Test construction is not the strictly logical process that we might wish it to be. This is particularly true in a large on-going project such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Most of the really deep questions can only be answered by the exercise of well-informed human judgment. Criterion-referenced testing is still a term…

The research investigated whether racial bias exists in the Navy Basic Test Battery (BTB), used to assign recruits to technical schools. BTB scores and school grades were obtained for approximately 105,000 whites and 2,000 blacks attending A Schools in 1969-1970. Sufficient numbers of blacks attended 24 schools for statistical analysis of their…

Research was conducted to study possible alternatives to ACT and SAT for admission and placement purposes. A survey of California community colleges revealed that the information desired about students is how well they can write, how well they can read, and how well they can apply basic mathematics skills and that the test should not exceed $3.00…

This report, one of six volumes presenting the results of Georgia's statewide testing program, provides test results for the eight grade by school category and, within categories, by school. The categories, totaling 48 for individual schools and 48 for systems, were devised in an effort to make comparisons between schools and systems more…

This report, one of six volumes presenting the results of Georgia's statewide testing program, provides test results for the eleventh grade by school category and, within categories, by school. The categories, totaling 48 for individual schools and 48 for systems, were devised in an effort to make comparisons between schools and systems more…

This report, one of six volumes presenting the results of Georgia's statewide testing program, provides test results for the fourth grade by school category and, within categories, by school. The categories, totaling 48 for individual schools and 48 for systems, were devised in an effort to make comparisons between schools and systems more…

A significant role of the testing specialist can be to assist teachers in becoming better testmakers and users. The first step in improving teachers' assessment instruments and techniques is to try to get them to become articulate about their objectives and to state them in concrete behavioral terms. Then the teacher needs to examine his own test…

Several samples of Black and White students were drawn from the 1970 PSAT administration in Georgia and studied for item x race interaction on both the verbal and mathematical sections of the test. When subsamples of candidates were drawn from their respective racial groups, matched on mathematical for the study of verbal items and matched on…

Three hundred and fifty-three Pittsburgh school children were randomly assigned to nine classes taught by the basal approach and nine classes taught by the integrated experience approach. Five readiness measures were administered at the beginning of the first grade, and the Stanford Achievement Test was given in May of first, second, and third…

This handbook for training program evaluators provides background information and practice activities in the following areas: (1) measurement: purposes, ideals, possibilities; (2) defining measurement domains; (3) person and item sampling; (4) test and item selection--with a selected list of standardized tests with pertinent information on each,…

The probability sample was a two-stage stratified sample. The first-stage units were schools and the second-stage units were students. Because certain subpopulations were oversampled, the data had to be weighted for analysis purposes. The analyses concerned contrasting North Carolina and its various subpopulations with the nation on standardized…

This manual has four purposes. They are: (1) to list test analysis services available to teachers, (2) to explain information on the analysis printouts, (3) to provide help in interpreting analysis results, and (4) to suggest possible uses of test analysis data. It is noted that test analyses services are available to teachers for teacher-made…

School systems are perpetuating racial segregation within integrated schools through intelligence tests and special education classes. Disproportionate numbers of blacks, American Indians, Mexican Americans and Puerto Rican Americans have been placed in classes for the emotionally disturbed or mentally retarded. Suits have been brought against the…

This speech discusses a utility function estimation procedure developed to provide curriculum planning information to elementary school principals. The administrator's utility (or preference) function was defined based on the performance of his students on a nationally standardized examination in a particular curriculum goal area. Both theoretical…

This study was designed to examine the validity of the Cooperative Reading Comprehension Test (CRCT), Form 1A, for advisement purposes. During the period under study, February 1967 through September 1969, 1,020 people took the test, and 39 percent of those tested enrolled at Hofstra University. CRCT scores on the average differentiated those who…