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Harnisch, Delwyn L.; And Others – 1980
The focus of this paper is on improving the measurement of test anxiety. Background information is given about the role of motivation and the importance of testing. The present research is directed at developing a shorter, more reliable and valid measure of test anxiety, thus furthering the predictive, diagnostic, and test program uses of test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Factors, Student Motivation
Echternacht, Gary – 1980
The Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE) gain statistic is examined, and considerations for its interpretation are highlighted. The NCE gain is made up of an observed and an expected part. The observed score is the posttest result. The expected score can never be observed nor verified for any of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS) models;…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation
Download full textHilliard, Asa G., III – 1979
The standardized IQ tests which are in use in the schools are scientifically and pedagogically without merit. The construct "intelligence" is a hypothetical notion whose valid expression has yet to be born. IQ tests and the construct of intelligence can be discarded at present, and teaching strategies would be unaffected. To successful teachers…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Identification, Intelligence, Intelligence Quotient
Quay, Lorene C.; Weld, Gary L. – 1977
Research on selective attention in learning disabled (LD) children is reviewed, and a study comparing the selective attention performance of 60 7-and 12-year-old LD and normal children to visual and auditory stimuli is reported. Each S was tested for focal and incidental memory individually in either the auditory or visual mode of stimulus…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Aural Learning, Children
Bartz, Walter H. – 1979
The construction of tests of oral competence in a foreign language requires consideration of several factors. The face validity of the test, or the degree to which students feel they are performing a real communicative act, is illustrated with a number of model testing situations. Content validity, or the ability of a test to measure what has been…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Instruction, Language Tests
Hunter, Lyman R.; And Others – 1977
The purpose of this guide is to provide a short, ready source of information about the process and problems of the diagnostic assessment of preschool children. Formal test instruments frequently used in the assessment process are listed by category. Detailed discussions of the tests and useful information the classroom teacher can gain from the…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Diagnostic Tests, Early Childhood Education, Educational Diagnosis
Olson, Mary; And Others – 1979
A need existed for instruments to measure status isomorphs for either income or political influence in the process of status attainment. To provide a base on which to build further work, instruments were developed in this project by which to measure youth's aspirations for and their significant others' expectations for the youth's future levels of…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Attitudes, Economic Status, Expectation
Helbing, J. C. – 1974
Although this report is several years old, it explores test development in another country, specifically the Netherlands, using American-developed and normed-instruments. The development of vocational maturity tests and the adaptation of Crites' Vocational Developmental Inventory (VDI), Super's Career Development Inventory (CDI) and Westbrook's…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, High School Students
McDaniel, Ernest D.; Leddick, George R. – 1978
The Young Children's Self-Concept Scale, a 40-item revision of the Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale, was designed specifically for young children. Its validity was investigated by comparing self concept scores to teachers' ratings of self concept. The sample included twenty teachers and 459 students in grades 1-4. Factor analyses were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Factor Structure, Research Reports
Gaa, John P.; Liberman, Dov – 1978
The degree of agreement between the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) and the Personality Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ) in assigning sex role categories was investigated by administering both instruments to undergraduate education majors. As a result of scoring, subjects were classified as androgynous, masculine, feminine, or undifferentiated. It was…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Comparative Testing, Higher Education, Individual Characteristics
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Project on Utilization of Inservice Education R & D Outcomes. – 1977
The learning module described is for elementary or secondary level teachers who wish to improve their understanding of the meaning of test reliability and validity. The contents of the module are outlined, and activities and resources involved in its use are described. Ordering information on materials is provided, and a critique of the module is…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Modules
Huntley, Renee M.; And Others – 1979
An investigation of: (1) the relationship between the American College Test (ACT) English Usage Test scores and demonstrated writing proficiency, and (2) the relationships between and among other objective tests and writing proficiency was undertaken, using three samples of college freshmen. Although results indicated a moderately high…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Kelley, H. Paul – 1973
The Subject Examination in Analysis and Interpretation of Literature from the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), was administered to 188 English literature students, to determine the appropriate score range for granting credit for their course. Scores ranged from 32 to 75 out of a possible range of 20 to 80, the average score was 51.52. The…
Descriptors: College Credits, Cutting Scores, English Literature, Equivalency Tests
BERGER, ALLEN – 1968
THE RESEARCH RESULTS FOR SEVEN AREAS OF THE SPEED READING CONTROVERSY ARE REPORTED. TERMINOLOGY FOR THE PROGRAM IS A PROBLEM AREA. MANY PEOPLE CONTEND THAT SPEED READING IS NOT READING IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE. MEASUREMENT IS OFTEN LIMITED OR EMPHASIZES READING RATE ONLY. FIRMS, ESPECIALLY THOSE NOT CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH SCHOOLS, SOMETIMES MAKE…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Inner Speech (Subvocal), Pretests Posttests, Reading Comprehension
Vroegh, Karen; Handrich, Millicent – 1966
Sex role typing in the preschool child is the subject of this research report. Specific topics considered are sex differences, awareness of sex differences, sex role preferences, parent preferences, sex role identification, and family variables related to sex role typing. This summary of research studies in the field reports experimental and…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Individual Differences, Middle Class, Preschool Children
