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Honeyford, R. – Use of English, 1973
Argues that objective tests in secondary English will lead to a packaged humanity in which individuals are essentially similar. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Objective Tests, Secondary Education, Standardized Tests
Download full textFiks, A. I. – 1971
A proposal is described to provide objective test results from the yearly School Certificate/GCE Examinations in Nigeria as computer-generated feedback information to individual schools and the Ministries of Education. Absolute, ipsative, and normative analyses would be presented for syllabus topics within each subject matter, and for each subject…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Feedback, Information Utilization
[Cieutat, V. J.; Snider, J. C.]
Activities of the Test Development and Research Office (TEDRO), a division of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), are described. The WAEC is an international educational and professional testing organization established to serve its four member countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia. The U.S. Agency for International…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Developing Nations, Higher Education
Schools Council, London (England). – 1966
This bulletin describes a trial examination for the geography curriculum as specified by the Certificate of Secondary Education. The total examination is composed of a 2 hour objective examination to test factual knowledge learned in the geography courses. A second part of the total examination consisted of: 1) a paper by the student on some…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Testing
Cieutat, V. J.; And Others – 1968
Plans for the development of The East African Examinations Council (EAEC) are outlined and the feasibility of long-range technical assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) is discussed. The EAEC was established in 1967 by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Its purpose is to conduct within East Africa the academic, technical,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Data Analysis, Developing Nations
Murchan, Damian P. – 1989
The reliability, content validity, and construct validity were compared for two test formats in a public examination used to assess a secondary school geography course. The 11-item geography portion of the Intermediate Certificate Examination (essay examination) was administered in June 1987 to 400 secondary school students in Ireland who also…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Construct Validity, Content Validity
Bowers, John E. – 1973
The expansion of The West African Examination Council's (WAEC) Test Development and Research Office (TEDRO), from January 1969 through August 1973, is described. The development of TEDRO as an institution was of primary importance; the continuation of test development and educational services was the other major goal during this period of time.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrative Organization, Aptitude Tests, Developing Nations
