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Admissions Testing: Recommended Uses, Validity, Differential Prediction, and Coaching.
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Linn, Robert L. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1990
The nature of admissions tests and their intended uses are reviewed. Evidence regarding the validity of tests, their contributions to admissions decisions, the effects of coaching, and possible bias in the predictive meaning of test scores for women and minorities are discussed. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Decision Making
Test Use among Classroom Teachers and Its Relationship to Teaching Level and Teaching Practices.
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Hall, Bruce W.; And Others – Applied Measurement in Education, 1988
Responses of 310 teachers in Florida to a survey about use of teacher-made tests, nationally standardized tests, and state minimum competency tests were studied. Results show that all three test types were used to some extent in eight decision categories, but none of the tests were clearly dominant. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Three Applications of Customized Testing in Local School Districts.
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Forsyth, Robert A.; And Others – Applied Measurement in Education, 1992
Eighth grade teachers in three local school districts helped customize two standardized norm-referenced tests for ninth graders to investigate effects of deleting some items and adding locally constructed items. Results indicate that percentile ranks for the customized tests could be very different from those for the complete test. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 9