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New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of Operations, Research, and Evaluation. – 1980
Local educational agencies and county office staff are provided with information and specific guidelines on the development, maintenance and evaluation of local district testing programs. This manual contains New Jersey approved criteria for local testing programs, a step-by-step presentation of methods for planning, designing and evaluating…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Program Evaluation, School Districts
Download full textHESS, ROBERT D.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS MANUAL DESCRIBES MEASURES USED IN "THE COGNITIVE ENVIRONMENTS OF URBAN PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN" PROJECT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. THE SAMPLE FOR THE STUDY CONSISTED OF 163 NEGRO MOTHER-CHILD PAIRS SELECTED FROM 3 SOCIOECONOMIC CLASSES BASED ON THE FATHER'S OCCUPATION AND THE PARENTS' EDUCATION. A FOURTH GROUP INCLUDED FATHER-ABSENT…
Descriptors: Black Mothers, Curiosity, Measurement Instruments, Measurement Techniques
Peterson, Neil D. – 1967
Twenty-five sophomore students recommended by their school principal or counselor participated in a pilot educational program designed to be appropriate to the interests and needs of potential high school male dropouts. Test scores, inventories, student records, office files, and employment analyses of the participants were examined to determine…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, High Schools, Pilot Projects, Potential Dropouts
Usitalo, Richard – 1968
The Olympia, Washington, Public Schools report a workshop held to design a program for collecting and organizing information on the total student growth necessary for developing a curriculum for individualized instruction. In addition to student records, information was needed on (1) learning styles, (2) interest areas, (3) physical development…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Testing, Individualized Instruction, Information Sources
Wiggins, James A.; And Others – 1968
The purpose of the study was to explore the effects of various practical instruction procedures on academic performance. Six sections of an introductory sociology course were assigned various experimental conditions involving quizzing and incentives. Examinations were administered at intervals during the course and once after course completion.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Higher Education, Motivation Techniques
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Human Resources. – 1977
The first day of hearings features the testimony of Admiral H. M. Rickover and Dr. Mary Berry, Assistant Secretary for Education, on the quality of education and what can be done about it. Subsequent testimony centers on the testing of students. Those offering statements are William W. Turnball, president of Educational Testing Service; Dr. Roy H.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests, Educational Quality
Mathis, William J. – 1975
This paper was presented with other papers in a forum dealing with statewide testing programs. The primary purpose of the paper is to address practical considerations and methods of resolution for large districts or states who are planning on conducting large scale testing or assessment programs with criterion or performance referenced measures.…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, School Districts, State Programs
Tenpas, Barbara G.; Higgins, Norman C. – 1974
To study the effects of practice and incentive on learner performance on the aircraft instrument comprehension task, 48 third-year Air Force cadets were chosen as subjects. The subjects were expected to be able to identify which one of four pictures of aircraft in flight most nearly corresponded to the position indicated on a panel of attitude and…
Descriptors: Flight Training, Military Personnel, Motivation, Performance Tests
Gil, Sylvia – 1975
The Primary Acquisition of Languages Oral Language Dominance Measure (PAL) developed by the El Paso Independent School District determines a child's structural proficiency in English and Spanish and measures language dominance to aid in placing pupils in bilingual programs. PAL consists of four components, including an examiner's manual containing…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Elementary Education, Language Learning Levels
Bostow, D. E.; And Others – 1970
Time spent in contact with academic course materials as a function of two testing schedules was measured using college undergraduates in an introductory Educational Psychology course. A multi-manipulation single organism design was employed with all subjects enabling both individual and group analysis. A study room equipped with an adjacent…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods
Wilson, James W., Ed.; And Others – 1968
This is one of a series of reports on the National Longitudinal Study of Mathematical Abilities. These volumes contain most of the test batteries which were administered to students who were seventh graders at the start of the study in the Fall of 1962. These students comprised the Y-Population. For the most part, the tests have been reproduced…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Evaluation
Wilson, James W., Ed.; And Others – 1968
This volume contains descriptions and statistical properties of test scales used with grade 10 through grade 12 students in the National Longitudinal Study of Mathematical Abilities (NLSMA). Each scale is designed to measure a specified content or psychological area chosen as a dependent variable for the study. The scales are briefly identified…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Evaluation, Item Analysis
Wilson, James W., Ed.; And Others – 1968
This volume contains descriptions and statistical properties of test scales used with grade seven through grade eight students in the National Longitudinal Study of Mathematical Abilities (NLSMA). Each scale is designed to measure a specified content or psychological area chosen as a dependent variable for the study. The scales are briefly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Evaluation, Item Analysis
Language Research Foundation, Cambridge, MA. – 1970
This paper outlines the Educational Testing Service (ETS) plan for developing instruments and procedures for evaluating Peace Corps Trainees' and Peace Corps Volunteers' competence in host country languages at various stages of training or in-country service. The goals of such an evaluation program are first stated. and then a critique of the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Grammar, Language Proficiency
Griffith, William S., Ed.; Hayes, Ann P., Ed. – 1970
The central purpose of this book is to review the present state of the art in adult basic education teacher training. Each of the chapters of the book was developed specifically for the Workshop to Increase and to Improve University Teacher Training Programs in Adult Basic Education, which was held at The University of Chicago in March 1969. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
