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PDF pending restorationLouisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge.
The technical characteristics of the reading criterion referenced tests administered to pupils in grades 4, 8, and 11 as part of the Louisiana State Assessment of Reading are described. Fourth and eighth grade tests include vocabulary, phonetic and structural analysis, comprehension and study skills; eleventh grade tests include vocabulary, word…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11, Grade 4
Educational Testing and Learning Clinic Year-End Statistical Report. Third Annual Report, 1977-1978.
Ortiz, Kenneth K.; And Others – 1978
The "open-entry, open-exit" Educational Testing and Learning Clinic (ETLC) at Orange Coast College uses an extensive battery of tests and individualized remedial programs to identify and correct learning difficulties. The full mean score of the ETLC students on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale was about seven points below the norm, but within…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Auditory Perception, Community Colleges
Reid, Neil – 1978
Educational standards, student achievement and basic skills are discussed. Various definitions of standards are given, and a definition which encompases individual differences is preferred. Educational research conducted in New Zealand indicates that there has been no sharp decline in academic achievement, although in primary- and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn. – 1978
This handbook is designed to assist teachers in using the Science Item Bank to construct diagnostic tests and end-of-course achievement tests. The item bank consists of over 2,800 multiple-choice items, and teachers are encouraged to supplement this source of test items with other forms of test questions. Key answers to these questions are arrived…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Biological Sciences, Foreign Countries, Item Analysis
McFadden, Ronald – 1979
Flow charts, tables, and lists are used to illustrate a program evaluation model to be used in evaluating compensatory studies in higher education. Student progress is followed along an identification/selection/admission chart, incorporating program goals and student need measurement. Measures of individual and collective student progress are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Research
Smock, Charles D., Ed.; And Others – 1972
This set of four research reports is a product of the Mathemagenic Activities Program (MAP) for early childhood education of the University of Georgia Follow Through Program. Based on Piagetian theory, the MAP provides sequentially structured sets of curriculum materials and processes that are designed to continually challenge children in…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Blacks, Child Development, Compensatory Education
Yen, Wendy M. – 1979
The extent, causes, and importance of context effects on item parameters for one- and three-parameter latent-trait models were examined. Items were taken from the California Achievement Tests Reading Comprehension and Mathematics Concepts and Applications subtests. The reading items were administered to 1,678 fourth-grade students, and the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Context Clues, Educational Testing, Elementary School Mathematics
Download full textTomko, Thomas N.; Ennis, Robert H. – 1979
A discussion of evaluating informal logic competence centers on the identification of currently available tests and on a description of test theory, to aid in test selection. The following concepts in test theory are discussed: norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests, true scores, reliability, validity, test selection and evaluation, test…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking, Educational Testing
RAY, CHARLES K. – 1958
THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM OF EDUCATION FOR THE NATIVE PEOPLES OF ALASKA (INDIAN AND ESKIMO) WHICH WILL ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LIFE OF ALASKA ON A SELF-SUSTAINING AND SELF-RESPECTING BASIS. THIS STUDY BEGAN WITH AN EXAMINATION OF OFFICIAL MEMORANDUMS, STUDY GUIDES, AND OTHER LITERATURE…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Alaska Natives, Colleges, Educational Attitudes
DAS GUPTA, A.K., ED. – 1967
THIS ANNOATED BIBLIOGRAPHY WAS COMPILED AND PUBLISHED FOR THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. IT CONTAINS OVER 200 ITEMS PUBLISHED IN INDIA DURING THE 1966 AND EARLY 1967. CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE ARE HEAVILY REPRESENTED--UNIVERSITY LEVEL COURSES, EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum, Educational Philosophy
MOSKOWITZ, SUE – 1964
IN 1959, THE TWO EXISTING SPECIAL CLASSES FOR BRAIN INJURED CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY WERE EVALUATED BY OBSERVATIONS, EXAMINATION OF THE STUDENTS' MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL RECORDS, AND INTERVIEWS WITH TEACHERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, PSYCHIATRISTS, AND SPEECH AND OTHER SPECIALISTS. RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE IN AN INTERIM REPORT. A LONGITUDINAL STUDY WAS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Educational Needs, Exceptional Child Research
HILTON, THOMAS L. – 1966
THIS CHAPTER FROM A LARGER WORK ON INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY DISCUSSES LEADERSHIP STEREOTYPES AND CONCEPTIONS, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF ACTUAL LEADERSHIP FUNCTIONS, THE SELECTION OF POTENTIAL EXECUTIVES, AND METHODS OF EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT. THE MAJOR PROBLEM OF LEADERSHIP IS TO CREATE SITUATIONS IN WHICH FOLLOWERS WILLINGLY ACCEPT THE LEADER AS THEIR…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Behavior Patterns, Business
HAAS, JOHN; MELVILLE, ROBERT – 1967
A STUDY WAS DEVISED TO APPRAISE THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF NAVAJO STUDENTS LIVING IN DORMITORIES AWAY FROM THE INDIAN RESERVATION. THE FOLLOWING SEVEN FACTORS WERE CHOSEN TO BE INVESTIGATED AS BEING DIRECTLY RELATED TO ACHIEVEMENT--(1) INTELLIGENCE, (2) READING ABILITY, (3) ANXIETY, (4) SELF-CONCEPT, (5) MOTIVATION, (6) VERBAL DEVELOPMENT, (7)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, American Culture, Anxiety
PALORMO, JEAN M. – 1967
DEVELOPED TO AID MANAGERS OF DATA-PROCESSING CENTERS AND PERSONNEL DIRECTORS IN SCREENING PERSONS WITH APTITUDES FOR COMPUTER PROGRAMING, THE COMPUTER PROGRAMMER APTITUDE BATTERY (CPAB) INCLUDES DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF TEST ADMINISTRATION, INTERPRETATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION. FIVE SEPARATELY TIMED TESTS (VERBAL MEANING,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Computers, Data Processing, Guides
Rhode Island State Dept. of Education, Providence. – 1979
The Rhode Island Commissioner of Education was authorized to appoint and work with a State Standards Council to develop recommendations on the establishment of measurable statewide educational achievement standards at two levels: basic skills and minimum competency. The purpose of setting standards and measuring achievement is to define minimally…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
