Discusses the testing and research projects conducted by the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey. (PG)

The testing procedures used in an introductory psychology class at Utah State University are described. Students who had either taken the course earlier or were concurrently enrolled in the class served as testing managers. Rooms were capable of supporting up to 250 students during class time for written exams. "Permits" to take a test have…

Background information about the first mathematics examinations given at Harvard in the academic year 1854-55 is given. The two instructors, Pierce and Eliot, responsible for the innovation are discussed. (MK)

It is concluded that conditional reasoning performance is not influenced by subjects' familarity content in the premises. (Author)

Describes a technique in which students grade their own tests. (SL)

Presents results obtained in a general physics course when students were allowed two-trials for completing each examination with only the better of the two grades counting towards final grade. (SL)

The advantages of interim tests in an undergraduate psychology course for diagnostic purposes are described. A discussion of assigning relative weight to interim test performance as compared with final examination performance is presented. (Author/DB)

Developed as a guide to resources in the Robert E. Kennedy Library at California Polytechnic State University, this bibliography includes a selective listing of books, microfiche, and reference materials on the topic of educational and psychological testing. The publications included either contain sample or entire test items, and…

Describes the individualized testing system and the impact of this practice on grade inflation of a biology course for nonmajors at Oral Roberts University, Tuba, Oklahoma. A course description, and discussion of results of 1,512 students who took the course over an eight-semester period are presented. (HM)

Describes several approaches to instructional evaluation for engineering teachers, including a simplified illustration of item analysis. (SL)

This paper illustrates how statistical decision theory can be used to model aspects of the effectiveness of a course placement system. The illustration is based on data from students who enrolled in a first-year mathematics course at a midwestern university. To model the placement of students, the author first elicited students' and instructors'…

Discusses what evaluation is and presents a theoretical framework for planning and conducting educational evaluation. Also includes an extensive annotated bibliography. (SL)

The present study was conducted to determine (1) if the quantitative section of the Admission Test for Graduate Study in Business is more speeded for black examinees than for white, and (2) if reducing or increasing the degree of speededness has a differential effect on the scores of minority versus majority group members. (Author)

Reviews a study of the perceived importance of 47 measurement objectives by elementary and secondary education majors who had not taken a measurement course. Suggests origins of education majors' negative attitudes about testing and considers some remedies. (JD)