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Tal, Joseph – 1987
An experimental test battery (the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation battery) designed to measure numerical facility was administered to 1,451 subjects at 12 testing centers across the United States over a 5-month period. Five work samples were included: (1) arithmetic; (2) counting backwards; (3) number reasoning; (4) rule learning; and (5)…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Arithmetic, Computation, Factor Analysis
Download full textLampe, Richard E. – 1984
This study examines the accuracy of the self-scoring efforts of 306 eighth-graders on the Kuder General Interest Survey (GIS), and suggests possible methods to improve self-scoring accuracy. The GIS is widely used to assist junior high school students with their educational and vocational planning. After the administration of the test by English…
Descriptors: Interest Inventories, Junior High Schools, Profiles, Scoring
Tebo, Jack – 1984
A review of procedures used to assess the educational needs of offenders in Florida's correctional institutions is presented in this report, along with recommendations for change. First, the report draws from a 1982 study of the state correctional system, presenting findings regarding the educational needs of youthful offenders, assessment…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Needs
Shannon, Gregory A. – 1983
Rescoring of Center for Occupational and Professional Assessment objective-referenced tests is decided largely by content experts selected by client organizations. A few of the test items, statistically flagged for review, are not rescored. Some of this incongruence could be due to the use of the biserial correlation (r-biserial) as an…
Descriptors: Adults, Criterion Referenced Tests, Item Analysis, Occupational Tests
Borst, Philip W.; Cordrey, LeRoy J. – 1984
To deal with an increasing student withdrawal rate from courses, Fullerton College instituted a Skills Prerequisite System, involving mandatory assessment of learning skills in reading, writing, and mathematics followed by prescriptive mandatory placement in appropriate remedial instruction prior to ernollment in skill-dependent, entry-level…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Prerequisites, School Holding Power, Student Evaluation
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Office of Research and Planning. – 1982
The proper preparation of test materials for free scoring is described. An application form for receiving free scoring and ordering forms for the materials required for participation in the mandated testing program in grades 3, 5, 7 and 10 are included. Designed by the Kentucky Department of Education's Office of Research and Planning, the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Research Coordinating Units, School Districts, Scoring
Wood, Lewis J.; Ortega, Jacqueline – 1981
The development of a computer-based, university-wide testing system at Brigham Young University is discussed, as is its application to two large-enrollment math classes. The hardware configuration, software applications, general philosophy, budget, and personnel requirements of the system are also explained. Development of the system over time is…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education
Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC. – 1980
This report summarizes the in-school field operations and data collection activities, as well as the administration decision-making, undertaken in Year 11 of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, (NAEP) from March, 1979 through July, 1980. The more pertinent summary data on the planning and conduct of Year 11 in-school assessment are…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Methods
Williams, S. Irene; Jones, Chancey O. – 1978
To assist the College Board Calculus Development Committee in arriving at a decision regarding the policy that should be followed in allowing the use of calculators on the Advanced Placement (AP) examinations after 1980, a questionnaire was developed. It obtains information from secondary school mathematics teachers about the extent to which…
Descriptors: Calculus, College Entrance Examinations, Computation, Educational Research
Spirer, Janet E., Ed. – 1980
Addressing issues facing vocational education on the topic of performance testing, this handbook consists of a collection of seventeen commissioned papers and reactions to the papers. Two papers are presented on each of the following types of issues that must be considered before a performance test can be constructed: philosophical, technical,…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Legal Responsibility, Performance Tests, Program Implementation
PEARCE, FRANK C. – 1965
A DISCUSSION OF TEST VARIABLES AND THE TESTING PROGRAM OF THE PROJECT WAS INITIALLY PRESENTED IN THIS DOCUMENT. CAUTION WAS PARTICULARLY EMPHASIZED IN THE INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS USING STANDARD ACHIEVEMENT TESTS WITH SUBJECTS FROM THE MODESTO MULTI OCCUPATIONAL PROJECT. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVED PROGRAM EVALUATION INCLUDED ADDITIONAL…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Occupations
MCLEOD, DONNA L.; MEYER, HENRY J. – 1964
THE QUESTIONNAIRE CONTAINS 72 ITEMS DESIGNED TO ASSESS THE VALUE POSITIONS OF INDIVIDUALS ON NINE DIMENSIONS. THESE DIMENSIONS REPRESENT VALUE PROBLEMS OF RELEVANCE TO THE TOTAL AMERICAN SOCIETY AND OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO PERSONS IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL WORK AND RELATED FIELDS OF GENERAL SOCIAL WELFARE. VALUE POSITIONS, AND QUITE OFTEN VALUE…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Evaluation, Questionnaires, Social Problems
Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Vocational and Practical Arts Education. – 1966
THE PURPOSES OF A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IN HEALTH OCCUPATIONS WERE TO SET UP AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS TO BE GIVEN PRIORITY FOR TRAINING, TO CONDUCT A TESTING PROGRAM AMONG CURRENT WORKERS IN THE HEALTH OCCUPATIONS, AND TO CONDUCT A RECRUITMENT PROGRAM. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM BE…
Descriptors: Ability, Allied Health Occupations Education, Employment Qualifications, Individual Characteristics
Stanford Research Inst., Menlo Park, CA. – 1975
This manual is designed to assist personnel involved in work with the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) Follow Through Evaluation testing program. Follow Through is a number of planned education programs for children in kindergarten and primary grades (1-3). Job descriptions for each person working in the testing program are included. In addition,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Examiners
Nesset, Bonna; Faunce, R. W. – 1974
Teacher dissatisfaction with the existing math testing program in the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) led to the establishment of the Committee on Citywide Mathematics Testing. The committee was formed to identify tests to be used, grade levels to be tested, and testing schedules. The committee recommended that tests be given in the spring…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Mathematics
