College course placement systems match students with instruction that is appropriate to their academic preparation and other characteristics. At a minimum, course placement involves assessing students' academic skills and providing them with instruction that is appropriate to their skills. Upon entry to college, students might encounter different…

Many individuals working in education-related professions have a variety of needs for educational and psychological tests results regarding their students or clients. This chapter addresses school counselors' use of tests in educational settings and the right to test as a competency-based issue. Although the subject appears on the surface not to…

Tests--typically cognitive achievement tests--are instruments for providing a more sensitive analysis of the learning sequence and of the instruction guiding it. In addition to an overall score, standardized tests provide a variety of subscores that help the teachers identify where a student might be encountering the greatest difficulties. The…

One role of counselors and educators is to use assessment in the service of students and clients by monitoring educational progress and ensuring that learning is taking place. Under the right conditions and with proper use, employing technology to foster assessment practices can introduce helpful and productive efficiencies into the educational…

Discusses ways testing can help students learn if the teacher can remove the aura and function of evaluation from the experience. (GB)

The purpose of this study is to examine the SACU variables in relation to other commonly used variables in predicting university success in Alberta. (Author)

Author discusses common sense, reasoning processes, and the scheduling of examinations and their predictability. (RK)

Results of experiment showed that of the 80 per cent of students cheating, roughly half had a GPA of over 85. (SP)

The study examined the effects of emphasizing the competitive environment in a testing situation through the use of rewards and game techniques. Neither rewards nor games had an effect on test performance. (Author/MF)

This paper discusses the underlying structure and development of the benefit-T-score (bentee) which attempts to measure overall educational benefit. (CK)

Educators in technical education should resolve major differences in philosophy and get on with the basic task of training technicians. (JS)

Describes a performance test for use as a student evaluation technique. (GR)