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Haag, Carl H. – 1978
Some uses of achievement tests to provide information for school administrators are described. Three systematic programs are described briefly: (1) a computer-based approach to management and planning designed to answer what is to be learned, how is it to be learned, and has it been learned; (2) a problem solving design for accountability that…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Download full textCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1978
The profiles of the California Statewide assessment program permit comparison of a district's test performance with that of previous years and of other districts. After a brief explanation of the tests' development, content, administration, and limitations, this interpretive guide explains how the results are displayed in the district profiles. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Educational Testing Service, Washington, DC. Education Policy Research Inst. – 1977
In February, 1976, the Education Policy Research Institute sponsored this conference on the use of tests in educational policy formation; these six papers were presented at that conference. In the first paper, Jenne K. Britell discusses four points that have historically characterized debates about testing; psychometric and technical issues;…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Educational Testing
Reckase, Mark D. – 1979
This paper describes two procedures for making binary classification decisions using tailored testing: the sequential probability ratio test (SPRT) and a Bayesian decision procedure. The first procedure described, the SPRT, was developed by Wald for quality control work. It has not been widely applied for testing applications because the…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests
PALMER, JUDITH A. – 1966
TEN TABLES, EACH WITH SEVERAL SUBDIVISIONS, WERE USED TO PRESENT THE VALUES OF "T" REPRESENTING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEANS FOR JUNIOR AND SENIOR KINDERGARTEN GROUPS (1) IN MATCH 1, (2) IN MATCH 2, (3) IN MATCH 1, ISOLATED FOR LANGUAGE, (4) IN MATCH 2, ISOLATED FOR LANGUAGE, (5) IN MATCH 1, ISOLATED FOR FATHERS' EDUCATIONS, (6) IN…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Language Skills
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1967
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TESTS OF THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCATION WERE USED TO DETERMINE THE DEGREE OF IMPROVEMENT ACHIEVED BY 2,300 FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS WHO RECEIVED ADVANCED TRAINING IN THE 1966 NDEA SUMMER FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTES. TEACHERS OF FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, RUSSIAN, AND SPANISH IN 52 INSTITUTES WERE TESTED AT THE BEGINNING…
Descriptors: Institutes (Training Programs), Language Proficiency, Language Teachers, Language Tests
Powell, J. C. – 1980
A multi-faceted model for the selection of answers for multiple-choice tests was developed from the findings of a series of exploratory studies. This model implies that answer selection should be curvilinear. A series of models were tested for fit using the chi square procedure. Data were collected from 359 elementary school students ages 9-12.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Goodness of Fit, Guessing (Tests)
Powell, J. C. – 1980
Current Scoring practices for multiple-choice tests are rooted in early Associationist Theory and are based on a two-step procedure: (1) right answers counted as ones and wrong answers are zeros, and (2) number of right answers form a total-correct score. The author contends that if either step is invalid, the use of the general linear model (GLM)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Logical Thinking, Multiple Choice Tests
Dyer, Henry S. – 1980
This handbook aims to help parents become more familiar with the testing that goes on in their community schools. The first two chapters provide general background on testing, giving the reason and scope of educational testing today, and highlighting the fundamentals of the testing-measurement process. Chapters 3 and 4 consider the various…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Needs, Measurement
National School Public Relations Association, Arlington, VA. – 1978
Basic test terminology is explained for parents of school children. Terms which are defined include aptitude, achievement, criterion referenced tests, norm referenced tests, and intelligence quotient. Brief discussions of the advantages and limitations of tests are included. Testing is seen as providing valuable information to the school, students…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Testing
PDF pending restorationRounds, James B., Jr.; And Others – 1979
Using a multidimensional scaling procedure, this study examined the fit of Holland's RIASEC hexagon model to the internal relationships among the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII) General Occupational Theme scales. SCII intercorrelation matrices for both sexes as reported in the SCII Manual were submitted, separately for each sex, to…
Descriptors: Females, Goodness of Fit, Interest Inventories, Males
Soper, John C. – 1979
Part of a series which offers educational resources and teaching techniques related to major social issues to high school social studies teachers, the booklet describes and reproduces a test measuring students' economic literacy. Part I is the test manual, which explains the objectives, value, development, and two-form structure of the test. It…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Measurement, Economics, Economics Education
Ellson, Douglas G. – 1968
The paraprofessional who is a programed tutor can make a significant contribution to the teaching of reading as a technician whose duties and responsibilities are carefully limited and defined. Tutors are usually housewives with at least a high school education. They are required only to judge the correctness of reading responses and the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Individual Instruction, Part Time Faculty, Program Evaluation
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Trade and Industrial Education Service. – 1967
The Ohio Trade and Industrial Education Achievement Test battery is comprised of seven basic achievement tests: Machine Trades, Automotive Mechanics, Basic Electricity, Basic Electronics, Mechanical Drafting, Printing, and Sheet Metal. The tests were developed by subject matter committees and specialists in testing and research. The Ohio Trade and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Multiple Choice Tests, Program Descriptions, Test Construction
Darnell, Donald K. – 1968
This final report presents a description of a test combining cloze procedure and an entropy analysis (CLOZENTROPY), designed to measure the compatibility of a foreign student's English with that of his peers who are native speakers of English. This test, and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) were administered to 48 foreign students…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
