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Download full textLown, Donald E. – 1974
The purpose of this handbook is to provide information and guidelines for using data from standardized tests. The handbook consists of six sections: (1) explains the rationale for district-wide testing; (2) discusses a district testing program; (3) presents guidelines for testing which describes procedures for administering standardized tests; (4)…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Guidelines, School Districts, Standardized Tests
Ward, Annie W., Ed.; And Others
A number of brief papers are presented to provide guidelines for test directors of school systems. This collection is intended for both newly appointed and experienced directors. Contributions were solicited from practicing directors of testing; the authors include Anthony J. Allen, Margaret Backman, Joan Bollenbacker, Gerald Hanna, James Lawson;…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Educational Testing. – 1976
This handbook presents an overview of the New York State Testing Program as well as specific information on the Regents Examinations, Regents Scholarship and College Qualification Test, the Optional High School Achievement Examinations, Basic Competency Tests, New York State Standardized Tests, the Pupil Evaluation Program, Continuing Education…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adults, College Bound Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Mushkin, Selma J.; Billings, Bradley B. – 1975
This guide is essentially designed as a teaching aid for those who would inform planners, officials of educational ministries, school administrators, principals, and teachers about educational outcome measurements. In outline and graphic form, the guide presents topics for discussion in a seminar dealing with how to obtain information on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Comparative Education, Educational Assessment
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1976
Since the California Assessment Program began in 1972 to provide information for evaluation of school programs in California, major changes in testing practices have occurred. Scholastic aptitude testing has been eliminated in all grades; state-designed reading and basic skills tests are administered in grades one, two, three, six, and twelve.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Administrator Guides, Basic Skills
Valette, Rebecca M. – 1977
This handbook, intended for language teachers at all levels, is an introduction to foreign language testing. It is a revision and expansion of the edition that appeared ten years ago. This edition reflects contemporary concerns in measurement and evaluation and contemporary changes in teaching aims, particularly toward communicative competence.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Affective Objectives, Bilingual Education, Communicative Competence (Languages)
