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Kean, Michael H. – School Administrator, 1996
Kentucky is reintroducing the norm-referenced, multiple-choice test. Students will be given both performance and multiple-choice tests, beginning in spring 1997. Kean believes this multiple-measures approach is a common-sense way to provide the measurement-driven accountability that most states require. Neill deplores multiple-choice testing and…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Norm Referenced Tests
Download full textNorth Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2004
This publication outlines tests that are included in the North Carolina Testing Program. The end-of-grade tests are curriculum based multiple-choice reading comprehension and mathematics tests that measure curricular competencies described in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. These tests are administered to all eligible students within…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Achievement Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement
Bell, Camille G.; And Others – 1985
In response to the need to develop reliable methods of evaluating Texas students' achievement of essential competencies, this study was designed to develop multiple-choice test items in food and nutrition in all comprehensive homemaking education courses, the semester course in food and nutrition, and all occupational methods of teaching food and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competence, Disabilities, Multiple Choice Tests
Dutcher, Peggy – 1990
Authentic reading assessment is examined, focusing on its implementation within the Michigan Essential Skills Reading Test (MESRT). Authentic reading assessment emerged as a response to research that indicates that reading is not a particular skill but an interaction among reader, text, and the context of the reading situation. Unlike formal…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Research, Multiple Choice Tests
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. – 1986
The Grade 12 Diploma Examination Program, an integral part of high school diploma requirements, is intended to develop and maintain excellence in educational standards through certification of academic achievement. It consists of course-specific examinations that are based on the prescribed Program of Studies for Senior High Schools for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Chemistry, English
Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, Los Angeles, CA. – 1990
Information was gathered about current state interest, activity, and concerns related to performance assessment for students. The Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing of the University of California (Los Angeles) conducted telephone interviews with directors of testing in each of the 50 states in the spring of 1990.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews
New York State United Teachers. – 1991
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) established a Task Force on Student Assessment in the spring of 1990, which was designed to: review available information on testing principles and practices; make recommendations for reform of testing; and communicate its findings to NYSUT members. Ten recommendations were made, centering on the necessity…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedYen, Wendy M. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1993
Results from the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program for 5,392 elementary school students and from the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (multiple choice) for a national sample are used to explore local item independence (LID) of test items. Some strategies are suggested for measuring LID in performance assessments. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Equations (Mathematics)
Archbald, Douglas A.; Porter, Andrew C. – 1990
The role and influence of mandated testing in educational reform are reviewed. Mandated testing refers to large-scale (districtwide or statewide) multiple-choice testing programs used for policy purposes of evaluation and accountability, which includes nationally normed standardized achievement tests and tests custom-developed to reflect state and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1990
Results of the third administration of the Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program (MEAP), a statewide testing program for fourth-, eighth-, and 12th-grade students, are summarized. The assessment contains multiple-choice and open-ended questions in reading. mathematics, science, and social studies. In 1990, approximately 155,000 students…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Assessment, Grade 12
