Delaware students must meet world-class standards if they are to be competitive and successful in a global economy. To prepare students for their future, schools must support rigorous standards and each teacher must set high expectations. Students must also commit themselves to the achievement of excellence. Any system that hopes to accomplish…

A series of questions designed to challenge school administrators to reconsider the purposes, selection, use, and interpretation of tests and test results in their school programs. (Author/DN)

Discusses the role of examinations in teaching biology. Comments on the aims of examinations, essay questions, scientific writing, testing for comprehension of practical problems, problems and judgments, statistical skills, practical examinations, and the general problems of examining. (JR)

Considered the fact that the scores of high school students taking the entrace tests for college acceptance have steadily declined. Author analyzed the validity of the testing process. (RK)

Article attempts to explain some basic information about standardized tests-test jargon, facts on test construction, administration, use and abuse. (Author/RK)

Analyzes the uses that can be made from test data and the influences such data can have on communication with communities, in the evaluation of school's effectiveness, and student's placement. (Author/RK)

Small samples of students were chosen from two extreme types of schools (affluent-suburb and inner-city) to investigate the problem of presenting exercises in a manner students understand. The results raise questions about teaching procedures and the National Assessment evaluation. (DF) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this…

Describes some recent developments in computer programing taking place in Australia in the field of educational testing. Topics discussed include item banking and computer-assembled tests, test scoring for multiple choice and open-ended tests, item and test analysis, and test reporting. (Author/DN)

Author maintains that educational testing is based on conservative and established norms of existing social structure. Test scoring is unbiased, but the bases underlying the interpretation of scores are contaminated by prejudices which operate to keep competence from obstructing the social process. (AD)

The problem session approach represents a restructuring of traditional testing and evaluation procedures aimed at assessing student achievement and ability. (JS)

This article is a response to an article in a previous issue by Robert L. Williams on unfairness in testing blacks with existing instruments. This paper discusses: (1) testing as systematic inquiry; (2) the question of bias; (3) test use; and (4) the consequences of not testing. (CJ)

Group and individual forms of a measure were developed to assess the acquisition of behaviors desired as outcomes of instruction in science at the elementary school level. Significant differences between the scores of individuals on the group and individual measures were observed. (LC)

A number of major studies are discussed concerning the effects of testing on schools and needed changes in test use to improve education. Test use is analyzed at building and classroom levels for insights on better education, and at local, state, and national levels for oversights of educational progress. (Author/CM)