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Brossell, Gordon – 1980
A study tested the hypothesis that essay examination topics specifying full rhetorical contexts are superior to less information-laden versions of the same topics. Subjects were 360 college students who were given 45 minutes to write essays on 6 topics phrased at 3 information (or specificity of rhetorical context) levels--high, low, and moderate.…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Higher Education, Rhetoric, Test Construction
Campbell, Thomas; And Others – 1980
As one in a series of test item collections developed by the Assessment and Evaluation Unit of the Directorate of Studies, items of value from past tests are made available to teachers for the construction of unit tests, term examinations or as a basis for class discussion. Each collection was reviewed for content validity and reliability. The…
Descriptors: German, Item Banks, Latin, Multiple Choice Tests
Kouimanos, John, Ed. – 1980
As one in a series of test item collections developed by the Assessment and Evaluation Unit of the Directorate of Studies, items of value from past tests are made available to teachers for the construction of unit tests, term examinations or as a basis for class discussion. Each collection was reviewed for content validity and reliability. The…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Foreign Countries, Geography, Item Banks
Kouimanos, John, Ed. – 1980
As one in a series of test item collections developed by the Assessment and Evaluation Unit of the Directorate of Studies, items of value from past tests are made available to teachers for the construction of unit tests, term examinations or as a basis for class discussion. Each collection was reviewed for content validity and reliability. The…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Foreign Countries, Geography, Item Banks
Kouimanos, John, Ed. – 1979
As one in a series of test item collections developed by the Assessment and Evaluation Unit of the Directorate of Studies, items of value from past tests are made available to teachers for the construction of unit tests, term examinations or as a basis for class discussion. Each collection was reviewed for content validity and reliability. The…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Cultural Context, Geography, Item Banks
Download full textDeck, Dennis; Arter, Judy – 1981
This paper presents key concepts and practical suggestions to use in evaluating three types of Title I summer programs. A description of the summer program characteristics is followed by outlines of the three evaluation designs: (1) norm referenced design; (2) criterion referenced design; and (3) comparison group design. The techniques, procedural…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Measurement
White, Karl R.; Osguthorpe, Russell T. – 1977
A basic consideration in conducting a career education needs assessment is whether to select published tests or to develop new instruments and evaluation techniques. Advantages of published tests are availability and convenience and ease to use. Advantages in using self-developed measures can be seen by examining a needs assessment study in which…
Descriptors: Career Education, Evaluation Methods, Needs Assessment, Questionnaires
Berk, Ronald A. – 1978
A method is described for choosing sample sizes when the domain to be sampled consists of a finite set of sentences and the purpose is to construct a test to assess the comprehension or the readability of written discourse. The testing method is that proposed in Bormuth's work on transformational analysis within a criterion-referenced measurement…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Readability, Sample Size, Sampling
Otey, John W. – 1980
In line with the current trend toward more diagnostic testing in the public schools, the State of Oklahoma has adopted a mandatory screening program for all kindergarten, first, and second grade students. This paper discusses the six-year development, norming, and implementation of the new 58 item, teacher administered and scored screening…
Descriptors: Educational Responsibility, Laws, Learning Problems, Primary Education
Spirer, Janet E., Ed. – 1980
Addressing issues facing vocational education on the topic of performance testing, this handbook consists of a collection of seventeen commissioned papers and reactions to the papers. Two papers are presented on each of the following types of issues that must be considered before a performance test can be constructed: philosophical, technical,…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Legal Responsibility, Performance Tests, Program Implementation
Bailey, Bruce E.; Butler, John W. – 1980
Information useful for the identification of child abusers was developed. Data initially collected provided feedback concerning the characteristics and attitudes of child abusers. An MMPI profile analysis was conducted in the second phase of the study. While 10 of the 15 subjects had one or more scale scores above T-70, the average group profile…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Child Abuse, Classification, Identification
Frary, Robert B. – 1980
Ordinal response modes for multiple choice tests are those under which the examinee marks one or more choices in an effort to identify the correct choice, or include it in a proper subset of the choices. Two ordinal response modes: answer-until-correct, and Coomb's elimination of choices which examinees identify as wrong, were analyzed for scoring…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Multiple Choice Tests, Responses, Scoring
KEPHART, NEWELL C.; ROACH, EUGENE G. – 1966
THIS VOLUME PRESENTS NORMATIVE DATA AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADMINISTERING AND SCORING THE PURDUE PERCEPTUAL MOTOR SURVEY (PPMS). THE FINDINGS OF SEVERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE NOTED IN ESTABLISHING A RATIONALE FOR PERCEPTUAL MOTOR ACTIVITIES IN CHILDREN. MOTOR ACTIVITY IS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF GENERALIZED MOVEMENT, REFLEX ACTIVITIES, MOVEMENT PATTERNS,…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Perception Tests, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Scoring
COOK, STUART W. – 1966
A DIAGRAMATIC OVERVIEW IS PRESENTED OF A PROJECT WHOSE GOAL IS A SYSTEMATIC AND COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF AN ATTITUDE UPON A VARIETY OF RESPONSES. DEPENDING UPON THE OUTCOME OF THIS WORK, CERTAIN RESPONSES WILL BE CHOSEN AS INDICATORS OF ATTITUDE, AND WILL BE UTILIZED AS BASES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ATTITUDE MEASURES. THE SET OF…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Experiments, Measurement Techniques
HEDGES, WILLIAM D. – 1966
WRITTEN PRIMARILY FOR SCIENCE TEACHERS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THIS BOOK DEALS WITH TEST CONSTRUCTION WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON PLANNING, RULES FOR WRITING TEST ITEMS, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF EXAMINATIONS. PRESENTED ARE SUGGESTIONS FOR DEVELOPING INSTRUMENTS TO TEST FOR (1) VARIOUS KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE, (2) UNDERSTANDING, AND (3) THE…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Biology, Chemistry, Evaluation
