The study examined the effects of emphasizing the competitive environment in a testing situation through the use of rewards and game techniques. Neither rewards nor games had an effect on test performance. (Author/MF)

This paper discusses the underlying structure and development of the benefit-T-score (bentee) which attempts to measure overall educational benefit. (CK)

Educators in technical education should resolve major differences in philosophy and get on with the basic task of training technicians. (JS)

Describes a performance test for use as a student evaluation technique. (GR)

New curricula in the social studies requires new procedures in student evaluation. (NI)

Prior to 1975, students in Chicago Public Schools were assigned grade level tests, a practice that in 1974 resulted in 42 percent of the students scoring at the equivalent of a "chance" level. In 1975, the schools switched to functioning level testing. The change caused lower average test scores, but the percentage of chance scores…

The integration of testing and learning are discussed as urgent tasks for test developers, examiners, and guidance specialists. The implications of Edmonds' concept of educational equity (see TM 506 980) and Krumboltz's view of the role of testing in guidance (see TM 506 981) are analyzed. (CM)

Statements from six major professional educational organizations describe their points of view about testing and measurement. The organizations include the National Education Association; American Association of School Administrators; National Association of Secondary School Principals; National School Boards Association; National Association of…

This review considers the treatment given by four recent educational measurement texts to these six current issues in testing: criterion v norm-referenced tests; accountability; test bias and cultural fairness; the impact of testing on student self-esteem and motivation; privacy; and errors in measurement. (SJL)

Background information about the first mathematics examinations given at Harvard in the academic year 1854-55 is given. The two instructors, Pierce and Eliot, responsible for the innovation are discussed. (MK)

Discusses evaluation of tests both in terms of their measurement properties and their potential social consequences. Presents a model for evaluating test validity based on empirical evidence as well as on ethical decisions. Stresses the importance of construct validity as a rational foundation for test predictiveness and relevance; and the…

A study of corrective feedback testing, in which scoring is based upon the number of attempts needed to achieve the correct answer, is compared to single attempt testing. (RAO)

The author looks at some evaluation issues arising out of the use of Man: A Course of Study (MACOS) and proposes formats for the assessment of student learning, the results of which could be used to support the value of MACOS and its place in the school timetable. (SJL)