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David Meechan; Zeta Williams-Brown; Tracy Whatmore; Simon Halfhead – Education 3-13, 2024
The paper focuses on findings from research that investigated teachers' and key stakeholders' perspectives on the use of Reception Baseline Assessment. Data collection was carried out in 2021-2022, which was the year this assessment was introduced into Reception classes in England. In total, 70 teachers and key stakeholders from 47 Local…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Achievement Tests
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Frans, Niek; Post, W. J.; Oenema-Mostert, C. E.; Minnaert, A. E. M. G. – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2020
Standardised tests play an important role in early childhood (EC) education in many countries. Although teachers' conceptions largely determine whether and how these instruments are used, research on this topic is scarce. As a result, factors that influence conceptions of standardised testing have remained largely unexplored. To examine teachers'…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Teacher Attitudes, Standardized Tests
Khammash, Salma B. – 1995
The Arabic Picture Vocabulary Test (APVT) was derived from the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test in order to provide an estimate of a student's acquired verbal ability in Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic) through his or her aural vocabulary. It is an individually administered norm-referenced power test for students aged 5 to 9 plus years. Each item…
Descriptors: Arabic, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Canning-Wilson, Christine – 2000
The differences between the testing practices at the University General Requirements Unit (UGRU) of United Arab Emirates University and the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) were studied, focusing on the differences in styles of grading written English examinations. The UGRU always uses norm- referenced testing in their 1-year foundations…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Takala, Sauli – 1985
A review of literature serves as the basis for a discussion of various aspects of criterion-referenced tests. The aspects discussed are: teaching and evaluation objectives, criterion- and norm-referenced measurement, stages in construction of criterion-referenced tests, construction and selection of items, test validity, and test reliability.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Voss, Bernd – 1985
The ways in which achievement in a foreign language is assessed in German secondary schools are outlined and illustrated with examples from the testing of English. The overall organization of assessment procedures is described, the situations for forms 5-10 and 11-13 are differentiated, and the regulations governing conditions for the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Criterion Referenced Tests, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1991
The test manual for the Secondary Level English Proficiency (SLEP) test has been prepared for teachers, counselors, and others responsible for interpreting SLEP test scores. The SLEP is designed to assess the proficiency in English of students entering grades 7 through 12 whose native language is not English. As a test of understanding written and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1990
The Secondary Level English Proficiency (SLEP) test is a measure of ability in understanding spoken and written English. It is designed for use with students entering grades 7 through 12 whose native language is other than English. Previously offered on a limited basis at test centers established by the Educational Testing Service, the SLEP is now…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Brown, James Dean, Ed.; Yamashita, Sayoko Okada, Ed. – 1995
Papers on second language testing in Japan include: "Differences Between Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced Tests" (James Dean Brown); "Criterion-Referenced Test Construction and Evaluation" (Dale T. Griffe); "Behavioral Learning Objectives as an Evaluation Tool" (Judith A. Johnson); "Developing Norm-…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Cloze Procedure, College Entrance Examinations