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Popham, W. James; Lindheim, Elaine – NCME Measurement in Education, 1980
Attention is drawn to the dynamics of criterion-referenced test (CRT) construction in this report. How CRT's are developed at the Instructional Objectives Exchange is described through a series of three steps. The procedures pertain to the construction of "off the shelf" as well as "customized" tests. Step one, isolating the…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Guidelines, Item Banks, Skill Analysis
Lennon, Roger T. – NCME Measurement in Education, 1980
A brief, nontechnical state-of-the-art review of four common instruments and current practices in the field of scholastic aptitude testing is presented. The instruments include: the 1971 Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT), 1973 Henmon-Nelson Tests of Mental Ability (H-NTMA), 1979 Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) and the 1970 Short Form Test of…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Standardized Tests, Test Construction
Download full textHord, Shirley M.; Meehan, Merrill L.; Orletsky, Sandra; Sattes, Beth – Issues...about Change, 1999
This document describes the development of an instrument designed to assess the implementation of a professional learning community among school staff. It describes the growing need for such instruments as schools increasingly deviate from traditional approaches in education in their efforts to enhance student learning. An instrument that could be…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Needs, Faculty Development, Personnel Evaluation
Bartz, Walter H. – 1979
The construction of tests of oral competence in a foreign language requires consideration of several factors. The face validity of the test, or the degree to which students feel they are performing a real communicative act, is illustrated with a number of model testing situations. Content validity, or the ability of a test to measure what has been…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Instruction, Language Tests
Ebel, Robert L.; Livingston, Samuel A. – NCME Measurement in Education, 1981
This issue of Measurement in Education is presented in the form of a dialogue between Dr. Robert L. Ebel, Distinguished Professor of Educational Measurement at Michigan State University, and Dr. Samual A. Livingston, Program Research Scientist at the Educational Testing Service. Alternative views on some aspects of the use of tests in assessing…
Descriptors: Competence, Criterion Referenced Tests, Multiple Choice Tests, Norm Referenced Tests
Peer reviewedShavelson, R. J., Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1994
The seven chapters of this issue focus on technical qualities of performance assessments and report the findings of systematic empirical inquiries. They add to the body of research that shows that performance assessment, although time consuming and expensive, merits the serious attention of educators. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, International Studies
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 35 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) cloze procedure; (2) the monitoring and facilitation of reading growth; (3) the effect of immediate item feedback on the reliability and validity of verbal…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Cloze Procedure, Communication Skills
