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Levin, Daniel J. – Priorities, 2002
This 2002 fall issue examines the U.S. News & World Report rankings of undergraduate colleges and universities and looks briefly at some of the assessment efforts that may give institutions, as well as students and their families, an alternative way to gauge institutional quality. The purpose is to help chief executives and trustees better…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Colleges, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods
Download full textBartz, Walter H. – 1979
The construction of tests of oral competence in a foreign language requires consideration of several factors. The face validity of the test, or the degree to which students feel they are performing a real communicative act, is illustrated with a number of model testing situations. Content validity, or the ability of a test to measure what has been…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Instruction, Language Tests
Bock, Douglas G.; Bock, E. Hope – 1981
As one of a series of sharply focused booklets based on concrete educational needs, this booklet provides teachers with educational theory and research on evaluating classroom speaking and presents suggestions for the application of the theory in regular classroom situations. The section on theory and research begins by describing a model of the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Communication, Educational Theories, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedSchrenker, Cecilia, Ed. – Wisconsin State Reading Association Journal, 1981
The seven articles in this journal issue focus on the evaluation of reading programs at the elementary and secondary school levels. The articles contain (1) guidelines for evaluating reading materials, (2) a checklist designed to provide a broad overview of a school reading program, (3) an interview with Wayne Otto concerning techniques for…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Parent Role
Peer reviewedSchwab, Richard L., Ed. – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1990
Seven papers focus on the relationship between research on effective instruction and teacher evaluation (TE). The first two articles depart from previous articles by M. Scriven; the others reflect new research. Topics include using rating scales in TE, improving instruction, at-risk and expert teachers, and supervisor critiquing. (SLD)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Elementary School Teachers
Nakamura, Yuji – Journal of Communication Studies, 1997
This study investigated the effects of three aspects of language testing (test task, familiarity with an interviewer, and test method) on both tester and tested. Data were drawn from several previous studies by the researcher. Concerning test task, data were analyzed for the type of topic students wanted most to talk about or preferred not to talk…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Interrater Reliability
Benson, Phil, Ed.; And Others – Hong Kong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1994
Seven articles on linguistics and language teaching, two book reviews, and four conference summaries are included in this volume. The articles include: "Laying Down the Law? Reflecting on Course Design in Progress" (Desmond Allison, Robin Corcos, Agnes Lam); "Beyond (F)utilitarianism: English as an Academic Purpose" (Alastair…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Curriculum Design, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language)
