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Download full textBottenberg, Robert A. – 1978
To investigate operating characteristics of performance factors and the evaluation of potential ratings for new officers, an analysis of controlled effectiveness for 9,230 lieutenant colonels was performed. The study was done to determine whether performance factor variance was so restricted that the performance factors would not provide useful…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Job Skills, Military Training
Owoc, Paul, Ed. – Reporting on Reading, 1978
The articles in this publication look at how tests can be used to improve the quality of reading instruction and more generally at what excellence in a reading program means. Among the topics are: changes in the reading assessment prepared by the National Assessment of Educational Progress; a discussion of the limitations and possibilities of…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, National Competency Tests
Epstein, Kenneth I.; Steinheiser, Frederick H., Jr. – 1978
A multiparameter, programmable model was developed to examine the interactive influence of certain parameters on the probability of deciding that an examinee had attained a specified degree of mastery. It was applied within the simulated context of performance testing of military trainees. These parameters included: (1) the number of assumed…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Bayesian Statistics, Cutting Scores, Hypothesis Testing
BALDWIN, THOMAS S. – 1967
TWO FORMS OF PAPER AND PENCIL ACHIEVEMENT TESTS WERE ASSEMBLED IN FOUR AND ONE FORM WAS ASSEMBLED IN THE OTHER OF THE FIVE TRADE CURRICULUM AREAS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS DEVELOPING ACHIEVEMENT MEASURES. DESIGN AND PRODUCTION OF 10 OF THE 12 MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE FOR THE FIVE AREAS WERE COMPLETED. NINE HOURS OF TESTING TIME WERE REQUESTED OF THE…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Tests, Curriculum, Data Processing
Miller, John G. – 1968
This study was organized for the purpose of determining the validity of any part or parts of a pre-selected battery of standardized tests as predictors of success in secondary school trade programs. The study was limited to the trade areas of machine shop and electrical wiring in 14 state vocational schools in Connecticut. A battery of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission (School), Electricians, Machine Tool Operators
Burton, Nancy W. – 1977
Performance standards are useful tools when comparative evaluation or personal selection are not appropriate for decision making. The concept was developed in 1962 when Glaser introduced criterion referenced testing, to emphasize the importance of making test scores informative about learning processes rather than comparing them to other people's…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
McKnight, A. James; And Others – 1969
The report discusses the development of written job proficiency examinations for four Mail Processing Equipment (MPE) positions (MPE apprentice, MPE mechanic, MPE senior mechanic, and MPE supervisor). After a brief introductory chapter, the next chapter describes the determination of examination objectives and the desirability of testing specific…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Equipment Maintenance, Government Employees, Item Analysis
Morse, David T.; Morse, Linda W. – 1976
Performance testing often entails the usage of expensive, time-consuming measures in the quest for determining the level of performance on some desired behavior. It is concluded that a generalizability theory approach to dealing with departures from reality in testing can aid in the establishment of empirically-based choices of measurement…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Mathematical Models, Measurement Techniques
Schroeder, Paul E., Ed. – 1975
In November 1975, a group of 158 persons met in Columbus, Ohio, to discuss the processes and techniques of job task analysis and the use of task inventories. The papers presented at the symposium are reproduced in this document as prepared by their authors. For the two speakers who did not prepare papers, only references to papers previously…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Conferences, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development
Curtis, H. A., Ed. – 1972
Symposium papers presented at an Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (Chicago, 1972), all of which concern banks of test items for use in constructing criterion referenced tests, comprise this document. The first paper, "Locally Produced Item Banks" by Thomas J. Slocum, presents information on the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Conference Reports, Conferences, Criterion Referenced Tests
University City School District, MO. – 1969
Gross Motor Observations is a test for preschool children which measures motor skills. Individual administration takes only two to three minutes and items are scored 0-3, low to high. The child is asked to perform a series of simple physical tasks which reveal the level of his motor ability. No skill is required for either administration or…
Descriptors: Individual Testing, Kindergarten Children, Motor Development, Nonverbal Tests
Cottrell, Milford C.; And Others – 1969
The purpose of this study was to compare national norms maintained by the National Business Entrance Testing Service with achievement, as measured by the National Busines s Entrance General Office Clerical and Typewriting Tests, of senior office-practice students in rural schools using the Mobile Office Education (MOE) program, in rural schools…
Descriptors: Business Skills, High School Students, Mobile Educational Services, Office Occupations Education
Finch, Curtis R. – 1969
The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of three methods of teaching diagnostic problem-solving (troubleshooting) to automotive students. The sample consisted of 45 community college students enrolled in automotive courses. Initially, all students received a presentation on ignition principles, and the Otis Mental Ability Test…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Auto Mechanics, Experimental Groups
Paterson Board of Education, NJ. – 1972
Presented is the annual report (1971-72) of an urban early childhood education program in Paterson, New Jersey, which served up to 550 pre-kindergarten through third grade culturally disadvantaged children with an education intervention program. Listed are members of the project staff, the Boards of Education and Commissioners, and the Community…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Krause, Dorothy; Olson, Borghild – 1968
This booklet presents a brief description of human neurological development and outlines a program for children designed to establish neurological organization through movement. The patterns of movement are divided into six areas: (1) General Movement Patterns (such as head rolls, crawling, cross-pattern creeping and walking, running, skipping,…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Body Image, Early Childhood Education, Exercise (Physiology)
