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Download full textMathis, 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
NIMNICHT, GLEN P.; AND OTHERS – 1966
A NEW NURSERY SCHOOL PROGRAM, COMBINING A RESPONSIVE ENVIRONMENT AND AN ENRICHED CLASSROOM SUBPROGRAM, WAS IMPLEMENTED IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE PARTICULAR SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF DISADVANTAGED SPANISH-AMERICAN, PRESCHOOL CHILDREN. FIRST-YEAR EFFORTS WERE REPORTED OF AN EXTENDED LONGITUDINAL STUDY, PROJECTED FOR ABOUT…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Enrichment Activities, Minority Group Children, Nursery Schools
GOODWIN, WILLIAM L.; AND OTHERS – 1965
NULL HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED TO DETERMINE THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF (1) EXPERIMENTAL ATMOSPHERE AND ABSENCE OF SAME, (2) NOTICE OF TEST (10 SCHOOL DAYS) AND NO NOTICE (1 SCHOOL DAY), (3) TEACHER ADMINISTRATION AND OUTSIDE ADMINISTRATION OF TESTS, AND (4) TEACHER SCORING AND OUTSIDE SCORING OF TESTS. SIXTH-GRADE CLASSES (N=64), EACH FROM A…
Descriptors: Achievement, Arithmetic, Elementary School Students, Environmental Influences
Leitch, Colin – School Guidance Worker, 1976
The author describes the testing efforts of Student Services in his school in the light of financial cutbacks, public demand for accountability, student demand for relevance and student apathy toward the counseling center. (Author/HMV)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods, Program Descriptions, School Counseling
Peer reviewedSmith, Michael R. – School Law Bulletin, 1978
Examines each of the four arguments aginst the North Carolina competency testing program: that the test will result in denial of equal protection of the law, in a violation of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and in a denial of both procedural and substantive due process. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Due Process, Equal Protection, Minimum Competency Testing
Peer reviewedGere, Anne Ruggles; Clark, Sandra – English Journal, 1978
Describes problems with standardized testing and urges teachers to educate the public about weaknesses in statewide minimum competency testing. (DD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Problems, Minimum Competency Testing, Public Opinion
Griffith, William S.; Cervero, Ronald M. – Adult Education, 1977
Examines the claims of the developers of the Adult Performance Level (APL) program to improve the teaching and testing of adults enrolled in federally supported adult basic education programs, identifies APL's theoretical problems, scrutinizes the technical aspects of its development, and evaluates the role of the U.S. Office of Education in these…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Objectives, Federal Programs, Performance Tests
