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Download full textElmore, Patricia B.; And Others – 1988
This document provides a discussion of the scrutiny for bias and unfairness that standardized tests have come under by persons involved in the construction, administration, use, and interpretation of test results. After this discussion six simulation exercises are provided. In these exercises a situation is described involving the use of test…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Counselor Role, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Hagin, Rosa A. – 1993
This pamphlet alerts school psychologists to the educational implications of Tourette Syndrome (TS) and provides information on: the nature of the disorder and its incidence, diagnostic criteria, etiology, treatment, and considerations in testing and classroom accommodations. TS is characterized as a complex neurobiological disorder with…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Consultants, Disability Identification, Educational Testing
Samuda, Ronald J.; And Others – 1989
This book addresses some of the important considerations surrounding the use of tests and assessment procedures when applied to students who are culturally, linguistically, and/or socioeconomically different from mainstream North Americans. Chapter 1 introduces the problems of using standards based on a white Anglo-Saxon perspective to assess and…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Culture Fair Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Sjogren, Clifford F.; Kerr, Lornie G. – 1985
As part of the Projects for International Education Research, information is provided on Norwegian education and recommendations for admissions and academic placement of Norwegian students studying in U.S. colleges and universities. The overview on Norwegian education includes information on the structure of the system, the 9-year basic school,…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Graduates, College Programs, Comparative Education
Fisher, Stephen H. – 1979
The educational system of the Commonwealth Caribbean is described, and placement recommendations concerning students who want to study in the United States are presented. After a description of primary education, the secondary education systems of Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Barbados, and other territories are discussed. Information is…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Articulation (Education), College Admission, College Programs
McLaughlin, Kenneth F. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964
Under Title V, Guidance, Counseling, and Testing of the "National Defense Education Act of 1958," the Congress of the United States has recognized the value of tests as a tool which may be used to help make an early determination of the aptitudes and abilities of the students in U.S. schools. This bulletin attempts to explain the use and…
Descriptors: Educational History, School Guidance, Educational Testing, Aptitude Tests
