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Download full textNational Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
Barbara Jordan served as the hearing officer for three-day adversary evaluation hearings about the pros and cons of minimum competency testing (MCT). This report is the complete transcript of the first day of proceedings. James Popham and George Madaus presented the opening arguments for the pro team and con team, respectively. Michael Scriven,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Hearings, Minimum Competency Testing, Test Bias
Webster, William J. – Updating School Board Policies, 1974
It is essential that testing personnel devise methods to communicate understandable and usable information about the effects of schooling to the public. (Author)
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Educational Testing
Carey, Albert – Sch Counselor, 1969
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Counselors, Student Personnel Services
Tarver, Linda K.; And Others – 1980
The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the performance of Louisiana's potential teachers on the Common Examinations of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE). Scores from 1352 examinees who took the Common Examinations of the NTE in February, 1979, were analyzed. The performance of Louisiana's potential teachers compares favorably…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Difficulty Level, Scores, State Standards
Crepin, Dorothy M. – 1981
Lower Columbia College (LCC) offers students who need developmental mathematics instruction a variety of courses and instructional formats. In 1977, the developmental mathematics curriculum consisted of two courses: Review Mathematics, offered only through the Math Lab with both desirable and undesirable effects; and Elementary Algebra, offered…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Curriculum, Remedial Mathematics
BRUNO, LOUIS – 1963
METHODS FOR IDENTIFIYING ACADEMICALLY AND CREATIVELY TALENTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE PRESENTED. INCLUDED IS THE ROLE OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING IN THE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS--PARENT OBSERVATIONS, TEACHER OBSERVATIONS, PERMANENT SCHOOL RECORDS, AND SUCH STANDARDIZED TESTS AS INTELLIGENCE, APTITUDE, AND ACHIEVEMENT TESTS. THE NATIONAL…
Descriptors: Achievement, Aptitude, Parent Role, Resource Materials
California State Coll., Hayward. – 1963
THE FINDINGS OF RECENT RESEARCH STUDIES AND CURRENT SCHOOL PRACTICES WERE FORMULATED IN TERMS OF GUIDELINES WHICH SCHOOLS COULD USE AS CRITERIA IN STRENGTHENING THEIR PROVISIONS FOR HELPING STUDENTS MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR LEARNING POTENTIAL. UNDERACHIEVEMENT IS AN INCREASINGLY SERIOUS EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM. IT RESULTS IN FAILURE TO COMPLETE HIGH…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Dropout Prevention, Guidance Programs, Guides
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Adult Education Service. – 1980
Regulations and procedures for the operation of the Virginia General Educational Development (GED) Testing Program are provided. The GED is a means for measuring an individual's educational competency, particularly the major generalizations, ideas, and intellectual skills that are the outcome of four years of high school instruction. Emphasis is…
Descriptors: Adults, Equivalency Tests, Guidelines, High School Equivalency Programs
Ascher, Gordon – 1979
This brief paper provides an outline for a discussion about the legality of Florida's functional literacy testing program. It defines relevant terms, explains relevant laws, and sets forth the legal basis for the suit and the remedies sought. The discussion is intended to provide a legal and historical framework within which the developments in…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Literacy, School Law, State Programs
Rockdale County Public Schools, Conyers, GA. – 1968
The purpose of the pre-school assessment program described is to improve the first grade curriculum and make it more meaningful to all students through early identification of strengths and weaknesses, coupled with appropriate follow up activities. Children (340) entering the Rockdale County, Georgia, first grade in the fall of 1968 completed a…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Learning Readiness, Maturity Tests, Preschool Tests
PDF pending restorationCollege Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. – 1969
This book is a summary of the basic admissions procedures and test requirements of member colleges of the College Entrance Examination Board. It is intended for students who are seeking admission in 1970. For each member college, information is summarized in six major categories: (1) required tests, (2) required test dates, (3) closing dates for…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Financial Support
Klein, Stephen P.; Kosecoff, Jacqueline – 1973
The basic steps and procedures in the development of criterion referenced tests (CRT), as well as the issues and problems associated with these activities are discussed. In the first section of the paper, the discussions focus upon the purpose and defining characteristics of CRTs, item construction and selection, improving item quality, content…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Education, Mathematics, Secondary Education
CHAMBERS, ALMA C.; HOPKINS, KENNETH D. – 1966
EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH (1) EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED ANXIETY INFLUENCES ABILITY TEST PERFORMANCE AND (2) THE VARIOUS PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES OF ANXIETY ARE RELATED. HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WERE ADMINISTERED THE FOLLOWING MEASURES OF ANXIETY--(1) S-R INVENTORY OF ANXIOUSNESS, (2) AFFECT ADJECTIVE…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Grade 12, Medical Evaluation, Physiology
Merrimack Education Center, Chelmsford, MA. – 1976
This report was requested by the Lunenburg, Massachusetts Public Schools through the Merrimack Education Center. Under the agreement with the Center, the consultant, with the assistance of several associates, evaluated the statewide program in the town of Lunenburg. Objectives were to determine the system's total evaluation needs from an…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Needs, Program Evaluation
Pate, Russell, R. – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1978
Five objectives that might be attained through fitness testing are: (1) evaluation of program effect on participant fitness; (2) participant motivation to improve fitness; (3) identification of low-fit individuals; (4) dissemination of information regarding fitness; and (5) identification of potential athletes.
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Information Dissemination, Motivation Techniques, Objectives
