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DeShields, Shirley M.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
The Standardized Test of Essential Writing Skills (STEWS) has been developed as a valid and reliable means of assessing expository writing skill. Studies concerning the reliability and validity of the STEWS are presented and their implications for use of the STEWS are discussed. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Higher Education, Scoring, Standardized Tests
Renzulli, Joseph S.; Smith, Linda H.; White, Alan J.; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Hartman, Robert K.; Westberg, Karen L. – 2002
This manual describes development and use of the revised "Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students" (SRBCSS-R), a teacher judgment instrument appropriate for use as one measure in the identification of gifted students. Part 1 explains the judgmental and empirical procedures used to revise the items on the original…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Behavior Rating Scales, Elementary Secondary Education
McCowan, Richard J. – Online Submission, 1999
Item writing is a major responsibility of trainers. Too often, qualified staff who prepare lessons carefully and teach conscientiously use inadequate tests that do not validly reflect the true level of trainee achievement. This monograph describes techniques for constructing multiple-choice items that measure student performance accurately. It…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Item Analysis, Test Construction, Test Items
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Finkenbinder, Ronald L. – Journal of Special Education, 1973
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Exceptional Child Research, Identification, Kindergarten
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Frisbee, David A. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1973
The purpose of this study was to gather empirical evidence to compare the reliabilities and concurrent validities of multiple choice and true-false tests that were written to measure understandings and relationships in the same content areas. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Correlation, High School Students, Measurement
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Scott, M. R. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 1973
Discusses, with illustrations, the difficulty of estimating college students' mathematical ability from the results of one or two examinations. (MM)
Descriptors: Ability, College Mathematics, Cutting Scores, Equated Scores
Hartmann, Paul; Husband, Charles – Race, 1972
The objective of constructing this scale was to produce a short, balanced scale, to measure favourability of attitude to coloured people, containing items relevant to the British situation, likely to be meaningful even to 11-year-olds. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitude Measures, Factor Structure, Racial Attitudes
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Schudson, Michael S. – Harvard Educational Review, 1972
This essay traces the history of the College Board seeking explanations for what it has become and as well, clues to what it and American education generally might have been. In essence, the original goal of the college boards, a true merit system, has been lost. (Author/AF)
Descriptors: College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Group Testing, History
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Bartlett, Donald P.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Item Analysis, Performance Factors, Racial Differences
Wilbur, Paul H. – J Educ Meas, 1970
Descriptors: High School Students, Multiple Choice Tests, Patterned Responses, Responses
Reilly, Robert R.; Koenigsberg, Lewis – American Vocational Journal, 1971
Reports the results of a research and development study to determine the reliability and validity of the written and performance occupational competency tests used in New York State. (SB)
Descriptors: Educational Research, National Competency Tests, Occupational Tests, Teacher Education
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Atwood, Ronald K. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Psychological Characteristics, Sciences, Secondary School Students
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Eysenck, H. J.; Castle, M. – Journal of Applied Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Artists, Comparative Analysis, Design Preferences
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Husted, J.; And Others – Journal of Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Infants, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Learning Processes
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Schaefer, Charles E.; Bridges, Carolyn I. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Grade 5, Individual Characteristics
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