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Download full textAnderson, Beverly L.; And Others – 1980
This booklet addresses the role of testing in today's public education system, and presents a series of questions and answers which will be of particular interest to school board members, legislators, lawyers and journalists. These questions are grouped into two major categories: (1) test purposes and users; and (2) current testing issues. Current…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Lay People
Strand, Theresa – 1978
Twenty-six papers concerning Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I program evaluation--presented at the 1978 American Educational Research Association/National Council on Measurement in Education meeting--are summarized. Speakers from the federal government are: C.T. Cross (see ED 156 695); R.L. Fishbein; and D. Ozenne. State department…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSullivan, Patricia M.; Vernon, McCay – School Psychology Digest, 1979
An ideal assessment of hearing-impaired children includes: case history; medical examination; tests (of intelligence, personality, achievement, communication/language skills, and aptitude); neuropsychological assessment to identify learning strengths and weaknesses; and multidisciplinary team staffing and parent-teacher conferences. Twenty-eight…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Communication Skills, 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
Samuda, Ronald J.; Crawford, Douglas H. – 1980
New Canadian minority students, ages 6-16 were the subjects of this study on evaluation practices, educational policies, and placement procedures. The term denotes immigrants of West Indian, East Indian, or Portuguese origin, or other non-Anglo-Saxon background. Structured interviews were conducted with 34 Ontario boards of education and with 245…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Counseling Services, Cultural Pluralism
Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. Div. of Career and Continuing Education. – 1979
Assessment instruments for use with adult learners are summarized; findings of a test use survey of 163 California districts serving adult students are given; and management techniques for administering large and small group tests are suggested. Forms for the evaluation of test instruments and for an assessment survey are appended. Tests reviewed…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrative Problems, Adult Education, Adult Students
