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Download full textPechman, Ellen M.; Gonzales, Maria Luisa – 1986
This paper examines long-range problems caused by test-controlled schooling. It looks at the demands of both curricular and accountability uses of tests from the point of view of the urban school district's testing office. On the basis of interviews with 12 New Orleans teachers and the experiences of the authors in working in two large city…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Millar, Dan Pyle – 1980
Students in a small group discussion class offered as part of a speech communication curriculum found that testing their knowledge of the theory of the course in small groups was a positive learning experience. Each self-selected test group was made up of three students and was formed at least two class periods prior to the exam. Time was given in…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Research, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods
Bayless, David L.; Nix, Charles W. – 1979
The merits and hazards of minimum competency testing for the individual student or for student groups are discussed. Types of groups which lend themselves to group application and some important factors in determining the parameters of a group are discussed. Ten critical issues related to minimum competency testing are identified: (1) scope of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Cutting Scores, Difficulty Level, Elementary Secondary Education
Parmer, Lorraine – 1975
This paper describes several learning laboratory program approaches to teaching students how to prepare for professional school admission exams. That these exams are true aptitude tests is a myth repeatedly deflated when students study for the tests and manage to score significantly higher on a second testing. Factors in addition to intelligence…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Anxiety, Business Administration, Developmental Programs
Marso, Ronald N.; Pigge, Fred L. – 1991
The perceptions of testing directors, school principals, teacher supervisors, and classroom teachers concerning the actual purposes of public school standardized group testing programs were studied. Surveys were mailed to superintendents in 97 randomly selected public school districts. The superintendents forwarded survey packets to selected…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Siracuse, Kathleen – 1977
An achievement testing framework is being developed by the Los Angeles Unified School District to assess the educational progress of 14,000 secondary level compensatory education students with something other than standardized tests. The technique of multiple matrix sampling was applied to the use of large item domains in the subject area of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Tests
