Discusses ways testing can help students learn if the teacher can remove the aura and function of evaluation from the experience. (GB)

The purpose of this study is to examine the SACU variables in relation to other commonly used variables in predicting university success in Alberta. (Author)

Author discusses common sense, reasoning processes, and the scheduling of examinations and their predictability. (RK)

Results of experiment showed that of the 80 per cent of students cheating, roughly half had a GPA of over 85. (SP)

The study examined the effects of emphasizing the competitive environment in a testing situation through the use of rewards and game techniques. Neither rewards nor games had an effect on test performance. (Author/MF)

This paper discusses the underlying structure and development of the benefit-T-score (bentee) which attempts to measure overall educational benefit. (CK)

Educators in technical education should resolve major differences in philosophy and get on with the basic task of training technicians. (JS)

Describes a performance test for use as a student evaluation technique. (GR)

New curricula in the social studies requires new procedures in student evaluation. (NI)

Prior to 1975, students in Chicago Public Schools were assigned grade level tests, a practice that in 1974 resulted in 42 percent of the students scoring at the equivalent of a "chance" level. In 1975, the schools switched to functioning level testing. The change caused lower average test scores, but the percentage of chance scores…

The integration of testing and learning are discussed as urgent tasks for test developers, examiners, and guidance specialists. The implications of Edmonds' concept of educational equity (see TM 506 980) and Krumboltz's view of the role of testing in guidance (see TM 506 981) are analyzed. (CM)

Statements from six major professional educational organizations describe their points of view about testing and measurement. The organizations include the National Education Association; American Association of School Administrators; National Association of Secondary School Principals; National School Boards Association; National Association of…