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Squires, David; Trevisan, Michael S.; Canney, George F. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2006
The Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Assessment (ICLA) is a faculty-developed, state-wide, high-stakes assessment of pre-service teachers' knowledge and application of research based literacy practices. The literacy faculty control all aspects of the test, including construction, refinement, administration, scoring and reporting. The test development…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Comparative Testing, Investigations, Test Reliability
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Rudman, Herbert C. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1987
This paper discusses the use of tests by American teachers over the past six decades. A representative sample of the research centering on the linkage between testing and teaching is cited. (LMO)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
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Thomas, R. Murray; And Others – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1984
A scheme was developed for discovering what "moral" means among a given group so that moral incidents used to investigate their moral development would conform to their own meaning. Based on this scheme, an instrument was developed and field-tested with Haitian and U.S. American respondents. (BW)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Definitions, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
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Swaak, Janine; de Jong, Ton – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1996
A way to assess knowledge acquired through simulation-based learning (intuitive knowledge) is presented. A "WHAT-IF" test item format is developed, and two pilot studies involving 74 college students responding to WHAT-IF items are described. The tests did tap improvement in learning, although test validity was only partially supportive.…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education