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Glidden, H. Guy – 1988
During the 1985-86 school year, an evaluation plan utilizing standardized norm-referenced test information was initiated within the Wichita Public School System in Kansas. The plan had four identifiable factors: (1) a growth measurement concept; (2) a simplified computation process; (3) a means of integration of growth measurement within user…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedOakland, Thomas – School Psychology Digest, 1979
Validity data are provided for the Adaptive Behavior Inventory for Children (ABIC) and the Estimated Learning Potential (ELP) which are components of the System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA). Results lead the author to conclude that caution is indicated in the use of the two procedures. (JKS)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adjustment (to Environment), Culture Fair Tests, Educational Testing
Download full textBuddemeier, Richard E.; Raivetz, Mark J. – 1990
In December 1993, children who were in grade 3 in the Trenton Public Schools (New Jersey) in 1985-86 will take a high-risk writing proficiency test to determine whether they will graduate from high school. An emerging study of the writing of the Class of 1995 in Trenton is described as students move toward that test. The activity of studying…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests, Grade 3
Beard, Jacob G.; And Others – 1990
A study was conducted to examine the feasibility of using scores on the districts' standardized norm-referenced tests (NRTs) to predict performance on Florida's State Student Assessment Tests (SSAT) at grades 3, 5, and 8, and on the SSAT-I and SSAT-II given in grade 10. Specific questions about the use of district scores were addressed in a study…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1958
The conference was planned to appeal to a diverse audience and was not centered on a single unifying theme. It was divided into three sessions. Session I was comprised of two presentations which focused on measurement problems at the preschool, early childhood, and preadolescent levels: Measurement of Cognitive Abilities at the Preschool and Early…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Measurement, College Entrance Examinations, Conference Reports
Sax, Gilbert – 1974
In the first section of this chapter the meanings of the terms "test,""measurement,""evaluation," and "standardization" are discussed. Because the purpose of this chapter is to relate published tests, particularly those that are norm-referenced, to their use in evaluation, the nature of norm-referenced tests and criterion-referenced tests are…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Evaluation
