The testing sub-program is designed to provide the diagnostic instruments necessary to measure pupil progress through the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) curricula. Its objectives are to provide information about pupils which teachers can use to direct each child's individual learning program, to provide the measurements necessary for…

The teaching performance test is a recently developed assessment technique designed to sharpen our teacher competence evaluation procedures. It assesses a teacher's ability to promote learner mastery of prespecified instructional objectives during a relatively short lesson designed by the teacher. The principal contributions of this paper are the…

The persistent problems in foreign language testing are considered under four headings: (1) validity, (2) scope, (3) efficiency, and (4) the problem of how tests relate to the wider context of instruction. The first consists of insuring that the measurements and assessments obtained reflect what they are intended to reflect. The problem of scope…

The results of a student evaluation of a television course on tests and measurements offered by the Extension Service, California State College, Los Angeles, California, are presented. The evaluation form, which was general in nature, was completed by 157 students who finished the course. Questions asked were: (1) How did you find out about the…

This paper presents a summary of the results for the Washington, D.C., public schools of the Metropolitan Readiness Test for grade 1; of the Reading and Mathematics Tests of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills for grades 3 through 9; of the Reading and Mathematics test of the California Achievement Tests for grade 2; plus a summary of the…

The purpose of this paper is to critically raise some questions as to whether measurement can provide us with a universally applicable set of criteria for making value judgments in the social sciences. Stated are assumptions that provide the framework of current standardized testing. Questions are raised as to the efficacy of current standardized…

Eight graduate students were used as experimenters in this study to assess the effects of experimentally induced experimenter outcome bias with respect to selected suprasegmental phenomena (pitch, stress, and terminal intonation) emitted by the experimenters during the instruction reading phase of a behavioral experiment. Experimenters were led to…

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)

Reviewed is the use of the Porch Index of Communicative Ability as a test for aphasia. (Author/IM)

Describes a technique in which students grade their own tests. (SL)

Presents results obtained in a general physics course when students were allowed two-trials for completing each examination with only the better of the two grades counting towards final grade. (SL)

Reviews the fifth edition of the Classroom Reading Inventory (CRI), which contains four forms of the inventory and two graded spelling surveys. Concludes that although there are problems in the fifth edition, there is much that is good, especially the helpful hints section for the novice examiner. (SKC)

Reports the development of a measure of teachers' attitudes toward testing. Teachers are constantly called on to use tests to make decisions that are crucial to the lives of their students, hence positive feelings will make for more responsible test use. Items address effects of tests on students, value of tests, and effectiveness of test results…

Discusses the role computers can play in the administration and scoring of tests and the expanded role of the counseling professional working with computer-assisted testing systems. Computer cost and value, program evaluation, staff training, and counselor and client attitudes toward computer-assisted testing are covered. (Author/ABB)

Using achievement tests to hold students and schools accountable seems an obvious idea. Students come to school to learn. Tests show which students, in which schools, are meeting learning standards and which are not. Those students and schools that are falling short should be held accountable. Of course, the rationales for accountability testing…