Some theoretical concerns for competency-based evaluation instruments are discussed, and means of examining these instruments for validity and reliability are presented. The areas of concern include descriptions of the behavior, the level of response, and the nature of the evaluation. Two different types of instruments are examined to determine…

Construction of a test instrument incorporating both the aesthetic and the functional areas of concern in the fields of art and design. (MB)

The purposes of this paper are to (1) discuss general issues related to a newly proposed methodology for item content and construct validation and (2) apply the new method in the context of developing a scale for measuring attitudes toward black people. Latent partition analysis was proposed and applied for the study of item content validity using…

REPORTED WERE SOME PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN MEASURING SOCIAL WORK COMPETENCE OR SOCIAL CASEWORK KNOWLEDGE, SOME PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE "TULANE ASSESSMENT SCALE" (TASC) FOR CASEWORKERS. TASC WAS ADMINISTERED TO A TOTAL OF 378 RESPONDENTS, INCLUDING FIRST- AND SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS FROM SCHOOLS…

This report of a study conducted by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) reviews, interprets, and disseminates findings of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments in citizenship and social studies. The study represents an investigation funded by the Education Commission of the States and coordinated by a…

An instrument to measure occupational awareness was developed. An occupational awareness inventory was developed in association with efforts in other areas. A pool of 150 items was developed using the "Dictionary of Occupational Titles." Special emphasis was put on the worker traits of occupations. The items were given to a panel of experts to…

The problem of this study was to find criteria, and a model, for judging written expression at the elementary level which can produce concordance of teacher judgments and be a possible basis for prescriptive teaching. Such a model was developed by the Affton School District. This study attempts to determine its utility. Twenty-four essays were…

The Pennsylvania Plan for Educational Quality Assessment is discussed as to its beginnings, its goals, its implementation, and its future. The plan aids schoolmen of the State in assessing the quality of education their schools are providing in relation to 10 goals, which propose to encourage the students to develop self-understanding,…

The position of the Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Test Department is set forth for the use of standardized instruments with urban and minority group pupils. Concern is with the effectiveness and usability of the instruments by the organization that published them. Renewed and intensified attention is given to certain aspects of the traditional…

This report defines the concepts and some of the problems of accountability and performance contracting with special emphasis on measurement problems in the latter. Measurement problems involve both the validity and the reliability of standardized achievement tests as a basis for reimbursing a contractor. The author suggests the use of criterion…

This paper describes the construction of a new examination for Federal Coal Mine Inspectors, using the Job Element (J-Scale) method. Headquarters administrators and field inspectors rated the importance of various job elements. The values given to 32 elements, a comparison of test and actual proficiency, ratings, and examples of the rating…

This document contains the third of five volumes reporting the activities and results of a career education evaluation project conducted to accomplish the following two objectives: (1) to improve the quality of evaluations by career education projects funded by the United States Office of Career Education (OCE) through the provision of technical…

The purpose of the present study was to extend the construct validity of a scale designed to measure attitude toward technology. A revision of the Mechanization Scale (Goldman, Platt & Kaplan, 1972) was administered to 89 undergraduate students with instructions to respond as if each were a member of a specified occupational group. The target…