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Bennett, John; Tognolini, Jim; Pickering, Samantha – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2012
This paper describes how a state education system in Australia introduced standards-referenced assessments into its large-scale, high-stakes, curriculum-based examinations in a way that enables comparison of performance across time even though the examinations are different each year. It describes the multi-stage modified Angoff standard-setting…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Tests, Foreign Countries, Cutting Scores
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Guhn, Martin; Janus, Magdalena; Hertzman, Clyde – Early Education and Development, 2007
This invited special issue of "Early Education and Development" presents research related to the Early Development Instrument (EDI; Janus & Offord, 2007), a community tool to assess children's school readiness at a population level. In this editorial introduction, we first sketch out recent trends in school readiness research that call for a…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Item Analysis, Group Testing, Journal Articles
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Schrank, Frederick A.; Hayden, Charles – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1981
Describes an individual and group method for learning about children's school attitudes, appropriate for students not yet proficient in paper and pencil usage. Gives directions for administration and interpretation of the Kinetic School Drawing, and suggestions for using it as a counseling or diagnostic aid. (KMF)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Counseling Techniques, Elementary Education