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Luijten, Anton J. M., Ed. – 1991
This collection of 18 papers (selected from a total of 57 presented at a conference of the International Association for Educational Assessment) represents efforts by examining bodies and institutes to: improve the examination system and testing techniques; develop reliable instruments; and establish standards for public examinations. The papers…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textHerman, Joan L. – 1982
A formative evaluation minimum competency test model is examined. The model systematically uses assessment information to support and facilitate program improvement. In terms of the model, four inter-related qualities are essential for a sound testing program. The content validity perspective looks at how well the district has defined competency…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria, Formative Evaluation
New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. New Jersey Basic Skills Council. – 1980
This paper describes the meeting of the Reading and Writing Advisory Committee of the New Jersey Basic Skills Council with selected high school English teachers and administrators. This panel established cut scores for statewide interpretation of the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT). The NJCBSPT is administered to all…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Cutting Scores, Higher Education
Linn, Robert L.; And Others – 1991
The statute authorizing the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) calls for the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) to set appropriate achievement levels in all areas and grades tested by the NAEP. These levels are intended to establish what students should know, not just what they do know. In 1990, the NAEP posited three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Credibility, Educational Assessment
Sutter, Joel A.; Rice, Elizabeth V. – 1984
This report provides Minnesota legislators with background information on establishing state educational standards and periodic testing to measure student progress. Scientific management, the accountability movement, and the basic education movement were educational trends of the 1970's providing pressure on states to set standards to improve…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation
Gorth, William Phillip; Perkins, Marcy R. – 1979
This resource document represents the integration of both practice and theory related to minimum competency testing (MCT), and is largely based on information collected in a nationwide survey of MCT programs. Chapter 1, To Implement or Not to Implement MCT, by Marcy R. Perkins, presents a definition of MCT and a discussion of the perceived…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competence, Diffusion, Elementary Secondary Education
Petry, John R.; And Others – 1992
Several tests available from the Educational Testing Service (Princeton, New Jersey) have been used or are candidates for use by the Tennessee State Department of Education as initial public school personnel licensure endorsement area tests. The first of the two reports contained in this document (i.e., the Executive Report) describes a study of…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Qualifications, Instructional Leadership
Education Development Center, Newton, MA. Center for the Development of Teaching. – 1997
The Wisconsin Student Assessment System (WSAS) "Knowledge & Concepts" examinations were designed, under legislative mandate, to measure student knowledge in the areas of reading, language arts (including writing), mathematics, science, and social studies. This summary report provides information about the standard setting activities…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competence, Constructed Response, Cutting Scores
Butler, E. Dean – 1988
The process of development of tests for teacher certification in Tennessee is described. In response to the Tennessee Comprehensive Education Reform Act of 1984 requiring the use of tests for individuals seeking initial teacher licensure, the Department of Education identified 12 areas of teacher endorsement for which no currently validated and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Content Analysis, Higher Education, Item Banks
Bowman, Harry L.; And Others – 1989
Memphis State University conducted a study for the Tennessee Department of Education to determine the validity of 11 previously unvalidated, extensively revised, or new Educational Testing Service (ETS) tests as measures of the skills and knowledge required for specific initial certification endorsements of public school personnel in Tennessee.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedYen, Wendy M.; Ferrara, Steven – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1997
The program design and psychometric characteristics of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) are described, focusing on scaling, equating, standard setting, score accuracy, and validity. The MSPAP is an innovative performance-based testing program administered annually to students in grades three, five, and eight. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Kahl, Stuart R.; And Others – 1995
The assessment instruments of the Maine Educational Assessment emphasize extended constructed-response questions. The results from these assessments are reported in terms of percentages of students at four performance levels. The Student-Based Constructed-Response Method was used to establish performance standards for these levels on the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Constructed Response, Cutting Scores
Bowman, Harry L.; And Others – 1989
A study conducted for the Tennessee State Department of Education by Memphis State University addressed two objectives with respect to the Professional School Service Personnel endorsements for initial licensure for non-teaching professional personnel: to determine the validity of the National Teacher Examination (NTE) Core Battery tests for…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Data Collection, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
Bowman, Harry L. – 1989
Comparative data and results of validation and standard-setting studies are presented for five subject-matter tests for teacher certification in two states. The five tests evaluated were available from the Educational Testing Service (ETS): one National Teacher Examination specialty area test (special education); and four tests from a consortium…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
National Assessment Governing Board, Washington, DC. – 1990
The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) is responsible for improving the form and use of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The NAGB is beginning to define achievement levels to state clearly what students should know and be able to do at key grades in school. This report creates a policy framework, definitions, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment
