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Criterion-Referenced Assessment for the Teacher
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Boehm, Ann E. – Teachers College Record, 1973
The 1970s has become the time for reevaluating the intended purposes of tests, and for considering meaningful alternatives to the test score. Author considers the criterion-referenced versus the norm-referenced test. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Evaluative Thinking
Computerized Adaptive Testing: A Four-year-old Pilot Shows that CAT Can Work.
Kingsbury, G. Gage; And Others – Technological Horizons in Education, 1988
Explores what some deem the best way to objectively determine what a student knows. Adaptive Testing has been around since the early 1900's, but only with the advent of computers has it been effectively applied to day to day educational management. Cites a pilot study in Portland, Oregon, public schools. (MVL)
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Uses in Education, Diagnostic Teaching, Individual Needs
Instructional Support System--Occupational Education II. ISSOE. Hierarchical Structures in Occupational Education--A Selective Review.
Abramson, Theodore; Banchick, Gail – 1979
The Instructional Support System for Occupational Education (ISSOE), developed in New York during the past five years, consists of a student-outcome-oriented curriculum that is locally developed and implemented by teachers. The teachers who have been using the ISSOE materials have indicated some difficulty in implementing the system because of the…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Individualized Instruction
Personalized Methods of Instruction in University: Some Investigations and Comments. York University Department of Psychology Reports, Report No. 107.
Sheese, Ron L. – 1981
The main features of courses taught according to the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) as described by Keller are reviewed, along with the use of repeated testing and undergraduate tutors. The PSI approach is also evaluated in terms of final exam performance, study behavior, and student ratings, based on a study conducted at York…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Educational Research, Educational Testing
Procedures Used in Phase I of the IGE Evaluation to Scale, Adjust, and Aggregate Reading and Math Achievement in Grade 5. Report from the Project on Evaluation of Practices in Individualized Schooling.
Price, Gary G.; And Others – 1979
The procedures used in Phase I of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) evaluation to scale, adjust, and aggregate reading and mathematics achievement in grade 5 are described. An explanation is included of the administration procedures. The tests used (The Short Form Test of Academic Aptitude and the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills) and the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing
Procedures Used in Phase I of the IGE Evaluation to Scale, Adjust, and Aggregate Reading and Math Achievement in Grade 2. Report from the Project on Evaluation of Practices in Individualized Schooling.
Price, Gary G.; And Others – 1979
The procedures used in Phase I of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) evaluation to scale, adjust, and aggregate reading and mathematics achievement in grade 2 are described. An explanation is included of the administration procedures. The tests used (the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills and the Short Form Test of Academic Aptitude) and the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing