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Martin, Stewart – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
The proliferation of instruments reporting learning/cognitive style with school pupils is of particular interest, because most research on them focuses on applications in higher education, training and the adult workplace, where criticisms of their integrity, reliability and validity have been significant. This study examines two such popular…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Style, Student Evaluation, Test Validity
Hughes, Katherine L.; Scott-Clayton, Judith – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2010
Placement exams are high-stakes assessments that determine many students' college trajectories. More than half of entering students at community colleges are placed into developmental education in at least one subject, based primarily on scores from these assessments, yet recent research fails to find evidence that placement into remediation…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Remedial Instruction, Literature Reviews, High Stakes Tests
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Bickett, Laura; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1984
Compared the performance of 21 moderately mentally retarded children on the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA), Stanford-Binet, and Minnesota Child Development Inventory (MCDI). Mental age estimates from the three measures correlated significantly, but valid MSCA Index scores could not be obtained. (JAC)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Measurement, Elementary Education, Moderate Mental Retardation
Thomas, Ruth G. – 1988
The Tailored Response Test (TRT) is an approach to assessment that presents information or real-life situations and assesses how the respondent interprets and handles information or situations. Respondents (N=127) were asked to respond to 12 test segments by editing a printed passage or other material following a video presentation of a situation…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Decision Making Skills, Diagnostic Tests, Secondary Education
Lee, Steven W. – Diagnostique, 1990
The Cognitive Levels Test, for use with ages 5-21, is designed as a quick cognitive assessment instrument with 4 subdomains: verbal reasoning, abstract reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and memory. This paper describes the test's administration, summation of data, standardization, reliability, and validity. (JDD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Elementary Secondary Education
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Ebel, Robert L. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1980
Giving tests and assigning grades are stated to be important aspects of teachers' responsibility for facilitating student learning. Opposition to testing is discussed, objections are criticized, and beneficial consequences of evaluation are listed. It is maintained that tests do not cause cheating, or excessive discouragement, competition, or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Affective Measures, Cheating
Blakemore, Thomas; And Others – 1984
This manuscript was written to provide rehabilitation professionals, and vocational evaluation practitioners in particular, with information about learning style assessment instruments. The first section of the guide consists of a literature review that focuses on such aspects of development of the learning styles concept as individual…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Evaluation Criteria
Morison, Patricia, Ed.; And Others – 1996
This report synthesizes the key themes and ideas discussed at two 1-day workshops addressing issues in the use of IQ tests in special education evaluation and placement. The first section considers the background and legal context of the issue. The next section looks at IQ tests in school settings. Key ideas raised include the importance of never…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Court Litigation, Curriculum Based Assessment, Decision Making