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Peer reviewedCallahan, Carolyn M.; And Others – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1993
This article describes the Scale for the Evaluation of Gifted Identification Instruments, developed for use by school decision makers. Development of the scale is reviewed in terms of five areas of assessment: validity, reliability, propriety, respondent appropriateness, and utility. Specific guidelines and cautions in using the scale are also…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Gifted, Screening Tests, Test Reliability
Peer reviewedColliver, Jerry A.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
A study assessed the feasibility of sequential testing of medical students using standardized patients. Sequential testing passes students who score well on the first segment of the test thus eliminating additional student-standardized patient encounters. Subjects were six classes of Southern Illinois University students (n=404). Results strongly…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Higher Education, Medical Education, Patients
Rosenkoetter, Sharon E.; Wanska, Susan K. – 1992
This brief guide outlines best practices in preschool screening for the presence of possible disabilities. It covers: a definition of screening, its history, the rationale for screening, requirements for effective screening measures (reliability, validity, fairness, utility), models for preschool screening, evaluation of screening procedures, and…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disabilities, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Download full textEllis, Thomas I. – 1984
Recent concern for the quality of education has placed pressure on school administrators to assess and upgrade the competency of their teaching staff. No simple formula exists for measuring teacher competency, however, nor are any new methods guaranteed to improve the quality of instruction. Nevertheless, through a combination of clinical…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Screening Tests, Staff Development
Shepard, Lorrie, Ed.; Kagan, Sharon Lynn, Ed.; Wurtz, Emily, Ed. – 1998
The first of the National Education Goals states that by the year 2000 all children in America will start school ready to learn. Pressed by demands for greater accountability and enhanced educational performance, states are developing standards and creating new criteria and approaches for assessing achievement. Calls to assess young children are…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria
Harris, Jimmy Carl; Clemmons, Sandra – 1996
This paper presents the results of a search for an appropriate test of critical thinking to screen college freshmen. The search for an appropriate test of critical thinking was initiated in the Fall 1995 semester at an open-admissions comprehensive university, which normally assigns entering freshmen with ACT composite scores of 17 or less to…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, Compensatory Education, Critical Thinking
