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Childs, Ruth Axman – 1990
Court cases are presented that illustrate some of the issues that courts have dealt with in the area of educational testing. While this study was developed primarily for parents, the booklet should also help school administrators and testing professionals learn about court cases and precedents relevant to some major issues in educational testing.…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Test Bias
Rudner, Lawrence M.; Schafer, William D. – 2001
This digest discusses sources of error in testing, several approaches to estimating reliability, and several ways to increase test reliability. Reliability has been defined in different ways by different authors, but the best way to look at reliability may be the extent to which measurements resulting from a test are characteristics of those being…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Error of Measurement, Reliability, Scores
Matter, M. Kevin – 1999
This digest presents seven strategies that an assessment director may use to improve test administration practices. These strategies highlight clear communication, the responsibility of the Building Test Coordinator, and rewarding and reinforcing quality. The strategies are: (1) focusing on communication; (2) designating a building test…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Coordination, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning
ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation, Princeton, NJ. – 1985
This Digest overviews legal challenges in five areas of test use for decision-making in schools: ability tracking, placement in special education classes, test scores as college admissions criteria, test disclosure, and teacher competency testing. Cases illustrating these challenges are described and include: Hobson v. Hansen (1967), Moses v.…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Testing, Intelligence Tests, Legal Problems
Hogan, Thomas P. – 1985
This ERIC Digest discusses implications derived from the final report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, "A Nation at Risk." The first implication is a motivational one for measurement specialists: it is an ego-booster. The report is replete with results yielded from various testing programs, the fruit of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Objectives
Stansfield, Charles; Rivera, Charlene – 2001
This digest presents an overview of accommodations for students of limited English proficiency (LEP) and an overview of inclusion practices on statewide assessments, with emphasis on the accommodation known as linguistic simplification. The inclusion of LEP students in statewide testing programs over the last decade has been uneven. In the…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools
Ascher, Carol – 1990
This review of the literature on testing urban students indicates that standardized tests may not reflect accurately the ability and achievement of poor minority children. Further, new research in cognition makes clear that both teaching and testing could be structured to better prepare students for the complex thinking required by life. Since…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews
Tippeconnic, John W., III – 2003
This digest focuses on academic testing and American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students. Ideally, test results should be used to improve student learning. Proponents of high-stakes testing say it is needed to measure student achievement and school quality and to hold students and teachers accountable. High-stakes testing is also used to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, American Indian Education, American Indian Students
Ascher, Carol – 1990
Performance-based assessment has the potential to support a richer curriculum and more accurately assess the skills of low-income minority students than standardized tests. Performance-based assessment has the following advantages: (1) it allows a wide range of expression; (2) it permits assessment of learning in a natural context while students…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Innovation, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Williams, Warren S.; Beard, Joseph W. – 1983
This review of literature from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database is the second volume on the topic of testing and assessment for the counseling professional; the first volume was published in 1979. The sections on minimum competency tests identify issues of current interest, e.g., the basic issue of definition; the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment