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Hutchinson, Rowland A. – Journal of Dental Education, 1992
One-third to one-half of all candidates for dental licensure in 35 states fail part of their initial examination, but most pass the second with little or no attempt at knowledge or clinical skills improvement. These data highlight discussion of issues in dental licensure, including the validity of clinical skills testing. (MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Competence, Dentistry, Failure
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Breland, Hunter M.; Griswold, Philip A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1982
The relationships among scores on traditional college entrance tests and scores on an essay placement test for women and men and four ethnic groups were examined. The tests correlated highly with essay performance. However, women tended to be underestimated and men and ethnic minorities overestimated by these measures. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Essay Tests, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests
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Yaple, Newell; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1992
The process used in Ohio to reform the state dental licensing examination and incorporate a nonpatient (simulated) clinical procedure is described and the results summarized. Findings focus on the degree to which results of the new testing procedures differentiate dental students by class rank. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Clinical Experience, Dental Students, Dentistry
Jones, Marshall B. – 1991
The microcomputer has increased interest in performance testing, which samples what a person can do rather than what he or she knows. Conventional psychometric theory is based on knowledge tests, but in performance testing the unit of analysis is a trial, and it is unreasonable to assume that mean performance and interim correlations are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education, Military Personnel, Performance Based Assessment
Hecht, Kathryn A.; Fortune, Jim C. – 1976
The need for better validation of professional licensing and certification examinations is discussed in Part I. Predictive criterion-related validation studies are difficult to develop, time consuming, impractical and expensive. Since training and knowledge variables are not necessarily sufficient to predict job proficiency, it appears logical to…
Descriptors: Certification, Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education