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Download full textKasden, Lawrence N., Ed.; Hoeber, Daniel R., Ed. – 1980
The 12 essays in this collection address the concerns of basic writing teachers and those who teach basic writing teachers. The first essay discusses the characteristics of the low achieving college students who require basic writing instruction and argues for basic writing courses that are based upon a thorough understanding of students' nature…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Research, English Teacher Education, Evaluation Methods
WITHROW, FRANK B. – 1966
THE ILLINOIS COMMUNICATION SCALE WAS DEVELOPED ON 16 MM COLOR FILM TO ASSESS THE RECEPTIVE COMMUNICATION ABILITIES OF DEAF CHILDREN BETWEEN 6 AND 14 YEARS. FORMS WERE CONSTRUCTED TO MEASURE (1) AUDITORY RECEPTION, (2) LIPREADING AND LISTENING, (3) LIPREADING ONLY, (4) FINGERSPELLING, AND (5) LANGUAGE OF SIGNS. EACH FORM HAD 5 SUBPARTS (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Auditory Evaluation, Children, Communication Skills
Vaillancourt, Beverly – 1979
This final report contains a ten-page narrative and extensive appendixes of materials regarding, and products developed by, a project to develop assessment and educational techniques serving the adult basic education (ABE) student with learning disabilities (LD). The narrative discusses activities (and results) concerning these five project…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Basal Reading
Schevill, Karl E.; Stone, James C. – 1980
Performance Evaluation in Foreign Language (PEFL) is a Title IV-C project based on Krashen's Monitor Model for second language acquisition. As such, it recognizes both natural learning (situations requiring spontaneous oral communication) and formal, traditional learning (reading, writing, translation, grammar, syntax). The PEFL Student…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Attitude Change, Conversational Language Courses
Russell, Dale; Plakos, John – 1977
A method of developing measurement instruments to assess academic achievement in proficiency-based education is presented. Materials and exercises are sequenced to correspond to major activities which must be completed in developing local assessment systems. The exercises contained in this workshop guide have been field tested and can be followed…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Competency Based Education
Payne, Frank D. – 1975
Six contrived situational measures of altruism--prosocial behavior intended to benefit other persons--were developed and administered to 52 fourth- through sixth-grade boys and girls of Caucasian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, and Hawaiian heritage. A peer nomination device and a teacher rating form dealing with altruistic behavior were developed…
Descriptors: Altruism, Behavior Rating Scales, Correlation, Demography
Nassif, Paula M.; And Others – 1979
A procedure which employs a method of item substitution based on item difficulty is recommended for developing parallel criterion referenced test forms. This procedure is currently being used in the Florida functional literacy testing program and the Georgia teacher certification testing program. Reasons for developing parallel test forms involve…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level, Equated Scores, Functional Literacy
Kauffman, John D. – 1979
Two reports on the current status and future trends of state assessment programs are presented. Among the results summarized for 1977-1978 and also presented in chart form for the 41 states which administer testing programs are: 19 programs are mandated by state legislatures; 22 programs test all students in the grades or ages assessed;…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Testing, Educational Trends
Morris, Lynn Lyons; Fitz-Gibbon, Carol Taylor – 1978
The objectives of this booklet are to provide suggestions, procedures, and rules of thumb to aid the evaluator in using achievement tests in program evaluation. It also discusses some of the theories underlying the procedures for developing and selecting achievement tests and interpreting their results. Each of the six chapters offers advice on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests
Shulman, Lee S. – 1978
It appears that those who develop tests are not meeting the needs of classroom teachers. The types of tests which have traditionally been used in the classroom are inconsistent with, and in many cases, irrelevant to, the realities of teaching. When tests are designed to be relatively immune to the variations in experience and response that…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Testing
Eber, Herbert W. – 1965
Two 160-item experimental forms of multidimensional personality test to assess vocational potential of clients of limited literacy (third grade reading level) were developed and administered to clients at rehabilitation centers and at centers for the retarded. Using the 16 Personality Factors Test as a model, items were constructed to do the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Counseling, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Whitmore, Paul G. – 1975
The primary purpose of the student follow-up questionnaires was to identify instructional and curricular deficiencies in sufficiently specific terms to provide a basis for correcting the deficiencies. This effort was part of the evaluation component of a program dealing with the systematization of instruction. Two instruments were developed: one…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Followup Studies, Participant Satisfaction
Carlson, Alfred B.; And Others – 1976
Rating scales of the "scaled behavioral expectation" type were developed to measure the constructs of independence and initiative, conscientiousness, enthusiasm, critical facility, teaching skills, research and experimentation, communication, and persistence. The scales were used by faculty in three psychology departments, two chemistry…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Chemistry, College Entrance Examinations, College Faculty
Tabler, Kenneth – 1977
Activities involved in the collection and assembling of data for computer processing from the first followup survey of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) are briefly described. Included are an overview of the NLS; the sample design and survey participation; the development of the first followup survey…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases, Followup Studies
Masters, James R.; Weaver, Waldo G. – 1977
The Student Observation of Teachers and Teaching Techniques instrument (StOTT) was developed by high school students who served on the Student Advisory Board to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The StOTT instrument consists of 32 items. Each of the first 29 is included in one of the subscales: Teacher-Student Relations, Grades and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Factor Analysis
