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Download full textLand, Robert – Evaluation Comment, 1997
Assessment systems to measure high educational standards emerged as the major theme at the 1996 conference of the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), "Moving Up to Complex Assessment." This feature article, providing a summation of the proceedings of the conference, reports that the…
Descriptors: Conferences, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Educational Technology
Fix, Michael, Ed.; Turner, Margery Austin, Ed. – 1998
This collection is based on the fact that employment, housing, and consumer rights and opportunities are often inextricably linked and mutually dependent. The papers explore aspects of creating a national report card on discrimination, assessing the role that testing and other social science methodologies might play in its formulation. The papers…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Evaluation Methods
International Personnel Management Association, Washington, DC. – 1986
The International Association of Personnel Management Assessment Council (IPMAAC) is a section of the International Association of Personnel Management devoted to individuals involved in professional level public personnel assessment. Author-generated summaries/outlines of papers presented at the IPMAAC's 1986 conference are provided. The…
Descriptors: Assessment Centers (Personnel), Evaluation Methods, Job Analysis, Job Performance
Spearritt, Donald, Ed. – 1982
Educational and psychological measurement has been a main area of work for the Australian Council for Educational (ACER) since its inception. The theoretical and practical contributions of latent trait measurement and commentary on the relatively recent use of these models in Australia were the focus of a seminar celebrating the 50th anniversary…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Educational Research, Educational Testing
Fuller, Bruce – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
A discussion on the tension between university organizational interests and individual student interests with respect to the use of admissions tests is presented. Responsibilities of colleges and professional schools toward an increasingly pluralistic society are examined, and the need for more research on evaluating human competencies is urged.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Competence, Educational Responsibility
International Personnel Management Association, Washington, DC. – 1980
The International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council (IPMAAC) contains over 500 psychometric specialists, personnel psychologists, and personnel staffing specialists dedicated to the improvement of public personnel assessment in such fields as selection and performance evaluation. Author-generated summaries/outlines of papers…
Descriptors: Assessment Centers (Personnel), Evaluation Methods, Job Analysis, Job Performance
International Personnel Management Association, Washington, DC. – 1982
The International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council (IPMAAC) is a section of the International Personnel Management Association dedicated to the improvement of public personnel assessment in such fields as selection and performance evaluation. Author-generated summaries/outlines of papers presented at the IPMAAC's 1982 conference…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Job Performance, Occupational Tests, Personnel Evaluation
Crocker, Linda; Zieky, Michael – 1995
The National Assessment Governing Board and the National Center for Education Statistics sponsored a Joint Conference on Standard Setting for Large-Scale Assessments to provide a forum for technical and policy issues relevant to setting standards at local, state, and national levels. Volume I contains an executive summary of the conference and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
Bateson, David J., Ed. – 1992
This document provides the following 13 conference papers: (1) "Introduction: Where Do We Go From Here?" (D. J. Bateson); (2) "The Context of Classroom Procedures in Evaluating Students" (R. J. Wilson); (3) "Student Evaluation in the Ungraded Primary School: The SCRP (Systematic Cumulative Record of Performance)…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
International Personnel Management Association, Washington, DC. – 1984
The International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council (IPMAAC) is a professional section of the International Personnel Management Association for individuals involved in professional level public personnel assessment. Author-generated summaries/outlines of papers presented at the IPMAAC's 1984 conference, which focus on…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Evaluation Methods, Job Analysis, Job Performance
International Personnel Management Association, Washington, DC. – 1990
Fifty-seven papers presented at the annual meeting of the International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council (IPMAAC) in 1990 are provided. Selected topics include: using the cloze technique for reading skills assessment; examining assessment techniques; job analysis; alternate strategies for assessing writing skills; assessment of…
Descriptors: Assessment Centers (Personnel), Computer Assisted Testing, Job Analysis, Job Performance
Baker, Eva L.; Herman, Joan L. – 1983
The Center for the Study of Evaluation, of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California at Los Angeles (CSE) hosted a two day conference on "Paths to Excellence: Testing and Technology" on July 14-15, 1983. Attended by over 100 educational researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, the first day of the conference…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrator Attitudes, Data Analysis, Educational Policy
Green, Robert L. – 1998
The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) Summit that focused on the education and academic achievement of African American students was unique because the school district and the African American community came together as partners to seek ways to improve the educational status of African American students. This report tells the story of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Black Students, Church Role, Community Involvement
Herman, Joan; And Others – 1984
The purpose of the conference, "Wagging the Dog, Carting the Horse: Testing vs. Improving California Schools," was to discuss alternative perspectives on testing and evaluation in education and their role in improving teaching and learning. Four papers were presented: (1) "Using Educational Evaluation for the Improvement of California Schools," by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Petry, John R., Ed.; And Others – 1995
The Mid-South Educational Research Association (MSERA), organized in 1972, is a nonprofit organization with the purposes of encouraging quality educational research in the mid-South and promoting the application of the results of quality educational research in the schools. This volume contains abstracts of more than 300 discussion papers,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conferences, Educational Assessment, Educational Innovation
