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Askov, Warren; And Others – 1971
The predictive validity and the general usability of a battery of 10 tests reported by de Hirsch, Jansky, and Langford, the de Hirsch Predictive Index Tests of reading failure, were examined. The de Hirsch battery was administered to 433 kindergarten children in six public schools. When the pupils entered first grade, the Metropolitan Readiness…
Descriptors: Group Testing, Kindergarten Children, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity
Pechman, 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

Stone, Brian; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1988
Stanford Achievement Test scores of 1,434 elementary-level students already placed in either regular or special education programs were arranged according to four cutoff points: 20th, 15th, 10th, and 5th percentiles. This identification method, setting the cutoff at the 5 percent level, is proposed as a preliminary screening device for special…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cutting Scores, Disabilities, Elementary Education
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1975
The National Education Association's Task Force on Testing has stated its opinion that standardized tests are overused. The task force suggests that the application of sampling techniques and a variety of alternatives to current testing practices would accomplish the same purposes. Representatives of the testing industry have indicated that the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Testing
Louallen, Debra; And Others – 1993
This report contains 11 tables and 5 figures documenting the results for the General Educational Development (GED) tests in 1992. The tables provide information on the following: testing volumes; percent tested by age group; credentials issued by age group; testing by language; testing by special editions and adaptations; highest grade completed;…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Adult Basic Education, Dropout Programs
Baldwin, Janet, Ed. – 1995
This report contains 13 tables and 13 figures documenting the results for the General Educational Development (GED) tests in 1994. The tables and figures provide information on the following: GED participation and credentials issued--percent change from 1993 to 1994; testing volumes; percent tested by age group; credentials issued by age group;…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Adult Basic Education, Dropout Programs
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
McLaughlin, Kenneth F. – 1964
This bulletin attempts to explain the use and limitations of regularly the process of selecting educational areas which should receive additional interpret adequately their meaning to parents and students. A companion publication "Understanding Testing Purposes and Interpretations for Pupil Development," also prepared by HEW, was issued in 1960. A…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Counseling, Expectancy Tables
Baldwin, Janet, Ed. – 1994
This report contains 12 tables and 12 figures documenting the results for the General Educational Development (GED) tests in 1993. The tables and figures provide information on the following: testing volumes; percent tested by age group; credentials issued by age group; testing by language; testing by special editions and adaptations; highest…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Adult Basic Education, Dropout Programs
Valette, Rebecca M. – The Forum, 1970
Positive approaches to increase student achievement in language classes focus on the potential influence of norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests. The author cites instances to prove that teacher efficiency increases when teachers are held responsible for student achievement. Discussion of success factors relates testing practices…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Tests, Educational Testing, Group Testing
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