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Investigating the Justifiability of an Additional Test Use: An Application of Assessment Use Argument to an English as a Foreign Language Test
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Wang, Huan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Multiple uses of the same assessment may present challenges for both the design and use of an assessment. Little advice, however, has been given to assessment developers as to how to understand the phenomena of multiple assessment use and meet the challenges these present. Particularly problematic is the case in which an assessment is used for…
Descriptors: Test Use, Testing Programs, Program Effectiveness, Test Construction
Three Components in the Establishment of a Certification Testing Program.
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Haladyna, Thomas M. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1987
A set of guidelines for planning and establishing a certification testing program is presented. The guidelines are organized into three components: (1) content specification; (2) item development; and (3) test design. A mythical new certification testing program, called the Tennis Players' Certification Testing Program, is used to illustrate the…
Descriptors: Certification, Guidelines, Health Occupations, Higher Education
Curriculum Regulations for the Danish Higher Preparatory Examination.
Ministry of Education, Copenhagen (Denmark). – 1981
Information is presented on curriculum regulations for the Danish Higher Preparatory (HP) Examination. The examination is composed of common core subjects and elective subjects. Information is presented on the number of weekly lessons for common core and elective subjects; foreign language study; music and creative art; joint classes including…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Second Language Programs, Core Curriculum, Elective Courses
Conducting Large-Scale Examinations: A Handbook.
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Johnson, Richard T. – 1971
In developing countries, for the most part, traditional methods of selecting students for secondary schools, technical and vocational institutions, teacher training colleges, and universities are unable to ensure that the most capable applicants receive the limited opportunities available. To remedy this situation, the author has assembled and…
Descriptors: Administration, Admission (School), Competitive Selection, Costs
Identification and Validation of Professional and Technical Competencies for Industrial Arts Teacher Education of Texas. A Research Project in Vocational Education. Final Report.
Kozak, Michael R.; and Others – 1982
A project was undertaken to develop a catalog of professional and technical competencies needed by a teacher to teach all areas of industrial arts given in the Texas State Board of Education-approved revised curriculum as well as to define and recommend guidelines for implementation of competency testing for industrial arts. Following a research…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Teacher Education, Guidelines, Higher Education
The 1978 National College Entrance Examination in the People's Republic of China.
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Barendsen, Robert D., Ed. – 1979
Materials concerning the 1978 national college entrance examination in the People's Republic of China are presented. This was the first nationally standardized test taken in China since the Cultural Revolution began in 1966. The examination contained tests in eight subjects: mathematics, physics, chemistry, politics, history, geography, Chinese…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Chemistry, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations