The review of literature, so central to scholarly work and disciplined inquiry, is expected of the Ph.D. student, but how far along the road are they expected to travel? This article investigates the expectations of "the literature" in research and scholarship at Ph.D. level from the examiner and assessment perspective. The analysis…

Electronic examination systems, which include Internet-based system, require extremely complicated installation, configuration and maintenance of software as well as hardware. In this paper, we present the design and development of a flexible, easy-to-use and secure examination system (e-Test), in which any commonly used computer can be used as a…

The general topic of training needs related to achievement testing is addressed. Questions are raised about training as a means for educational improvement; needs specific to the achievement testing area are discussed; and a specific list of questions to be considered in planning training efforts is presented. It is concluded that using a thematic…

More college and universities are being subject to audit by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). When an institution is selected for audit, it will be notified, probably in writing, and contacted by a representative of the IRS, who will make arrangements for a preliminary visit to discuss the procedures to be followed. Prior to the first meeting…

Testing has been perceived as a panacea, an elixir for obtaining data on innate human abilities. Since the empirical research and the experience of clinicians has not been fully able to meet this expectation adequately, assessment has been ascribed the quality of having an illusionary nature. Hence, it has been proposed by various factions in the…

The report documents the development and pilot test of a basic training program for supervisors of driver license examiners which employed written materials. The developmental methodology of the curriculum project is described in detail. An instructional-system process is followed, and a step-by-step review of the implementation of this process is…

Eight recent General Certificate of Education (GCE) examinations, containing mainly free-response questions, were investigated in terms of their marking reliability. The tests of 200 randomly selected candidates from each subject were re-marked by a senior GCE examiner, and these marks were compared with the marks awarded previously as a result of…

An approach to staging examinations that uses dramaturgical techniques to achieve fairness and prevent cheating has also been found to communicate important messages about the values of individualism and universalism and emphasize reward on the basis of equal competition. (MSE)

Neither the race of the examiner nor the race of the child depicted in the stimulus materials affected the language performance of randomly selected Black and White elementary children (N=79) when language performance was measured in terms of response length and reponse latency. (Author/CL)

As a result of this study, the following statement will be included in the 1973-74 ACT Supervisor's Manual of Instructions: Test center supervisors are encouraged to enlist room supervisors and proctors that reflect the racial, ethnic, and sex ratios of the examinees.'' (Author)

The study tested the outerdirectedness hypothesis that retarded children, in contrast to nonretarded children of equivalent mental age, use external cues rather than their own abilities to solve problems. (Author/GW)

The effect of subject age, sex, examiner, and stimulus word differences on developmental sequences of idiodynamic set responses in children's word associations was investigated. Subjects were 100 children, ages 7-11. The findings could not be interpreted as evidence of stage progressions, or hierarchical rankings in mediational processes. (NH)