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Fleming, Margaret; Chambers, Barbara – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1983
Teacher-made tests are a major but little researched part of the drama of testing in schools and classrooms. This report gives a view into the inner workings of this aspect of testing, which occupies more teacher and student time and effort than any other. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests, Evaluation Needs, Measurement Techniques
Bond, Lloyd – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
While some forms of test bias (for example, bias in selection and prediction) appear amenable to definitional consensus, a definition of cultural bias will remain problematic so long as it is confused with the nature/nurture issue. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Evaluation Criteria, Experimenter Characteristics, Intelligence Differences