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Download full textMathews, Walter M. – 1972
This symposium discussed the problems school systems have with their testing programs, and presented as a model for discussion the approach used by the Madison (Wisconsin) Public Schools to redesign their system-wide testing program. The symposium looks at the traditional school district testing program and finds it dysfunctional and inadequate.…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Conferences, Test Construction, Testing Programs
Christiansen, Peter – 1972
The activities of the Nucleus Testing Committee, particularly its Curriculum Related Subcommittee, of the Madison, Wisconsin public schools are described in relation to its effort to bring about increased awareness of the need for reexamination of both district-wide and local school evaluation procedures. The sub-committee's recommendations are…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Research Committees
Seeman, Myron – 1972
As part of a process of restructuring a city-wide testing program in Madison, Wisconsin, members of the school staff were surveyed concerning their perception of priorities for a testing program. The survey list, presented in Table I, was developed from a pool of items contributed by representative members of the staff. As a result of the survey,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Interest Research, Professional Personnel, School Personnel
Byrd, Manford, Jr. – 1970
The history and development of city-wide testing programs in Chicago since 1936 are reviewed and placed in context with the impact on testing of Sputnik and the passage of the National Defense Education Act of 1958. Current testing problems include the time lag between events and curricular changes and new test construction, the time lag between…
Descriptors: Accountability, Norms, Racial Factors, Standardized Tests
Sapone, Carmelo V. – 1972
The activities of the Nucleus Testing Committee of the Madison County (Wisconsin) Schools in developing a new student testing program are discussed, and suggestions for the development of appropriate testing procedures are given. An individualized learning packet, developed by the author, using the psychological and educational modalities of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Development, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Testing
Estes, Gary D.; And Others – 1976
The Phoenix Union High School System has developed a basic skills assessment program in the areas of Reading and Mathematics. Procedures and considerations used in developing the system are discussed. Preliminary results on validity and reliability of the assessment instruments are presented. An example of criterion-referenced test development…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives
