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Royal, Kenneth D.; Gilliland, Kurt O.; Kernick, Edward T. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2014
Any examination that involves moderate to high stakes implications for examinees should be psychometrically sound and legally defensible. Currently, there are two broad and competing families of test theories that are used to score examination data. The majority of instructors outside the high-stakes testing arena rely on classical test theory…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Scoring, Evaluation Methods, Anatomy
Educational Testing Service, 2010
This document describes the breadth of the research that the ETS (Educational Testing Service) Research & Development division is conducting in 2010. This portfolio will be updated in early 2011 to reflect changes to existing projects and new projects that were added after this document was completed. The research described in this portfolio falls…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Testing Programs, Educational Testing, Private Agencies

Chaisson, G. Maureen – Journal of Medical Education, 1978
In-training examinations, those tests designed primarily to evaluate residents in graduate training, were endorsed by the Committee on Goals and Priorities of the National Board of Medical Examiners. Current utilization of these examinations is reported by half of the medical specialty group members of the American Board of Medical Specialties.…
Descriptors: Graduate Medical Education, Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education, Self Evaluation
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, 2004
The tenth annual report on student assessment in the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education is presented as required by the State Regents' "Policy Statement on the Assessment of Students for Purposes of Instructional Improvement and State System Accountability." Each institution must evaluate students at four levels (graduate student assessment…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Standards, Accountability, Educational Improvement

Dugdale, Alan E. – Journal of Medical Education, 1975
Proposes a plan by which medical students could take a final examination 80 percent of the way through a course, allowing students to learn in their own way with more efficient use of teacher time and less stress of terminal exams because all students would have two chances without penalty. (JT)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Courses, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Akst, Geoffrey; Hirsch, Lewis – Review of Research in Developmental Education, 1991
Drawing from a review of the literature and direct experience, this paper discusses key issues in developmental mathematics placement. First, the controversial practice of mandatory placement is examined, citing research results that support the practice and those that do not. Next, the diversity of developmental math placement standards is…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, Evaluation Methods

Dunbar, Stephen B. – Journal of General Education, 1993
Argues against large-scale, federally funded, census approaches to measuring higher education outcomes, outlining specific problems. Discusses the effects of tests as instruments of educational reform, the cross-discipline transfer of higher-order skills, and the technology of setting performance standards. Places measurement within the broader…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Technology
Armstrong, Judy – 1991
A system to provide objective measures of institutional effectiveness was implemented at the Roswell branch of Eastern New Mexico University to determine whether the college was accountable to students, staff, and taxpayers; to improve the curriculum and programs; and to prepare for accreditation review in 1991. A task force spent the summer of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Outcomes Assessment, Graphs, Higher Education
Steele, Joe M. – 1982
In 1976, the American College Testing Program (ACT) organized the College Outcome Measures Project (COMP) to design, develop, validate, and implement assessment materials for measuring the knowledge and skills that are expected of general education college graduates and that are important to functioning effectively in adult society. The Composite…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Fine Arts, Higher Education, Natural Sciences
Lutz, William D. – 1980
The development of the portion of a basic skills test that would adequately assess the writing ability of entering college freshmen in New Jersey is described in this paper. The stages of the test development process that are discussed include the decision to incorporate a writing sample in the form of an essay on a specified topic, the selection…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Holistic Evaluation
Butler, Sydney J. – 1986
A survey was conducted to ascertain the amount and type of external testing (defined as any test introduced from outside the classroom) of English/language arts being administered throughout the province of British Columbia (Canada) during the 1985-1986 school year. Teachers and administrators were also given the opportunity to comment on the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Holley, Frieda K. – North Central Association Quarterly, 1987
Reviews the process whereby Metropolitan State College (Colorado) developed a series of recommendations concerning the assessment of student learning. Discusses problems encountered and offers a sampling to show the style and detail of the recommendations. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Educational Testing, Higher Education
Cohen, Allan S. – 1985
Placement testing programs are generally designed to place students into courses for which they are best prepared, to reduce administrative costs due to students dropping and adding courses because of poor placement decisions, and to provide faculty with information concerning students' levels of preparation well in advance of the first day of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission (School), Educational Diagnosis, Educational Policy
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
White, Edward M. – 1979
Addressing the issue of testing and evaluation in English at the university level, this paper focuses on the development and use of the English Placement Test developed by the California State University system. The discussion of this testing program is placed within a framework of four testing principles: testing is an essential part of learning…
Descriptors: English Departments, English Instruction, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing