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Katz, Albert M.; And Others – 1985
The first stage of a three-stage speech placement test that can be used by individual campuses of the University of Wisconsin is discussed in this paper. The following applications of this speech theory test are described first: to exempt students from the basic communication course, to place students in an appropriate communication course, or to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication, Placement, Public Speaking
Download full textSaretzky, Gary D. – 1984
This report provides historical background on the origins, development and procedures, of Educational Testing Service's (ETS's) Board of Review. Established in 1969, the Board of Review makes final decisions for all test scores of questionable validity. ETS cancels or withholds scores believed to be invalid. Reasons for invalid scores range from…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrative Policy, Cheating, College Entrance Examinations
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Educational Testing. – 1981
Intended for use by school administrators, guidance counselors, teachers, and proctors, this manual contains general information on Regents examinations and competency tests. Specifically, the regulations and procedures for ordering, administering, and rating these examinations are described. Information is also included about the competency…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Graduation Requirements, Minimum Competency Testing, Scoring
Polemeni, Anthony J. – 1975
In April 1974, allegations were made that students, teachers, and the general public had access to the New York Citywide Reading Test prior to its administration, and the results, therefore, were invalid. In the face of these allegations, New York City developed a strategy for the administration of a secure test: a test never before available in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cheating, Confidentiality, Elementary Education
Dyer, Henry S. – NJEA Review, 1973
Retired vice-president of Educational Testing Service asserts that chances for tests being misused are greater than ever. Speech delivered at ETS's Invitational Conference on Testing Problems on October 28, 1972, in New York, New York. (DS)
Descriptors: Group Testing, Intelligence Tests, Measurement Techniques, Test Bias
Larsen, Edwin P. – Thrust for Education Leadership, 1972
Following a careful re-evaluation of the entire testing program by the students, parents, staff and administration it was concluded that the problems, the unmet educational needs, of an urban community will not dissipate by doing away with the state or local testing programs. (Author)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Evaluation Criteria, National Norms
Ligon, Glynn D.; Matter, M. Kevin – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1983
This case study of the Austin Independent School District describes how the philosophy and staffing of a testing program can work together to produce effective results with highly efficient use of student time and minimal clerical burden on teaching staff. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Case Studies, School Districts, Testing
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2007
This handbook will assist principals and school testing coordinators in implementing the spring 2007 administration of the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA). Information regarding administration timeline, reporting, process, online tools and contact personnel is discussed. Contents include: (1) Scheduling; (2) Identify Primary Test…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Alternative Assessment, Educational Testing, Guidance Programs
Green, Donald Ross; Yen, Wendy M. – 1983
The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, Form U, is scored in two ways: number-correct and pattern. The latter makes use of the information about which particular items are answered correctly, giving more weight to the more discriminating items and making allowances for guessing. Critics have suggested that black students are penalized by pattern…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Students, Elementary Education, Guessing (Tests)
Diamond, Esther E. – 1982
Increasing public understanding of school testing programs is seen as the joint responsibility of test publishers and schools, and also as a primary responsibility on the part of test publishers to increase the schools' understanding of tests. The most common areas of misunderstanding about tests are addressed: purpose of the testing program; the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Minimum Competency Testing, Public Opinion, Student Placement
Ligon, Glynn – 1985
Careful management of a testing program can greatly limit a teacher's opportunity to cheat while administering standardized tests to students and can increase the likelihood that such cheating will be detected. The Austin Independent School District's systemwide testing staff's plan for controlling cheating has three basic premises: (1) plan and…
Descriptors: Cheating, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
McKenna, Bernard – 1973
The National Education Association's (NEA) resolutions concerning standardized tests, teacher evaluation and subjective ratings, national testing and assessment, student rights, and the improvement of instruction are presented in this interim report of the Task Force on Testing. The NEA strongly encourages the elimination of group standardized…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Improvement
Wiggins, James A.; And Others – 1968
The purpose of the study was to explore the effects of various practical instruction procedures on academic performance. Six sections of an introductory sociology course were assigned various experimental conditions involving quizzing and incentives. Examinations were administered at intervals during the course and once after course completion.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Higher Education, Motivation Techniques
Mathis, William J. – 1975
This paper was presented with other papers in a forum dealing with statewide testing programs. The primary purpose of the paper is to address practical considerations and methods of resolution for large districts or states who are planning on conducting large scale testing or assessment programs with criterion or performance referenced measures.…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, School Districts, State Programs
Bostow, D. E.; And Others – 1970
Time spent in contact with academic course materials as a function of two testing schedules was measured using college undergraduates in an introductory Educational Psychology course. A multi-manipulation single organism design was employed with all subjects enabling both individual and group analysis. A study room equipped with an adjacent…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods
