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Carey, Albert – Sch Counselor, 1969
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Counselors, Student Personnel Services
Fleming, Margaret – 1975
The implementation of a district-wide testing program requires careful consideration of credibility issues. These issues have been frequently overlooked or treated casually by test developers and users alike. It is well enough to study the reliability and validity issues involved when selecting instrumentation. It is also necessary to identify…
Descriptors: Credibility, Program Effectiveness, Relevance (Education), Standardized Tests

Slinde, Jefferey A.; Linn, Robert L. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1978
Use of the Rasch model for vertical equating of tests is discussed. Although use of the model is promising, empirical results raise questions about the adequacy of the Rasch model. Latent trait models with more parameters may be necessary. (JKS)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Difficulty Level, Equated Scores, Higher Education
Meredith, Vana H.; And Others – 1980
The selection, administration and results of a statewide school readiness test in South Carolina are described in this report. As one component of South Carolina's Basic Skills Assessment Program, the "Cognitive Skills Assessment Battery" (CSAB) was chosen to distinguish those children who are ready for the formal first grade curriculum…
Descriptors: Kindergarten Children, Primary Education, School Readiness Tests, Scores
Innes, Thomas C. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1971
It is suggested that funders revise the manner in which accountability is determined regarding both program superiority and the way in which special school programs are evaluated. In any alternative mode of showing accountability, preoccupation with dollars and amount learned should not take precedence over humaneness in the classroom. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Programs, Item Analysis, Measurement
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1973
The unit provides an introduction to employment service testing for supervisors, interviewers, and employer relations personnel who need a basic knowledge of testing but who do not need to be test technicians. It may also be used as an introductory course for test examiners and counselors. The first part of the guide is an orientation to…
Descriptors: Administrators, Employment Services, Occupational Tests, Supervisory Training
Stratton, Julius A. – 1973
The testing manual for middle and secondary schools of the School City of Gary is provided. The manual is divided into five parts: (1) rationale of the citywide testing program--selection and classification decisions, evaluation of treatments and verification of hypotheses, selection of tests, and general testing principles; (2) preparation for…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Guides, High Schools, Intelligence Tests
Byrd, Manford, Jr. – 1970
The history and development of city-wide testing programs in Chicago since 1936 are reviewed and placed in context with the impact on testing of Sputnik and the passage of the National Defense Education Act of 1958. Current testing problems include the time lag between events and curricular changes and new test construction, the time lag between…
Descriptors: Accountability, Norms, Racial Factors, Standardized Tests
Taylor, Hugh; And Others – 1979
A statement of the major issues surrounding the use of standardized tests in schools is provided, covering the following areas of concern: (1) the major types of standardized tests and how they differ from teacher-made tests; (2) the role of standardized tests in education; (3) administering/scoring standardized tests; (4) interpretation of…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development, Resource Materials
Clarke, H. Harrison – 1976
Measurement is presented here as a means of enabling health and physical education programs to assume their place as indispensible phases of the educational process. Measurement is considered vital to health and physical education programs; teachers in these fields are admonished to turn to measurement activities as readily and as naturally as…
Descriptors: Health Education, Measurement, Measurement Instruments, Measurement Objectives
Opitz, Armand M.; Reed, M. Douglas – 1970
The Virginia Community College System established an ad hoc committee to review its testing program. Each member college was polled as to the areas of skills, potential, or aptitude it desired measured in each of seven curricula areas. The detailed responses of each college are included in the report. The committee established the following…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Community Colleges, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Testing
Walter, L. James; And Others – Catalyst, The Journal of the Nebraska Council of School Administrators, 1981
This special issue of "Catalyst", entitled Testing Programs in Schools: What's New?, was published jointly by the Nebraska Council of School Administrators and the Nebraska Association for Supervision and Curriculum. The articles emphasize desirability of designing testing programs to meet the information needs of educators and the…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Information Utilization, Latent Trait Theory, Program Improvement
Morrison, Max E. – 1975
Specifying the purpose and uses to be made of a test prior to administration is of paramount importance when one considers the time administrators and teachers spend on selecting, developing, administering and scoring tests and the amount of student time required to complete the tests. Determination of how test results will be used should be made…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback
Stratton, Julius A. – 1974
The relationship between the Instructional Process, Instructional Objectives, and Assessment Tasks, identified at the School City of Gary, Indiana, necessitate an effective testing program. Four characteristics perceived crucial to a sound program were: (1) The program should be continuous, (2) The testing program should be comprehensive, (3)…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, Measurement Techniques
Lile, Kurtis J. – 1976
Traditionally, tests administered in the Fremont, California Unified School District were selected by administrators at the district office level. For this practicum, a district selection committee, composed of certificated staff on all levels, reviewed and selected tests to be administered within the district. Testing workshops were conducted for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Basic Skills, Change Strategies