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Naglieri, Jack A.; Bardos, Achilles – Diagnostique, 1987
Confidence intervals for the 80, 85, 90, and 95 percent levels of confidence are presented for the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) using the estimated true score and obtained score based methods. Separate tables are provided for ages 2-1/2 to 18 and ages 19 and above. (Author/VW)
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Scores, Test Interpretation, Verbal Ability
Braun, Henry I.; Mislevy, Robert J. – US Department of Education, 2004
Psychologist Andrea diSessa coined the term "phenomenological primitives", or p-prims, to talk about nonexperts' reasoning about physical situations. P-prims are primitive in the sense that they stand without significant explanatory substructure or explanation. Examples are "Heavy objects fall faster than light objects" and "Continuing force is…
Descriptors: Test Theory, Testing, Evaluation Methods, Scores
Charles County Board of Education, La Plata, MD. Office of Special Education. – 1981
The booklet describes seven assessment instruments that may be helpful in planning educational programs for mildly educationally handicapped secondary students. Each instrument is outlined in terms of ordering information, target population, areas assessed, materials included, time required for administration, group size, format and…
Descriptors: Mild Disabilities, Program Development, Scores, Secondary Education
Harris, Deborah J. – 2003
Tests and assessments are generally administered to gather data to aid in decision making, with at an individual student level or at an aggregated level. In order to incorporate assessment data in informed decision making, test users need to understand the test results. This chapter highlights the types of test scores and test score…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods
Portland Public Schools, OR. Evaluation Dept. – 1982
The reports that teachers receive from the Portland (Oregon) Public Schools Achievement Level Testing Program are planned to help them to see how each individual student is doing, which students need help, and how the class is performing as a whole. The information enables teachers to focus on special needs and problem areas, and also to see an…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Glossaries, School Districts
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Green, Donald Ross – NASSP Bulletin, 1987
Explains achievement test scores, focusing on types, uses, meanings, and relative importance. Describes currently used scales, normal distribution curves, percentile ranks, grade equivalents, and other rating systems. Advises inclusion of more than one kind of standardized test score, since each provides different information. Includes three…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Scores, Secondary Education, Standardized Tests
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Slate, John R.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1991
Investigation of the stability of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Revised scores of 25 college students over a 4-year period found that global and subtest scores were highly stable. Subtest scores tended to be higher on the retest, but global scores were not despite four years of educational experiences between test administrations. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Intelligence Tests, Learning Disabilities
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Marco, Gary L.; Abdel-Fattah, A. A. – College and University, 1991
A study to develop concordance tables between the new enhanced American College Testing Program (ACT) assessment and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), to establish new score relationships, is described. The scaling sample consisted of 40,051 students taking both tests and submitting them to 14 large universities. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2002
This guide contains materials to help Delaware educators understand and use the reports from the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP). The tests of the DSTP are tied to the Delaware content standards that define the knowledge and skills required for Delaware students to succeed beyond high school. In spring 2002, the annual administration of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Scores, State Programs, Teachers
Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2000
This guide contains materials to help teachers understand and use the reports from the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP). In spring 1998, the Department of Education, in conjunction with Harcourt Educational Measurement, began its annual administration of the DSTP reading, writing, and mathematics tests for students in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Scores, State Programs, Teachers
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Houston, Walter; Sawyer, Richard – College and University, 1991
A study examined the appropriateness of two methods for relating the enhanced American College Testing Program (ACT) Assessment Composite and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) total scores: equipercentile concordance and regression. Study results, potential inaccuracies, and the usefulness of institutional concordances based on their own data are…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
O'Neill, Audrey Myerson – 1993
The clinical inference process in test interpretation is described so that people can more easily communicate about it, teach it, and learn it. Chapter 1 compares different levels (concrete, mechanical, and individualized) of interpretation of the same test. Chapter 2 offers examples of an often-neglected kind of data necessary for individualized…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Critical Thinking, Guidelines
McLarty, Joyce R. – 1987
The "Career Ladder Technical Manual: A Guide To Interpreting Your Scores. Teacher Edition, 1986," of the Tennessee Career Ladder Evaluation System, is reviewed. Intended as a guide for the teacher candidate to interpreting test scores, the manual explains the score report for a lay audience. Raw scores and standard scores are explained.…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development, Scores
Walstad, William B.; Soper, John C. – 1988
A study of over 3,000 U.S. high school students who took the Test of Economic Literacy (TEL) in 1986 reveals a lack of basic understanding in the four basic TEL concept clusters of fundamental economics, microeconomics, macroeconomics, and international economics. The TEL was administered pre- and posttest where students were enrolled in one of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economics, Economics Education, High Schools
Eissenberg, Thomas E.; Rudner, Lawrence M. – 1988
Guidelines for explaining standardized test results to parents of students are provided. More specifically, the guidelines cover rationales for testing, the various types of scores and their meanings, and means of interpreting scores. Scores covered include stanine scores, percentile scores, and grade-level equivalent scores. The importance to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Equivalent Scores, Parent School Relationship, Scores
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