Publication Date
| In 2026 | 5 |
| Since 2025 | 627 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 2564 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 5599 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 9195 |
Descriptor
| Test Validity | 21771 |
| Test Reliability | 10011 |
| Test Construction | 5891 |
| Foreign Countries | 4955 |
| Psychometrics | 2963 |
| Factor Analysis | 2941 |
| Measures (Individuals) | 2377 |
| Higher Education | 2250 |
| Evaluation Methods | 2085 |
| College Students | 1813 |
| Correlation | 1723 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Researchers | 728 |
| Practitioners | 429 |
| Teachers | 142 |
| Administrators | 96 |
| Policymakers | 57 |
| Counselors | 36 |
| Students | 20 |
| Parents | 13 |
| Community | 7 |
| Support Staff | 6 |
| Media Staff | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Location
| Turkey | 807 |
| Australia | 347 |
| Canada | 324 |
| China | 300 |
| United States | 188 |
| Indonesia | 172 |
| Spain | 169 |
| United Kingdom | 160 |
| Netherlands | 159 |
| California | 156 |
| Germany | 153 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 1 |
| Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 3 |
| Does not meet standards | 1 |
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Project on Utilization of Inservice Education R & D Outcomes. – 1977
The learning module described is for elementary or secondary level teachers who wish to improve their understanding of the meaning of test reliability and validity. The contents of the module are outlined, and activities and resources involved in its use are described. Ordering information on materials is provided, and a critique of the module is…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Modules
Huntley, Renee M.; And Others – 1979
An investigation of: (1) the relationship between the American College Test (ACT) English Usage Test scores and demonstrated writing proficiency, and (2) the relationships between and among other objective tests and writing proficiency was undertaken, using three samples of college freshmen. Although results indicated a moderately high…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Kelley, H. Paul – 1973
The Subject Examination in Analysis and Interpretation of Literature from the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), was administered to 188 English literature students, to determine the appropriate score range for granting credit for their course. Scores ranged from 32 to 75 out of a possible range of 20 to 80, the average score was 51.52. The…
Descriptors: College Credits, Cutting Scores, English Literature, Equivalency Tests
Download full textBERGER, ALLEN – 1968
THE RESEARCH RESULTS FOR SEVEN AREAS OF THE SPEED READING CONTROVERSY ARE REPORTED. TERMINOLOGY FOR THE PROGRAM IS A PROBLEM AREA. MANY PEOPLE CONTEND THAT SPEED READING IS NOT READING IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE. MEASUREMENT IS OFTEN LIMITED OR EMPHASIZES READING RATE ONLY. FIRMS, ESPECIALLY THOSE NOT CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH SCHOOLS, SOMETIMES MAKE…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Inner Speech (Subvocal), Pretests Posttests, Reading Comprehension
Vroegh, Karen; Handrich, Millicent – 1966
Sex role typing in the preschool child is the subject of this research report. Specific topics considered are sex differences, awareness of sex differences, sex role preferences, parent preferences, sex role identification, and family variables related to sex role typing. This summary of research studies in the field reports experimental and…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Individual Differences, Middle Class, Preschool Children
Pell, Sarah W. J.; Gay, Lorraine R.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of audiovisual aids in the instruction of junior-level preservice teachers. The tapes used were vignettes of persons demonstrating specific teaching skills in the areas of lesson organization, questioning, using student ideas, praise and corrective feedback, and variety and variation in…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Learning Processes, Observational Learning, Preservice Teacher Education
Westbrook, Bert W.; Cutts, Catherine C. – 1978
The purpose of this study was to investigate the construct validity of the Career Maturity Inventory with ninth grade pupils. To demonstrate the construct validity it must be shown that the Career Maturity Inventory correlates highly with other variables with which it should theoretically correlate, and that it does not correlate with variables…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning
Petrosko, Joseph M. – 1977
Three hundred-fifty-two standardized tests of reading comprehension and 373 standardized vocabulary measures were analyzed in terms of a number of criteria related to psychometric quality and educational ability. The criteria were based primarily on the Standards for Educational and Psychological Tests developed by the American Psychological…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Norms, Predictive Validity
Hisama, Kay Keiko Washiya – 1976
This study presents a new version of the cloze procedure used as a placement test for foreign students enrolled in an English language program for non-native speakers. Called the New Cloze Test (NCT), the test was administered to 136 foreign students who were beginning college students and who had not been in the United States longer than one…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Doctoral Dissertations, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
Heun, Richard E.; And Others
The differences between edumetric and psychometric uses of tests were described and the relevance of the edumetric dimension for measuring student learning gains, especially in the context of individualized instruction involving multiple learning mode options, was clarified. Also, the procedures for edumetric reliability and validation assessment…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Harman, Harry H. – 1975
The primary objectives of this project commonly refereed to as "Assessing Human Abilities" were: (1) to provide reference measures for cognitive factors; and (2) to provide a guide to reference measures for self-report temperament factors. The overall objective was to conduct research in the area of factor analysis directed toward the…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
Howell, John F.
After a survey of existing behavioral measures was made, a behavior rating scale was developed to measure the observable disruptive behavior of emotionally disturbed children in the classroom. Estimates of various types of reliability were calculated, and scale validity was examined. The scale was used to evaluate the effect of counseling on…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Rating Scales, Classrooms, Counseling Effectiveness
Hall, Nathan A.; And Others – 1974
The purpose of this preliminary study was to gain insight into what is being measured by the 1974 Washington State Board of Pharmacy Licensure Examination, and to explore the possibility of using it as a model of tests to evaluate experiential learning. Subjects were 78 examinees from University of Washington and Washington State University.…
Descriptors: Certification, Clinical Experience, Correlation, Experiential Learning
Kirk, Samuel A.; Elkins, John – 1974
Summarized are 68 research studies from 1970 to 1975 on the Revised Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA), particularly as it relates to learning disabilities. The reviews have been organized by the following areas (the number of studies in each section and sample study topics are in parentheses): studies comparing the experimental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Diagnosis, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities
Kocher, A. Thel – 1974
The purpose of the present study was to empirically investigate the stability and accuracy of one suggested method for matching test difficulty to examinee ability level. Students' answers to traditional classroom tests were rescored by computer as if the examinations had been flexilevel tests. The scores thus obtained were found to correlate…
Descriptors: Ability, Comparative Analysis, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Testing
