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Download full textNWEA, 2017
This document presents issues that should be considered before student test results are used in evaluations of teacher performance. As the stakes attached to student test results have increased, so has the need for educators to make informed decisions about the types of tests used to generate data for these purposes and the way student test…
Descriptors: Guidance, Testing, Test Results, Information Utilization
Direct linkMorris, Allison – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2011
This report discusses the most relevant issues concerning student standardised testing in which there are no-stakes for students ("standardised testing") through a literature review and a review of the trends in standardised testing in OECD countries. Unlike standardised tests in which there are high-stakes for students, no-stakes implies that…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Testing, Educational Trends, Educational Research
Costello, Sandra; Weiss, David – 1984
This paper reports the results of a survey conducted in the spring of l981 that was designed to collect and summarize guidelines on appropriate test use from the various organizations, agencies, and associations involved in standardized educational testing. The primary objective of the study was to learn how these various groups define the issues…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Testing, Evaluation Criteria, Scores
Walker, Clinton B. – 1978
Standards for evaluating criterion-referenced tests are presented. Twenty-one standards, grouped in three categories, are discussed. Category one is defined as measurement properties and is comprised of conceptual validity, including description of the domain, test item agreement with objectives, and item representativeness of the objectives; and…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Scoring
Kroll, Arthur M.; Pfister, Linda A. – 1979
The increased attention to measuring career skills has resulted in more instrument development, more testing of students, and more test administrators. There are three key areas of concern. The first area is that of identifying purposes to be served by assessing career skills. Purposes include permitting descriptions of the current status of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Job Skills
Pasanella, Ann K.; And Others – 1967
This is a selected compilation of 47 items relating to criticisms of tests and testing. The items cover the period of ten years immediately preceding the year 1966 and are held to be scholarly writings almost without exception. The books and articles listed carry extensive annotations and focus on the following aspects of tests and testing:…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Annotated Bibliographies, Civil Liberties, Conformity
