand Coordination, Grade 2
Millar, Dan Pyle – 1980
Students in a small group discussion class offered as part of a speech communication curriculum found that testing their knowledge of the theory of the course in small groups was a positive learning experience. Each self-selected test group was made up of three students and was formed at least two class periods prior to the exam. Time was given in…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Research, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods
