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Turlington, Ralph D. – 1982
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) was initiated in the mid-1960's to collect student achievement information over time and describe the data in ways meaningful to the nation's educational and civic leaders. This work presents the Florida perspective on how NAEP can be improved to aid educational decision-makers in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Download full textFerguson, Richard L.; Brennan, Robert L. – 1979
Issues associated with the ACT (American College Testing) Assessment Program illustrate the need to assess college entrance examinations in terms of the variety of common predictive uses such as estimation of first year grade point average (GPA), or chances of obtaining a C average after certain semesters or in specific courses. Test developers…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average, Grade Prediction, Higher Education
Forster, Fred – 1978
Criticisms of norm referenced standardized tests are contrasted with the assumption and claims of proponents of Rasch model testing and item banking. The Rasch test theory model is based on the assumption of equal interval curriculum referenced scales for both students' abilities and test item difficulties. The Portland school district has…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Services.
This fourth report in the 1973-74 series presents a compilation of the scores of Michigan's fourth and seventh grade students who participated in the educational assessment. Results of the objective-referenced test data reveal that while none of the objectives was attained by all of the students, performance levels were quite high for some of the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
Zoet, Charles J. – 1974
This monograph, addressed primarily to Michigan teachers, presents an analysis of the item data from the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) study of fourth and seventh graders. Summary data related to construction and administration of the tests are presented, and reliability, validity and equating of tests are discussed. Items were…
Descriptors: Achievement, Curriculum, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Mathematics
Coburn, Terrence G.; And Others – 1975
In the fall of 1973, the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) began using criterion referenced tests rather than the norm referenced tests used in earlier years. This volume presents the results of the 1973 study, presenting interpretive remarks about the performance levels of students from the fourth- and seventh-grades for each…
Descriptors: Achievement, Curriculum, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Mathematics
Clarke, H. Harrison – 1976
Measurement is presented here as a means of enabling health and physical education programs to assume their place as indispensible phases of the educational process. Measurement is considered vital to health and physical education programs; teachers in these fields are admonished to turn to measurement activities as readily and as naturally as…
Descriptors: Health Education, Measurement, Measurement Instruments, Measurement Objectives
Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2001
This guide contains information to help teachers understand and use reports from the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP). The DSTP is designed to be a measure of progress toward Delaware's content standards that helps ensure that students can apply their academic skills to realistic, everyday problems. The DSTP aims to promote better…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization
Peer reviewedGoodman, Joan F. – School Psychology Digest, 1979
A critical view of the underlying theoretical rationale of the System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA) model for student assessment is presented. The critique is extensive and questions the basic assumptions of the model. (JKS)
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Persons, Intelligence Tests
Green, Douglas W.; Hering, Jeffrey – Creative Computing, 1979
A computer program for analyzing test results is presented. Item analysis and the point biserial correlation coefficient, both generated by this program, are explained and discussed. (MK)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Educational Testing, Evaluation
Direct linkChilds, Ruth A.; Lawson, Alexandra – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2003
As states and provinces develop large-scale assessment programs linked to their curricula, teachers are increasingly expected to interpret the assessment results and to explain them to parents. The challenge for teachers is especially great in Ontario, which began developing an assessment program in 1996 after almost three decades without…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Group Testing
Interwest Applied Research, Inc., Portland, OR. – 1984
The Alaska Statewide Assessment Test is administered to fourth and eighth graders every two years in reading and mathematics. Assessment Report 7 describes how the assessment process works, analyzing results, test content, results for 1983, and statewide average scores. A question-answer format is used to discuss the following: (1) Was students'…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Grade 4, Grade 8
Ward, Annie W., Ed.; And Others
A number of brief papers are presented to provide guidelines for test directors of school systems. This collection is intended for both newly appointed and experienced directors. Contributions were solicited from practicing directors of testing; the authors include Anthony J. Allen, Margaret Backman, Joan Bollenbacker, Gerald Hanna, James Lawson;…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1978
Rasch model statistics and domain-referenced test development methods were used in the Virginia Basic Learning Skills (BLS) testing programs and the Graduation Competencies testing program in order to increase the fairness and effectiveness of those programs. Mastery of each of the 83 objectives in reading and mathematics for grades one through…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education
JOSELYN, EDWIN G. – 1967
THE INTENT OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO ASSEMBLE BASIC DATA ABOUT CURRENT TESTING PRACTICES IN MINNESOTA SCHOOL SYSTEMS. PREPARED WERE TWO QUESTIONNAIRES, ONE FOR THE ELEMENTARY AND THE OTHER FOR THE SECONDARY LEVELS. THEY WERE DESIGNED TO BE AS SIMILAR AS POSSIBLE. THE TABLES CONTAINING THE DATA FROM THE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES ARE THE HEART OF THE…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Elementary Schools, Intelligence Tests
