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Kapes, Jerome T.; And Others – 1992
This paper reviews the 12 career assessment instruments that have been found to be most used in Texas with students with special needs. Two tables list the instruments along with the opinions of users concerning their qualities. The reviews follow a standard outline. Each review is one to two pages in length and provides this information: title,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
Resnick, Lauren; And Others – 1993
The New Standards Project (NSP) is an effort to create a state- and district-based assessment and professional development system to serve as a catalyst for major educational reform. As part of a professional development strategy tied to assessment, 114 teachers, curriculum supervisors, and assessment directors, representing 23 states and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Dwyer, Evelyn E. – 1993
The purpose of this study was to provide teachers, supervisors, and school administrators with a valid scale for measuring teacher attitudes toward low achievers in mathematics: the Teacher Attitudes Toward Low Achievement in Mathematics Scale (TALAM). The development of the instrument was carried out in three phases. Phase 1 consisted of…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attitude Measures, Beliefs, Content Validity
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 19 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effectiveness of English placement examinations used at five junior colleges in California; (2) the direction and distance of context required by college…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Assessment
Benavidez, Charlotte; Miyatake, George – 1983
This project first identified the duties and tasks required of an entry-level auto mechanic (AM) and an auto body worker (ABW), using a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) occupational analysis process. In this process, a panel of local, expert workers determined the essential duties and tasks of their occupations. Next, the panel identified…
Descriptors: Auto Body Repairers, Auto Mechanics, Basic Skills, Diagnostic Tests
Streedbeck, Darlene; Hughes, Robert B. – 1975
The Verbal Peer Adult Emotional Scale (VPAE), a behavioral rating scale for measuring the progress of severely maladaptive children, covers four areas: verbal behavior, peer interaction, interaction with adults, and emotional behavior. The 16-item scale is designed for use with children between the chronological ages of two and nine years, who are…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Behavior Rating Scales, Children
Schmeiser, Cynthia B.; Ferguson, Richard L. – 1976
The effects of test content reflecting black or white culture, on the performance of college-bound students of both races was examined. Eighty-five culture-specific items were developed for use in the English Usage and Social Studies Reading subtests of the ACT (American College Testing) Assessment Program. Items were administered as four separate…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Black Achievement, Black Students, College Bound Students
Cummins, Jim – 1980
Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are widely accepted as measures of academic potential. However, both hereditary and environmental factors also play a role in performance. The limitations of IQ tests require that they be handled differently when administered to students from backgrounds other than the dominant cultural group. In addition,…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Rudman, Herbert C.; And Others – 1980
This review covers a time span from 1922 to 1980. It examines the link that exists between assessment and teaching. After discussing the milieu in which the two take place, the remainder of the review addresses four questions: (1) how do teachers use test information for instructional decisions?; (2) what has research indicated about the linkage…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Decision Making, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis

Silverman, Robert J.; Russell, Randall H. – 1977
Before a bilingual program can be set up, students who are potential candidates for such a program must be identified. A study was made to investigate the interrelationships of three commonly used measures of "language dominance": the Language Facility Test (LFT), the Home Bilingual Usage Estimate (HBUE), and the Teacher Judgment Questionnaire…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers
Green, Donald Ross – 1971
To determine if tryout samples typically used for item selection contribute to test bias against minority groups, item analyses were made of the California Achievement Tests using seven subgroups of the standardization sample: Northern White Suburban, Northern Black Urban, Southern White Suburban, Southern Black Rural, Southern White Rural,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Blacks, Data Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
Ebel, Robert L. – 1972
This textbook is intended for use in an introductory course in the use of tests in schools and colleges. The book is divided into five parts: (1) history and philosophy--educational measurement, historical perspectives; Measurement and the process of education; (2) classroom test development--what should achievement tests measure?; How should…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Attitude Measures, Educational History
Lolli, Anthony, Jr.; Owen, Steven V. – 1976
Two issues in the controversy over the use, interpretation, validity, and relevance of student ratings are explored here: the definition of preferred teacher behavior in terms of the rating instrument used, and the relationship between the student's expected grade, grade point average, and the ratings recorded. The objectives of the present…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Check Lists, College Faculty, College Students
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, New York, NY. – 1976
The concern with the negative impact on blacks of the national trend toward assessing aptitude achievement and intelligence almost solely through test instruction whose validity and/or administration method is often suspect is reflected in this document. It reports the conference proceedings of the National Association for the Advancement of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Conference Reports, Criterion Referenced Tests, Culture Fair Tests
Roszmann-Millican, Michele – Diagnostique, 1999
This article describes the revised Transdisciplinary Play Based Assessment, a dynamic assessment for children functioning developmentally between infancy and six years that involves the child in play situations, which provide opportunities to assess cognitive, social-emotional, communication and language, and sensorimotor development. Its…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Communication Skills, Disabilities