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PDF pending restorationFroese-Germain, Bernie – 1999
Changes in assessment policy have resulted in a proliferation of testing in Canadian schools. Advocates claim that more testing will result in greater accountability, but this book states that there is little evidence to support standardized testing from a pedagogical perspective. It examines the effects of standardized testing on educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Curriculum
Download full textOwen, K. – 1998
This volume examines historic, cross-cultural, and psychometric issues with regard to the use of psychological testing in South Africa. After an introduction in Chapter 1, the following chapters are: "Measurement and Evaluation in Psychology and Education"; "History of the Development of Psychological Tests," which includes…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Blacks, Culture Fair Tests, Educational Policy
Willingham, Warren W.; Cole, Nancy S. – 1997
This exploration of gender and test fairness first considers ways in which women and men sometimes differ in test performance, and then examines some of the aspects of why they differ, focusing on aspects that have implications for the design of fair tests. The first chapter introduces the context of the topic, the nature of test fairness, and the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Higher Education
Popham, W. James – 1999
This book contains necessary information to help teachers deal with the assessment concerns of classroom teachers. The major theme is that classroom assessment should help teachers make better educational decisions. Each chapter contains several elements intended to foster mastery of its contents, including a summary of contents, a more succinct…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Constructed Response, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Brigance, Albert H.; Hargis, Charles H. – 1993
Rather than providing an anthology of tests and assessment techniques, this book focuses on academic success and its maintenance and the role of testing. The discussion opens with a consideration of the relationship between assessment and curriculum. It is important to consider carefully what it is we want to teach, and it is equally important to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Auditory Tests, Course Content
Linn, Robert L., Ed. – 1993
This collection explores the theory and applications of educational testing. It is divided into sections on theory and general principles of educational measurement, administration of tests and scoring, and applications of testing. The following chapters present information on test theory and use: (1) "Current Perspectives and Future…
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Cognitive Psychology
