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Palow, William P. – 1978
The assessment and placement system used in the Mathematics Learning Center of the New World Center campus of Miami-Dade Community College uses two test inventories: (1) a multiple choice mathematics test geared to the course which the student wants to pursue; and (2) the Canfield-Lafferty Learning Styles Inventory designed to determine an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education
Haenn, Joseph F.; Proctor, Diane C. – 1978
Out of level testing is defined and reasons for administering out of level tests, especially in compensatory education programs are explained: (1) to achieve optimum test reliability; (2) to test student achievement--provided out of level test scores are interpreted in terms of the appropriate in-level population; (3) to avoid carelessness and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Educational Testing
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1976
The major emphasis of the Kentucky Educational Assessment Program is to determine the actual level of performance of Kentucky pupils in relation to the desired levels of performance established in the 1972 report entitled "Goals of Education in Kentucky." The report was published by the Kentucky State Department of Education and contains…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1978
The concern of educators and the general public over the decline in basic skills achievement of students nationwide has led to a national push for results-oriented instruction and educational accountability. Many states are developing tests for life-related competencies which students should master during the schooling process. States moving…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Daily Living Skills
Download full textBlock, Arthur R.; Rebell, Michael A. – 1980
One of seven sections of a report that examines the assessment of occupational competence, this chapter provides a review of how the courts have responded to assessment practices. The difference in the perspectives held by the users and originators of assessment procedures and those held by the courts is developed by examining key court cases…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adults, Certification, Competence
Rosenblatt, Richard D. – 1979
The effectiveness of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I reading and mathematics laboratories were evaluated to assess the improvement of underachieving elementary school students' academic skills. Laboratory students were selected on the basis of academic (rather than socioeconomic) criteria in grades 2 through 5; the control…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Compensatory Education
LAMB, HOWARD E.; AND OTHERS – 1965
PROJECT HEAD START WAS CONCEIVED IN PART, TO INCREASE THE ORDINARILY REDUCED NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE CHILD AND OTHER PEOPLE. FOUR QUESTIONS WERE ASKED. (1) WOULD THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS OF HEAD START CHILDREN DIFFER FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN IN A CONTROL GROUP. (2) WOULD HEAD START CHILDREN DEVELOP APPROPRIATE…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Disadvantaged, Educational Testing, Emotional Development
Bossone, Richard M., Ed. – 1980
Following opening remarks by Joseph L. Dionne, four sections of papers are presented. In part I--Testing and the Basic Skills--P. Michael Timpane and Judith Shoemaker discuss federal activities, Edwin L. West, Jr. discusses the coordination of teaching and testing, and Amelia Ashe describes testing and teaching of writing competency. Part…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, College Entrance Examinations, Diagnostic Tests
DeLorme, Hsuan L.; And Others – 1974
The Pupil-Perceived Needs Assessment (PPNA) is designed to assist school personnel in collecting information on pupil attitudes, reactions, and feelings towards new and existing curricular and extracurricular programs or towards education in general, and to assess pupils' needs from the pupils' perspective. The package is not meant to be used as…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Processing, Educational Assessment
Bernal, Ernest M., Jr. – 1977
This paper discusses some of the problems involved in the testing of minority group children, focusing on the testing of bilingual minorities and emphasizing the special problems involved in testing Hispanic children. Considered are a variety of ways in which tests have been misused and misinterpreted in working with these children. It is…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cultural Influences, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Powers, Stephen – 1979
A longitudinal study was initiated in the Tuscon Unified School District (TUSD) to follow the achievement of seventh and ninth grade Title I students: (1) to investigate the suitability and difficulty of the Total Reading Test of the Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT) and the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS); (2) to compare the gains in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Testing
Summary of the Spring 1979 Conference of the National Consortium on Testing, (April 30-May 1, 1979).
Haney, Walt; Strenio, Andrew – 1979
A summary, prepared from notes and tape recordings, is presented of the 1979 conference of the National Consortium on Testing. Panel descussions on the following topics are included: (1) introduction; (2) update--recent and upcoming events concerning testing; (3) test preparation and coaching; (4) minimum competency testing; (5) program evaluation…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Confidentiality, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Ingle, Robert B., Ed.; And Others – 1978
Three conference sessions focused on attempts to implement minimum competency testing programs at various educational levels. In each of the sessions particular attention was paid to planning for the development of a minimum competency testing program; the processes of development, initiation, and interpretation of the results; and difficulties…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Competency Based Education, Conference Reports
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Educational Testing. – 1978
New York state high school principals and superintendents were surveyed regarding their evaluations of the statewide minimum competency testing program for high school graduation. Program data were also supplied by the principals. It was concluded that: (1) 85 percent of eleventh grade students had completed the basic competency test graduation…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Testing
Spear, Barbara E. – 1979
A program for adults with learning disabilities is being conducted at the Educational Testing and Learning Clinic (ETLC) at Orange Coast College (OCC). The program has five components. In order to enroll, the student's basic skill level must be below the eighth grade in reading, spelling, and writing, and below the sixth grade in mathematics. The…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Testing
