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Tienken, Christopher H. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2015
The ubiquitous use of standardized test results to make varied judgments about educators, students, and schools within the public school system raises concerns of validity. If the test results have not been validated for making multiple determinations, then the decisions made about educators, students, schools, and school districts based on the…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Test Use, Test Results, Test Interpretation
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January, Stacy-Ann A.; Ardoin, Scott P.; Christ, Theodore J.; Eckert, Tanya L.; White, Mary Jane – School Psychology Review, 2016
Universal screening in elementary schools often includes administering curriculum-based measurement in reading (CBM-R); but in first grade, nonsense word fluency (NWF) and, to a lesser extent, word identification fluency (WIF) are used because of concerns that CBM-R is too difficult for emerging readers. This study used Kane's argument-based…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Reading Tests, Test Interpretation, Test Use
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Cabrera, Nolan L.; Cabrera, George A. – Educational Horizons, 2011
Just like all the high-stakes tests that determine students' futures nowadays, The Chorizo Test is a standardized test rooted in the culture of the test makers. It was originally created to be used with students in teacher training programs to sensitize them to the pitfalls inherent in standardized pencil-and-paper tests, such as linguistic bias…
Descriptors: Test Use, Standardized Tests, Social Sciences, High Stakes Tests
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Schultz, Linda J.; Fortune, Jim C. – Education, 1981
Illustrates how primary sources of test bias (instrument bias, item bias, and interpretation bias) can occur in a testing situation. Discusses how biases can be accounted for in testing decisions. Offers rationale for proper utilization of tests and makes a case for the renewal of test utilization in the classroom. (Author/NEC)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Standardized Tests, Test Bias, Test Interpretation
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Hills, John R. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1984
Normal Curve Equivalents (NCEs), a new score system for standardized tests, are used by school districts in reporting results to federal funding agencies. The author uses a quiz format to answer questions on the use of NCE scores. (EGS)
Descriptors: Scores, Scoring, Standardized Tests, Test Interpretation
Bracey, Gerald W. – 2000
This fastback provides information about what tests can and cannot do, how they are constructed, and how they are used and misused. It offers suggestions about how best to interpret test results. The chapters are: (1) "A Test on Testing"; (2) "Basic Considerations"; (3) "Standardized Tests"; (4) "Performance Tests"; (5) "Interpreting Test Scores";…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Standardized Tests, Test Construction
AEL, Inc., Charleston, WV. – 2002
This CD ROM is designed for use by teachers singly or in groups. It may also be used by technical assistance providers preparing to work with teachers. The CD ROM provides an interactive tool to help teachers analyze and interpret standardized test data, use data to plan for effective instruction, develop classroom assessments that align with…
Descriptors: Optical Disks, Standardized Tests, State Standards, Technical Assistance
Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1982
Explanations of and guidelines for using the Stanford Achievement Test for Hearing Impaired (SAT-HI) children are given. Types of scores from the test (raw scores, grade equivalent scores, scaled scores, and percentile rankings) are described. Limitations on test interpretations are suggested as well as reminders on using achievement test scores…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Standardized Tests
Pfohl, William F.; Enright, Brian E. – Diagnostique, 1981
The article reviews the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery in terms of its standardizaton and psychometric qualities, and its strengths and weaknesses regarding administration, scoring, and interpretation. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Problems, Scores, Standardized Tests
Mertler, Craig A. – 2002
This Digest addresses two ways that classroom teachers can use the results of standardized tests: (1) to revise instruction for entire classes or courses; and (2) to develop specific intervention strategies for individual students. Test publishing companies typically provide classroom-level reports to enable teachers to see how a group of students…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Research Reports, Standardized Tests
Beck, Michael D. – 1981
Standardized test scores (STS) should be used on a local level: (1) as one component of evaluation of a student, school, or district; (2) to draw as much interpretive meaning from a norm-referenced test (NRT) as their structure will support; (3) as a communication device with students, parents, the public, and professional staff; (4) to check…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Local Norms, Norm Referenced Tests, Scores
Mizell, M. Hayes – 1980
Because testing and the use of test results are controversial subjects, parents and advocates must exercise considerable care when working to assure that tests are appropriately used in public elementary and secondary schools. One should guard against making assumptions which may have been created by widely publicized reports about test abuse.…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation
Bracey, Gerald W. – 2002
This book takes readers through the often confusing landscape of standardized testing and explains what tests are and what they are not. The book discusses how to interpret test scores, different types of standardized tests, and specific standardized tests. This revised edition also contains discussions of the Third International Mathematics and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Scores
Green, Donald Ross – 1986
Uses of the variety of scores generated by standardized achievement tests are discussed. Desirable characteristics of scales, raw score scales, percent of correct items, percentile ranks, grade equivalents, normal curve equivalents, and scale scores are considered. The various meanings and purposes of each type of score are discussed. It is…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores, Grade Equivalent Scores
Seligman, Dee – 1989
Issues emerging from a look at student achievement, which is defined in its usual school context as achievement on standardized tests, are addressed. A mythology about standardized testing has developed, in part because the metaphoric languages of medicine and business have been applied to education, defining it in terms of cure, efficiency, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
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