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Download full textNational Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
Barbara Jordan served as the hearing officer for three-day adversary evaluation hearings about the pros and cons of minimum competency testing (MCT). This report is the complete transcript of the second day of proceedings. The pro team, lead by James Popham, began by presenting representatives of four states (Florida, California, Texas, and…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearings, Minimum Competency Testing
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1998
This digest is designed to provide information to Texas testing coordinators, other educators, and interested citizens about the development procedures and technical attributes of the state-mandated criterion-referenced assessment program. The chapters are: (1) "Background"; (2) "Test Development"; (3) "Test…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores
Peer reviewedOlsen, James B.; And Others – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1990
The development, school district implementation, and initial validation of the Wicat Skills Assessment Test--a computerized testing system for state assessment objectives--are described. Testing with 10,000 students in grades 3, 5, 7, and 9 began in Texas in 1986-87 and 1987-88. Results support the feasibility for districtwide computerized…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
