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Dejan Stevanovic; Salmir Nasic; Ana Doric; Elisabet Wentz; Rajna Knez – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2023
Objective: The QbTest that combines a continuous performance task (CPT) with a motion-tracking system may help identify attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study examined the structure and diagnostic ability of the QbTest in children and adolescents. Method: Retrospective data from 1,274 children and adolescents were analyzed.…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents
Needham-Beck, Sarah C.; Aujla, Imogen. J. – Research in Dance Education, 2021
The lack of systematic training available for young dancers with disabilities has previously presented a barrier for those wishing to develop their skills and pursue a career in dance. Recently, a number of initiatives have launched to help bridge this gap; however, currently no established assessment measures exist that are sensitive to the needs…
Descriptors: Performance Tests, Test Construction, Test Reliability, Inclusion
Chen, Weiyun; Hendricks, Kristin; Zhu, Weimo – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to design and validate the Basketball Offensive Game Performance Instrument (BOGPI) that assesses an individual player's offensive game performance competency in basketball. Twelve physical education teacher education (PETE) students playing two 10-minute, 3 vs. 3 basketball games were videotaped at end of a…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Team Sports, Competence, Physical Education
Tran, Thu H. – Online Submission, 2012
The vast majority of second language teachers feels confident about their instructional performance and does not usually have much difficulty with their teaching thanks to their professional training and accumulated classroom experience. Nonetheless, many second language teachers may not have received sufficient training in test development to…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Language Tests, Test Construction, Test Validity
Gueths, J. E. – 1971
The author outlines attempts in measurement in the objective-evaluation component of a descriptive astronomy course for the non-scientist, how the measurement has been made, and some conclusions tentatively drawn as a result of two attempts at these measurements. The learning objectives and summative performance tests have been conceptually…
Descriptors: College Science, Evaluation, General Education, Measurement
Cory, Charles H.; And Others – 1973
The Recruit Performance Test (RPT) was developed to meet a widely recognized need for an accurate measurement of achievement in learning the military/psychomotor skills in recruit training. It was hoped that the test would be of special value in assessing the achievement of Category IV personnel, who are thought to be penalized by the present…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Military Training, Performance Tests, Psychomotor Skills

Briggs, Peter F.; Tellegen, Auke – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Adults, Measurement, Performance Tests, Psychomotor Skills

Linden, Kathryn W.; Garrison, Wayne M. – NALLD Journal, 1977
This paper provides users of teacher-made tests with a computer program designed to improve reporting of student performance on academic tasks. Test planning and construction and form and technique for reporting student performance are described. (CHK)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Computer Programs, Computers, Objective Tests
ROSENBERG, LEON A. – 1966
THE JOHNS HOPKINS PERCEPTUAL TEST (JHPT), REVIEWED IN THIS PAPER, WAS DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEED FOR A BRIEF, EASILY ADMINISTERED, NON-VERBAL INSTRUMENT TO ASSESS THE INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING OF CHILDREN. THE DATA ON THIS INSTRUMENT INDICATES THAT IT IS RELATIVELY CULTURE FAIR AND USEFUL FOR TESTING CHILDREN WHOSE PHYSICAL HANDICAPS PRECLUDE THE…
Descriptors: Correlation, Culture Fair Tests, Intelligence Tests, Measurement
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

Cascio, Wayne F.; Phillips, Niel F. – Personnel Psychology, 1979
Data on 21 performance tests, entry level and promotional, motor and verbal, were evaluated for 263 applicants for city government jobs over a 17-month period. In comparison to paper and pencil tests, performance tests were more cost-effective, more face valid, and more acceptable to applicants in this situation. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Competitive Selection, Cost Effectiveness, Job Analysis, Occupational Information
Fink, Arlene – 1976
Attention has recently been focused on the need to design and validate instructional materials that guarantee competent student performance. In preparing such products, developers have come to rely on competency-based achievement tests. Unfortunately, expertise for constructing reliable and valid competency-based instruments is not currently…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Instructional Materials
Frederickson, Edward W.; And Others – 1975
The development and evaluation of prototype hands-on equipment, job sample performance tests for a high skilled technical Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) are described. An electronic maintenance MOS (26C20) was used as the research vehicle. The results led to the conclusion that valid and reliable performance tests could be constructed, but…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Electronic Technicians, Feasibility Studies, Job Analysis

Schmidt, Frank L.; And Others – Personnel Psychology, 1977
The adverse impact of a content-valid job sample test of metal trades skills was compared to that of a well-constructed content-valid written achievement test for the same technical area. The adverse impact of the former was considerably less. Suggests that industrial psychologists should explore more fully the potential of performance testing.…
Descriptors: Majority Attitudes, Minority Groups, Performance Tests, Research Design
Desmedt, John; Yelon, Stephen – Performance and Instruction, 1992
Elementary performance tests and situational or simulation tests may be combined for comprehensive testing of open skills, i.e., a worker's competency in reacting to unpredictable situations. Elementary performance tests capture the professional skills whereas simulation tests retain realism and complexity and allow variation in responses.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Guidelines, Industrial Training, Job Training