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Download full textCrooks, Terry – 1996
A recently developed model of validation (T. J. Crooks, M. T. Kane, and A. S. Cohen, 1996) is briefly outlined. It conceptualizes assessment as divided into a chain of eight linked stages: (1) administration; (2) scoring; (3) aggregation; (4) generalization; (5) extrapolation; (6) evaluation; (7) decision; and (8) impact. The model is then used to…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Foreign Countries, Models
Drenth, Pieter J. D.; And Others – Evaluation in Education: An International Review Series, 1983
The purpose of this research was to construct tests that could be used to support various decisions in the educational system in Tanzania. Emphasis was placed on decisions made at the end of primary education, and at the end of four years of secondary education. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Aptitude Tests, Attitude Measures, College Entrance Examinations
Enger, John M. – 1991
The role that achievement testing plays in the educational system of Trinidad and Tobago and results from the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) tests administered in 1989 are discussed (for these tests, students generally sit for five to eight examinations on subjects they have taken throughout their secondary schooling). The educational system…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Decision Making
