Publication Date
| In 2026 | 1 |
| Since 2025 | 421 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 1919 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 4063 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 6769 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 644 |
| Teachers | 455 |
| Researchers | 440 |
| Administrators | 126 |
| Policymakers | 68 |
| Students | 68 |
| Counselors | 26 |
| Parents | 24 |
| Community | 10 |
| Support Staff | 5 |
| Media Staff | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Location
| Turkey | 607 |
| Australia | 340 |
| Canada | 254 |
| China | 180 |
| Indonesia | 149 |
| United States | 143 |
| United Kingdom | 130 |
| Germany | 116 |
| Taiwan | 111 |
| California | 110 |
| Spain | 107 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 3 |
| Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 3 |
| Does not meet standards | 2 |
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1979
The multiple-choice test items collected in this volume were selected from questions submitted by teachers in New South Wales for the Science Library of Test Items. The collection is intended as a resource to assist teachers in implementing and evaluating courses in the first 4 years of Australian secondary school. To ensure quality in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, General Science, Item Banks, Multiple Choice Tests
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1979
The second volume of test items in the Science Library of Test Items is intended as a resource to assist teachers in implementing and evaluating science courses in the first 4 years of Australian secondary school. The items were selected from questions submitted to the School Certificate Development Unit by teachers in New South Wales. Only the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, General Science, Item Banks, Multiple Choice Tests
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1982
As part of a series of tests to measure mastery of specific skills in the natural sciences, print masters of tests 66 through 91 are provided. Among the areas covered are: carbon compounds; evolution; map reading; genetics; energy; chemical formulae; electricity; graphs; metric measures; solubility; and physical separations. Many tests contain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Banks, Multiple Choice Tests, Natural Sciences
Larsen, John J.; Juhasz, Anne McCreary – 1980
The Knowledge of Child Development Inventory (KCDI), which is appended, is a 56-item multiple choice test of knowledge of child development from birth to age three. Test items were based on authoritative materials covering the cognitive, physical, emotional, and social development of young children. The KCDI was meant to be appropriate for use…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Psychology, Child Rearing, Criterion Referenced Tests
Download full textWolfe, Mary L.; Damrosch, Shirley P. – 1985
The attributions of success and failure in a course in nursing research design and statistics were measured using a modified version of the Mathematics Attribution Scale. Eight subscales were formed by combining hypothetical success or failure events paired with each attribution category. The scales were success-task, success-environment,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Affective Behavior, Attribution Theory
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1984
One of a series of papers resulting from a Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) project, this handbook describes procedures for documenting the learning students take with them from college. Introductory material on the FIPSE project and the learner outcomes approach to college evaluation is followed by a discussion of…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Evaluation Methods, Outcomes of Education
O'Brien, Mary Utne; Ingels, Steven J. – 1984
Intended to provide information about the development of the Economics Values Inventory (EVI), the report describes considerations that directed development of test items and provides indicators of the reliability and validity of the proposed test instrument. The EVI is recommended as an effective measuring instrument in experimental evaluations…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Economics
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1981
This bulletin describes the technical adequacy of the Florida Teacher Certification Examination and includes discussions on establishing test reliability, test validity, passing scores, and protecting the test from cultural or ethnic bias. Chapter I describes the development of the examination: (1) development, identification, and validation of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grading, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Greenan, James P. – 1984
A project provided teachers and other school personnel with a set of practical instruments for assessing students' generalizable mathematics skills in the secondary vocational training programs in Illinois. The major accomplishments of the project were advisory committee identification and selection; population and sample identification and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Generalization, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Skills
Holmes, Susan E. – 1985
Open testing and test disclosure legislation has fostered a renewed interest in the problems and issues associated with test equating. This paper focuses on a specific application of test equating, that of professional and occupational testing for certification and licensure. Test equating is the process of making test scores from different forms…
Descriptors: Certification, Competence, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores
Oxford-Carpenter, Rebecca L.; And Others – 1984
This paper presents an evaluation of Army job training development and testing practices, with a focus on Advanced Individual Testing. Information comes from intensive interviews with school instructors and from observations in the schools. Results indicate that some aspects of the Instructional Systems Development (ISD) model have been…
Descriptors: Adults, Criterion Referenced Tests, Instructional Development, Instructional Systems
Alvir, Howard P. – 1978
A process is outlined for developing an evaluation form that meets the following criteria: is relevant at local, state, and federal levels; short; objective; usable; statistically manageable; analytic; and fiscal. With standards in mind, the next step is to specify the kinds of information needed to meet state and federal requirements. Once the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Environment, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Ferrell, George – 1977
One way to minimize the test taking advantage that test-wise students have is to offer all students the opportunity to become test-wise through formal instruction in test taking. This paper describes the development and use of "Form Z," a test that can be used as a teaching aid or as a research instrument for test wiseness. The test was designed…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Cues, Deduction, Higher Education
Parry-Hill, J. W., Jr. – 1975
A study was conducted to construct a preliminary version of a shortened form of the Occupation Analysis Inventory (OAI:SF). (The OAI is an instrument containing 622 work elements which are descriptions of work activities and conditions on which jobs and occupations are rated. The work elements were generated within a broad framework of five…
Descriptors: Employment, Employment Qualifications, Feasibility Studies, Job Analysis
Phelps, Lynn Alan; Dindia-Webb, Kathy – 1977
This paper examines the effectiveness of three methods of teaching interpersonal communication (lecturing, using interpersonal exercises, and using exercises that require the application of interpersonal skills) and the relationships among students' test scores on examination questions dealing with knowledge, comprehension, and application skills.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Course Evaluation, Experiential Learning
