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Download full textDamico, Sandra B.; And Others – 1975
A student questionnaire is presented that is designed to measure attitudes toward school, with subscales for attitudes towards self, other students, teachers, the principal, and the school in general: The Battle Student Attitude Scale. Attitudes are discussed briefly, telling what they are, how they develop, and what effect they may have on…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Analysis, Norms
Finch, F. L. – 1978
To consolidate the diversity of opinion about the definition of competency, an operational definition and skills classification matrix is presented. Although most people agree that competency tests should measure student ability to transfer academic training to life situations, the fact that life skills and school skills represent different…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classification, Competency Based Education, Educational Problems
Donlon, Thomas F.; Fitzpatrick, Anne R. – 1978
On the basis of past research efforts to improve multiple-choice test information through differential weighting of responses to wrong answers (distractors), two statistical indices are developed. Each describes the properties of response distributions across the options of an item. Jaspen's polyserial generalization of the biserial correlation…
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Difficulty Level, Guessing (Tests), High Schools
Sutherland, Mary S.; Nazarentian, Angeline – 1978
A review is presented of the results of testing college students' health knowledge from the years 1930 to 1977. Topics covered by the tests are outlined and analyzed. Results indicate that over a period of years college students have become more knowledgeable about facts pertaining to physical and mental health. (JD)
Descriptors: College Students, Drug Abuse, Educational Testing, Health Education
Kane, Michael T.; Brennan, Robert L. – 1977
A large number of seemingly diverse coefficients have been proposed as indices of dependability, or reliability, for domain-referenced and/or mastery tests. In this paper, it is shown that most of these indices are special cases of two generalized indices of agreement: one that is corrected for chance, and one that is not. The special cases of…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Correlation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores
Roberts, Sarah Jane – 1978
This guide explains the concept of out-of-level testing and suggests a formula for estimating the occurrence of floor effects and ceiling effects, within the context of models for evaluating Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I programs. An analogy explains floor and ceiling effects as if test items are stored in different levels in a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Difficulty Level, Educational Testing, Elementary 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
Heger, Herbert K. – 1976
Based upon the communications process model of teaching and learning, the Miniaturized Total Interaction Analysis System (Mini-TIA) establishes a conceptual framework for observing symptomatic classroom behaviors. It provides a means for the evaluation of classroom communication. Interpersonal communication is defined as either verbal (using…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Interaction Process Analysis
Planning Research Corp., Washington, DC. – 1967
THIS SUMMARY OF SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS IS FROM A MAJOR REPORT TITLED "A STUDY OF THE FULL-YEAR 1966 HEAD START PROGRAMS." THE STUDY WAS DONE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN ON FIVE TESTS AND RATING SCALES IS RELATED TO THE LENGTH OF THE 1966 FULL-YEAR PROGRAM WHICH THEY ATTENDED. FULL-YEAR PROGRAMS WERE CLASSED AS SHORT…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Comparative Testing, Disadvantaged Youth
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
Gifford, Janice A.; Hambleton, Ronald K. – 1980
Technical considerations associated with item selection and reliability assessment are considered in relation to criterion-referenced tests constructed to provide group information. The purpose is to emphasize test building and the evaluation of test scores in program evaluation studies. It is stressed that an evaluator employ a performance or…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Group Testing, Item Sampling, Models
Richardson, Ellis; And Others – 1979
The Decoding Skills Test (DST) was developed to provide a detailed measurement of decoding skills which could be used in research on developmental dyslexia. Another purpose of the test is to provide a diagnostic-prescriptive instrument to be used in the evaluation of, and program planning for, children needing remedial reading. The test is…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Diagnostic Tests, Dyslexia, Elementary Education
Forsyth, Robert A.; Feldt, Leonard S. – 1973
A brief discussion of the concept of validity, a description of the nature and purposes of the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED), and a rationale for the inclusion of ITED results as part of the overall program evaluation of a secondary school are presented. According to the authors, the ITED can validly be used as one of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives, Educational Programs
Brennan, Robert L. – 1977
Rules, procedures, and algorithms intended to aid researchers and practitioners in the application of generalizability theory to a broad range of measurement problems are presented. Two examples of measurement research are G studies, which examine the dependability of some general measurement procedure; and D studies, which provide the data for…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Error of Measurement, Mathematical Models, Measurement
Applebaum, Wayne R. – 1979
The Rasch model was used to compare the grade equivalent scores which students of equal ability would have obtained, had they taken different levels of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS). Raw scores on items common to levels 9-14 of the ITBS (vocabulary subtest) were obtained from 6,000 students in Dallas, Texas. Rasch scales were used to…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Equated Scores
