A SURVEY OF EVENING COLLEGE COUNSELING SERVICES IN CALIFORNIA NETTED RESPONSES FROM 59 OF THE STATE'S 73 JUNIOR COLLEGES. MAJOR EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON PROBLEMS RELATED TO (1) THE COLLEGE PROGRAM AND FACILITIES, (2) STUDENTS, AND (3) COUNSELORS. PROBLEMS CITED BY RESPONDENTS INCLUDED INADEQUATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COUNSELING AND LACK OF ADEQUATE…

The ways in which differences between expected grades and those actually received affect a student's academic expectations, actual performance, attribution of success or failure, and self-involvement were measured. Using the assumption that an individual is usually motivated to maintain or increase his self-esteem, 4 hypotheses concerning academic…

This study reports, for a group of 257 boys and a group of 286 girls, factor analyses of 43 Project TALENT aptitude and information tests, together with 48 tests from three multiple-aptitude batteries and one high-school achievement battery (The Flanagan Aptitude Classification Tests, Differential Aptitude Tests, General Aptitude Test Battery, and…

Experience in evaluating responses to poetry in the Advanced Placement Examination can offer guidelines for the effective testing of students on poetry without reducing their interest in the art. For advanced secondary or first-year college students, teachers should avoid approaches and tests that are concerned with (1) extraneous biographical,…

School testing programs in many cases have been limited to obtaining an IQ score and achievement scores in reading and mathematics for each student. Testing in the U.S. Department of Defense Overseas Dependents Schools followed this pattern and was under attack from many sides. Consequently, the testing program was suspended in 1971 to provide…

Testing, assessment, and evaluation, all based on measurement, are assuming increasingly important roles in American society. They are becoming a more vital force in the world of work, in education, and in the processes of determining the effectiveness of social institutions. Educational Testing Service (ETS) convened a conference for education…

One solution to the problem of obtaining test scores in order to assess multiple outcomes of educational programs is a basically simple technique called matrix sampling. Matrix sampling is the estimation of total test score statistics by administering random subsets of test items to randomly selected students. This chapter lays out the specific…

The purpose of this study was to improve the evaluation proficiencies of high school distributive education teachers in Virginia. A special conference for selected high school distributive education teachers provided instruction in the preparation of evaluation units and actual construction of such units in selected areas. An evaluation of the…

Most standardized testing programs do not furnish examples of the kinds of information young people actually know. Instead they indicate only (1) how far an individual student is above or below an average score, and (2) the average score of a classroom or a school in relation to others. In contrast, National Assessment evaluates educational…

The next seven years will see important changes in the Washington Pre-college Testing Program for post-high school guidance. In the near future, the current cognitive emphasis of the program will be altered to include more attitudinal measures like a vocational interest inventory and an assessment of educational, employment, and life goals. In…

For instructional films to be effective teaching device, testing based on their subject material must be devised and used. Serial Multiple Discrimination Teaching Examinations (Teaching Tests or TT's) have been so used in an introductory psychology course attended by 5,000 students in the last five years. Since these tests have a low chance factor…

This booklet was developed to help teachers evaluate student courses. It is not intended to provide the basis for a total evaluation, but as a "quick and easy" method to describe the basis of awarding student grades; identify ways in which to evaluate the effectiveness of a course of study; analyze the cognitive levels of test items; list the real…

This symposium presents an alternative to the numerical mode of reporting, and describes the work that has been done, and the work that is continuing, in the area of computer-generated narrative-format testing reports. Computer narrative testing reports are in a verbal form that eliminates the use of almost all numbers and technical terms. These…

A new variant of the standard method for estimating the accuracy of educational tests is examined. It is found that the estimates produced by the new method are essentially unbiased and that the typical sizes of the errors of the estimates approach their theoretical lower limit as size increases, though they are still noticably above it for small…

Described is a procedure for utilizing a computer to generate domain-referenced tests in mathematics. The procedure can be adapted for use in testing and instructional programs in either an on-line or off-line mode. It requires specification of the objectives of interest in behavioral terms and grouping them into sets that share a common content.…