Major analyses of the achievement tests used in the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study were conducted to determine test reactivity to instruction. Reading and mathematics tests were administered to second and fifth grade children. Classroom teachers' records were examined to determine the amount of opportunity students had to learn the content…

Evaluation and assessment procedures of Ontario, Canada principals and teachers at the Intermediate level (grades 7 and 8) were examined. Extensive questionnaires were returned by 134 principals and 225 teachers divided across the subject areas of English, Mathematics, Science, Languages, History, Home Economics or Shop, Arts, and Physical…

The Fundamental Achievement Series (FAS) is designed to cover a range of ability from basic literacy to approximately the eighth grade. These tests are used in the employment or educational placement of adults and adolescents who have not been exposed to formal education, or the educationally disadvantaged. The FAS contains a Verbal and a…

The effects of test content reflecting black or white culture, on the performance of college-bound students of both races was examined. Eighty-five culture-specific items were developed for use in the English Usage and Social Studies Reading subtests of the ACT (American College Testing) Assessment Program. Items were administered as four separate…

American education is not as inadequate as public opinion indicates. The literacy and skill of American youth are higher today than forty years ago because of our high achievement standards and commitment to equal educational opportunity. These opposing principles have been reconciled by the diversity encouraged in institutions, teachers, and…

This symposium consists of five papers and presents some recent developments in adaptive testing which have applications to several military testing problems. The overview, by James R. McBride, defines adaptive testing and discusses some of its item selection and scoring strategies. Item response theory, or item characteristic curve theory, is…

The Stanford Achievement Test was administered to 2,186 of the 47,045 Montana high school students to analyze whether or not school size is important in determining student achievement, and to analyze factors that affect student achievement and whether those factors vary by school size. The sample included 1,311 sophomores and 875 seniors. To…

Perspectives on university-level studies and factors that affect student performance are considered, based on experiences and research conducted at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the University of Birmingham, England. Topics include the following: student goals; the use of lectures for larger groups; the importance of early feedback;…

This second of 14 curriculum modules in the Family and Community Services Occupational Education Modules series deals with self-development, respect, and understanding. It contains experiences to help students have some concept about cooperative employment situations in relationship to in-class work and to analyze their own characteristics in…

This fourth of 14 curriculum modules in the Family and Community Services Occupational Education Modules series deals with understanding and utilizing resources, facilities, and personnel in family and community services. It is designed to help students examine resources used to help and serve clients and to become familiar with the variety of…

This twelfth of 14 curriculum modules in the Family and Community Services Occupational Education Modules series deals with functions and structure of the family. Definitions of the family are compared, and students are helped to understand various forms, functions, and structures of families. The developmental stages of the family life cycle and…

All second and third graders in California public schools were administered the Reading Test of the California Assessment Program; performance of all sixth and twelfth graders in reading, written expression, spelling, and mathematics was assessed with the Survey of Basic Skills. Findings were compared to those of previous years and can be…

ADULT BASIC EDUCATION ENCOMPASSES FOUR STAGES--(1) INTRODUCTORY, FOR THE ILLITERATE WHO IS LEARNING TO READ BUT WHO MUST ALSO LEARN TO LISTEN AND COMMUNICATE, (2) ELEMENTARY, FOR THOSE WITH A FOUNDATION IN COMMUNICATION SKILLS WHO MUST DEVELOP VOCABULARY AND SOCIAL COMPETENCIES AND EXPLORE OCCUPATIONAL INTERESTS, (3) INTERMEDIATE, WITH EMPHASIS ON…

OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO ASSESS THE OVERALL EFFECT OF VOCATIONAL AND BASIC EDUCATION ON DISADVANTAGED YOUTH AND TO IDENTIFY THE PATTERNS OF CHANGE TAKING PLACE IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF DISADVANTAGED TRAINEES. AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 189 TRAINEES IN THE MUSKEGON AREA SKILL TRAINING CENTER WAS COMPARED WITH A CONTROL GROUP OF 89…

DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GIVEN FOR A PROGRAM OF HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION STUDIES FOR ADULTS AND TEENAGERS IN MICHIGAN. THE BACKGROUND AND THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE DROPOUT PROBLEM ARE REVIEWED, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND PROBLEMS (PRINCIPALLY ACCREDITATION AND FINANCIAL POLICY) PRESENTED BY EXISTING PROGRAMS IN MICHIGAN AND CERTAIN OTHER…