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Direct linkGriffith, Stafford Alexander – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to show how higher education institutions in the Caribbean may benefit from the quality assurance measures implemented by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses an outcomes model of quality assurance to analyse the measures implemented by the CXC to assure quality…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Assurance, Testing Programs, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedMadaus, George F. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1992
The need for an independent mechanism that regulates, or audits, the testing enterprise is discussed along with a critique of current mechanisms for challenging a high-stakes test or its use and the need for independent auditing of the commercial test industry. Models for an auditing mechanism are reviewed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Download full textvan der Linden, Wim J.; Veldkamp, Bernard P.; Reese, Lynda M. – 1998
An integer programming approach to item pool design is presented that can be used to calculate an optimal blueprint for an item pool to support an existing testing program. The results are optimal in the sense that they minimize the efforts involved in actually producing the items as revealed by current item writing patterns. Also, an adaptation…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Item Banks, Item Response Theory, Models
Wilson, Kenneth M. – 1979
The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Cooperative Validity Studies Project began in 1975 to fill the need for cooperation between graduate schools and testing agencies and for graduate level validity studies. More than 150 data sets from the 39 participating schools, representing over 19 fields of study, were analyzed. The data confirmed earlier…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, College Entrance Examinations, Departments
Millward, Robert E.; Gerlach, Gail J. – 1989
The goal of the Pre Teacher Assessment Center is to give college sophomores a diagnostic assessment of their potential teaching skills across 13 skill dimensions felt to be prerequisites for teaching. The pre teacher assessment provides students with detailed information about potential teaching strengths and weaknesses and helps remediate…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Decision Making, Diagnostic Tests, Higher Education
Willingham, Warren W., Ed.; Nesbitt, Hadley S., Ed. – 1976
A general overview of the Cooperative Assessment of Experiential Learning's Operational Models project is presented. The information is intended to aid other institutions in developing a similar model. Three papers are included: Developing an Operational Model for Assessing Experiential Learning by Warren W. Willingham and Kurt F. Geisinger,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Budgeting, College Credits, College Programs
1977
Ten papers presented at the first annual meeting of the Georgia Educational Research Association describe the following topics in educational research: (1) development and evaluation of the Elementary Curriculum Development Program, which involves individualized instruction in grades K-8; (2) reliability of the eighth grade reading subscales on…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Answer Keys, Conference Reports, Creativity
Phillips, Terry; Schostak, John; Tyler, Judith – 2000
The assessment of practice in nursing and midwifery education programs across England was examined to determine its validity, reliability, fairness, and effectiveness in maintaining and developing the quality of care. The research was conducted in two phases. Phase 1 was designed to identify theoretical and practical areas of concern that would…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Competence, Education Work Relationship
