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Download full textPike, Gary R. – 1988
Two of the most popular assessment instruments for measuring college student educational outcomes are the College Outcome Measures Program (COMP) of the American College Testing Program (1987) and the Academic Profile of the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Characteristics of these tests were compared, and the sensitivity of each test to…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, College Seniors, Comparative Testing
Klein, Thomas W. – 1990
Characteristics that distinguish criterion-referenced tests from their norm-referenced counterparts are discussed, including: the purposes that they are designed to serve; the characteristics of the types of items that they contain; and the manner in which they are developed. More specifically, the distinguishing characteristics include: reference…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Differences, Educational Assessment
Griffin, Marlynn M.; And Others – 1994
Among the plethora of cooperative learning studies, several investigations of cooperative or group assessment (CA) have appeared. In this investigation, the methodology of R. R. McCown (1992) is refined to examine CA in a classroom setting, primarily examining achievement outcomes and student perceptions of the CA process. Fifty-six undergraduates…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Cooperative Learning, Educational Assessment, Educational Psychology
