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Peer reviewedTaylor, Catherine S.; Nolen, Susan Bobbitt – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 1996
The usefulness of traditional concepts of validity and reliability, developed for large-scale assessments, for the classroom context is explored. Alternate frameworks that situate these constructs in teachers' work in classrooms are presented, and their use in an assessment course for preservice teachers is described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Learning, Models, Preservice Teachers
Peer reviewedHall, Bruce W.; And Others – Educational Research Quarterly, 1985
Beginning teachers in Florida were surveyed as to the weight they assigned to the results of teacher-made tests, district-wide standardized tests, and statewide minimum competency assessment tests in making major educational decisions. The results suggested that greatest weight was placed on the statewide assessment tests. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Download full textLomask, Michal S.; And Others – 1995
This paper examines several issues and challenges associated with performance-based assessment in science through experiences with two large-scale student assessment projects. The first is the Common Core of Learning (CCL) Science Assessment Project designed to explore the use of classroom-embedded performance assessment for the evaluation of…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Grade 10, High School Students, High Schools
Marso, Ronald N.; Pigge, Fred L. – 1988
This study involved the assessment of classroom teachers' standardized and mastery program testing needs and proficiencies by a random sample of Ohio principals and supervisors (N=586). A total of 229 supervisors, 313 building principals, and 44 individuals in related supervisory roles was used. The findings from the investigation support the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Dorr-Bremme, Donald W.; Herman, Joan L. – 1986
The Center for Evaluation Study at the University of California (Los Angeles) conducted the Test Use in Schools study to map the topography of basic-skills achievement testing and achievement test use in public schools across the United States. The survey addressed a nationwide sample of principals and teachers through a successive,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Teachers
Arter, Judith A.; Estes, Gary D. – 1985
This handbook is intended for persons who might develop or use an item bank to support their testing program. An item bank is defined as a "large collection of distinguishable test items," with "large" explained as meaning that the number of items available is greater than the number to be used in any one test. The first section of the handbook…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Curriculum
Estes, Gary D., Ed. – 1985
This report and compilation of papers summarizes information collected by an Assessment Development and Use Project, initiated by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) to assist test development efforts by state and local agencies. Specific item banking applications are reported in two case studies, selected because they represent…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Testing, Costs
Fleming, Margaret; And Others – 1982
Court ordered desegregation introduces significant requirements for school districts' testing programs. The Remedial Order in effect in Cleveland, Ohio (Reed vs. Rhodes) cautions defendants that "they must insure that all tests, whether standardized, criterion-referenced, or teacher-made are developed, administered, and scored in a…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Criterion Referenced Tests
Barton, Paul E.; Coley, Richard J. – 1994
This report provides a profile of state testing programs in 1992-93, as well as a view of classroom testing practices by state, school district, school, or individual teacher. Information, taken from a variety of sources, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress and a General Accounting Office study, indicates that the…
Descriptors: Ability, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment
