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Proud, Steven – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2015
When students fail an examination at the end of their first year, they are offered a resit examination, which they merely need to pass to progress into the second year. These resits anecdotally provide a dual purpose of testing that students have achieved the required level of attainment to progress, and incentivising additional effort. This paper…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Promotion, Microeconomics, Achievement Gains
The Analysis of a Teacher Test Preparation Tutorial to Learner Test Scores: An Action Research Study
Mild, Toni L. Hittle – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Many Pennsylvania colleges and universities require that teacher candidates pass a standardized assessment in order to gain formal entry in to their education programs. Standardized tests are also required for Level I teacher certification within Pennsylvania. The initial assessment required of all Pennsylvania preservice teachers for…
Descriptors: Tests, Test Preparation, Scores, Action Research
Morante, Edward A. – 1991
College-level assessment efforts in New Jersey are described. For more than a dozen years, students in public colleges and universities in New Jersey have been assessed using a common statewide instrument, the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test. This test assesses reading, writing, and mathematics skills of entering college students as…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Cognitive Measurement, College Students, Communication Skills
Steele, Joe M. – 1992
The College Outcome Measures Program (COMP) and its role in an era when standardized testing is being questioned and authentic assessment is championed are discussed. Authentic assessment should not mean discarding measurement expertise and existing technology. It is an approach to measuring the quality and level of performance that uses real…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Assessment, Feedback, General Education
Cappelli, Peter – 1991
What can be learned from the experience of analyzing jobs and testing employees in industry that can help advance the goal of assessing and improving college performance is summarized. It is apparent that grades, the traditional way of measuring college performance, do not explain much about one's performance in employment. There are two areas…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Evaluation Methods
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