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Download full textArter, Judith A., Ed.; Salmon, Jennifer R., Ed. – 1987
The following discussions and workshops were presented at a conference on assessing higher order thinking skills organized by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: (1) "Assessing Higher Order Thinking Skills--Issues and Practices" by S. Rankin; (2) "Writing Multiple-Choice Critical Thinking Items (part 1)" by S. P.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Creativity Tests, Critical Thinking
Jolly, S. Jean; And Others – 1982
This document contains five papers describing the customization of the achievement testing program for Palm Beach County (Florida) Schools. They are as follows: "Customized Achievement Testing Programs" (S. Jean Jolly); "Using the Rasch Model to Develop Curriculum-Referenced Norms" (R. Robert Rentz); "Matching Standardized…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Testing
Summary of the Spring 1979 Conference of the National Consortium on Testing, (April 30-May 1, 1979).
Haney, Walt; Strenio, Andrew – 1979
A summary, prepared from notes and tape recordings, is presented of the 1979 conference of the National Consortium on Testing. Panel descussions on the following topics are included: (1) introduction; (2) update--recent and upcoming events concerning testing; (3) test preparation and coaching; (4) minimum competency testing; (5) program evaluation…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Confidentiality, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Payneham (Australia). – 1989
The conference recorded in this document covered a wide variety of themes and consisted of keynote addresses, research presentations, and workshops. The following keynote addresses are included: "Technician Training: A New Zealand Perspective" (Wood); and "The Provision of Information Services in Vocational Education: The Present…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cognitive Processes, Competency Based Education, Followup Studies
Clark, Cynthia L., Ed. – 1976
The principal objectives of this conference were to exchange information, discuss theoretical and empirical developments, and to coordinate research efforts. The papers and their authors are: "The Graded Response Model of Latent Trait Theory and Tailored Testing" by Fumiko Samejima; (Incomplete Orders and Computerized Testing" by…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Branching
1976
On March 11 and 12, 1976, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a project of the Education Commission of the States (ECS), and the Clearinghouse for Applied Performance Testing (CAPT), a project of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL), cohosted a Minimal Competency Measurement Conference in Denver, Colorado.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Agency Role, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Peck, Hugh I.; And Others – 1982
These papers were presented at the symposium "Using Statewide Basic Skills Tests to Make Promotion Decisions: Political and Psychometric Issues." The development of basic skills testing and the legislative mandate that needed to be implemented for minimum competency testing in Louisiana are discussed by Hugh I. Peck. Rebecca S. Christian…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Rosenbusch, Marcia Harmon, Ed. – National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, 2006
The National Assessment Summit was designed to bring together users and producers of assessments and engage them in a discussion of unmet assessment needs and untapped assessment capacities. The meeting was truly a summit in that national foreign language organizations and associations were asked to nominate representatives to bring their…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Language Tests, Educational Practices, Language Acquisition
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
