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Download full textPopham, W. James – 1973
Teacher educators have been plagued with the problem of devising useful instructional interventions, but often have been unable to assess the quality of their efforts because of the unavailability of satisfactory criterion measures. The application of teaching performance tests as (1) an instructional intervention, and as (2) a formative or…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Performance Tests
Griffith, William S.; Cervero, Ronald M. – Adult Education, 1977
Examines the claims of the developers of the Adult Performance Level (APL) program to improve the teaching and testing of adults enrolled in federally supported adult basic education programs, identifies APL's theoretical problems, scrutinizes the technical aspects of its development, and evaluates the role of the U.S. Office of Education in these…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Objectives, Federal Programs, Performance Tests
Osborn, William C. – Training in Business and Industry, 1974
A chart of the major action points in the course of developing tests for training evaluation and for qualifying trainees provides a framework for discussing the problems and practices of test development. Performance standards are the most common sources of trouble; the test developer must have unequivocal standards to work from. (AJ)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Employment Qualifications, Job Training, Performance Tests
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1969
Progress in the Michigan Statewide Assessment Program initiated during the 1969-70 school year for the purpose of evaluating certain performance levels of the Michigan Public School System is summarized. This report focuses on the assessment of Basic Skills performance in the fourth and seventh grades and describes the specific steps taken to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Educational Programs
Horner, Walter R.; And Others – 1970
A set of pilot performance reference scales was developed based upon airborne Audio-Video Recording (AVR) of student performance in T-37 undergraduate Pilot Training. After selection of the training maneuvers to be studied, video tape recordings of the maneuvers were selected from video tape recordings already available from a previous research…
Descriptors: Aircraft Pilots, Audiovisual Instruction, Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Methods
Elford, George; And Others – 1975
This handbook is designed to assist Massachusetts schools in utilizing members of the community, teachers, and administrators in developing a system of evaluation to monitor student progress and measure program effectiveness. Emphasis is placed on the establishment of quality control procedures for alternative learning experiences, such as…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Evaluation Criteria
Millman, Jason – 1974
This chapter should not only acquaint the reader with the present state of the art on Criterion-Referenced (CR) measurement but also suggest possible directions for further inquiry. The goal of the first part of this chapter is to deal with the definitional dilemma of CR measurement by proceeding from the more traditional view of CR measurement to…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Bayesian Statistics, Behavioral Objectives, Comparative Analysis
