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Peer reviewedCarter, Edwin; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1976
Investigates the role that differing mastery criteria would have on test performance of different groups of students enrolled in the same course. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Educational Testing
Peer reviewedKandor, Joseph R. – Catalyst for Change, 1976
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Postsecondary Education
Seltzer, Robert A. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1976
Four tenets are described that will aid an instructor in planning an evaluation system. An introductory psychology course supplies specificity. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Philosophy, Educational Testing, Higher Education
Peer reviewedDamon, J. Parker – National Elementary Principal, 1976
Presents some specific questions that educators ought to raise about standardized tests and some alternatives to standardized tests. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Elementary Education
Download full textEmbretson, Susan E. – 2003
This report asserts that rapid changes in many areas, such as technology and communications, marked the 20th century, the first century of ability testing. Predictions about the second century of testing seem difficult in such a context. Yet, looking back to the turn of the last century, E. Kirkpatrick (1900) in his American Psychological…
Descriptors: Ability, Educational Testing, Futures (of Society), Prediction
Rabinowitz, Stanley; Brandt, Tamara – 2001
Computer-based assessment appears to offer the promise of radically improving both how assessments are implemented and the quality of the information they can deliver. However, as many states consider whether to embrace this new technology, serious concerns remain about the fairness of the new systems and the readiness of states (and districts and…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Technology, Educational Testing
Mann, Carolyn M. – 1997
This paper focuses on the role of prior learning assessment in the life long learning of adults in the United States. The introduction stresses the increasing importance of life long learning in American society. The second section reviews prior learning and its assessment. Prior learning is formally defined as learning which has been acquired…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, Occupational Tests
Armstrong, William B. – 2001
This is a study of the relationship between placement test scores and academic achievement, as measured by the gain in placement pre- and post-test scores after students completed a semester of English instruction. Two placement tests were administered to a cohort of students enrolling in community college English courses. Pre- and post-placement…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Community Colleges, Curriculum Based Assessment, Educational Testing
Educational Testing Service, Los Angeles, CA. – 2003
The Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation presents 28 standards for assessing evaluation practices in elementary and secondary classrooms. Reviewed and approved by the American National StandardsInstitute, these standards are broken down into four essential attributes of sound evaluation, each providing definitions, guidelines,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Elman, Linda – 2003
This chapter presents the author's perspective on the future of educational assessment in her school district. The author reviews issues including how much testing is reasonable (in terms of time and money), how to support more instructionally useful assessment, the impact of technology on assessment, and accountability. (GCP)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Futures (of Society)
Clarke, Marguerite; Madaus, George; Pedulla, Joseph; Shore, Arnold – 2000
The educational research agenda proposed by the National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy has five priorities. The first is monitoring the effects of state-level tests, including promotion and exit-level examinations, and teacher testing. The second priority is designing state systems for accountability that link technical…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agenda Setting, Educational Research, Educational Testing
Wang, Jianjun – 2002
Stochastic models are developed in this article to examine the rate of test misgrading in educational and psychological measurement. The estimation of inadvertent grading errors can serve as a basis for quality control in measurement. Limitations of traditional Poisson models have been reviewed to highlight the need to introduce new models using…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Grading, Mathematical Models, Measurement Techniques
Tourangeau, Karen; Brick, Mike; Le, Thanh; Wan, Siu; Weant, Margaret; Nord, Christine; Vaden-Kiernan, Nancy; Hagedorn, Mary; Bissett, Elizabeth; Dulaney, Richard; Fowler, Jean; Pollack, Judith; Rock, Donald; Weiss, Michael J.; Atkins-Burnett, Sally; Hausken, Elvira Germino; West, Jerry; Rathbun, Amy; Walston, Jill – National Center for Education Statistics, 2004
This document highlights key information needed to work with the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) data and points the reader to the appropriate sections of the User's Manual so that they can get started quickly. To read more about any particular topic, the reader should go to the indicated section of the…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 3, Student Records, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedLosak, John; Lin, Tien-Teh – Journal of Educational Research, 1973
This study investigated the question of whether those students who earned credits for basic courses through the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) General Examinations achieved the same level of academic performance in advanced courses as those who took the basic courses in the traditional manner. (Editor)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Courses, Data Analysis
Peer reviewedLavach, John F. – Journal of Educational Research, 1973
This study examined the relationship between arousal and short- versus long-term memory of auditorally presented continuous information as would be experienced in a typical classroom lecture environment. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Data Analysis, Diagrams, Educational Research
