Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Researchers | 4 |
| Practitioners | 3 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Larry P v Riles | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Haney, Walt; Kinyanjui, Kabiru – IRCD Bulletin, 1979
After a period of striving for equal educational opportunity and progress toward that goal, American society is now shifting toward more emphasis on educational quality. However, some fear that the rise of Minimum Competency Testing (MCT) may hinder rather than help minority students' opportunities for equal education. Despite gains in the number…
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black Students, Educational Quality, Equal Education
Download full textFisher, Maurice, Ed. – Gifted Education Press Quarterly, 1998
These four issues of "Gifted Education Quarterly" include the following articles: (1) "Using Test Results To Support Clinical Judgment" (Linda Kreger Silverman), which discusses some of the difficulties in obtaining accurate indications of a child's level of giftedness and the importance of using professional judgment in…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Clinical Diagnosis, Computer Software, Educational Technology
Overall, Jesse U., IV; Marsh, Herbert W. – AAHE Bulletin, 1982
Recent research (1978-1982) on student evaluations of teaching is reviewed, including: influence of background variables pertaining to the student, the teacher, and the learning environment; the dimensions of the teaching being evaluated; the validity of students' evaluations; the "Doctor Fox" effect and its implications for validity; the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Research, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Airasian, Peter W. – NCME Measurement in Education, 1979
The nature and common uses of standardized achievement tests are described and placed in context in order to evaluate claims and criticisms that are commonly made. Tests are described as samples of behavior and hence subject to sampling errors. Much of the debate is dominated by emotion and prejudices. There is very little empirical evidence about…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Decision Making, Educational Objectives
Lee, Arthur M. – 1979
One of a series of sixteen knowledge transformation papers, this paper deals with the nature and extent of use of evaluative data by administrators in vocational education. First, the following conditions which govern the use of the data are described: availability, reliability, credibility, utility, and consistency. Since the legitimacy of most…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Evaluation, Evaluation Needs
Peer reviewedRudner, Lawrence M., Ed.; Schafer, William D., Ed. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2001
This document consists of papers published in the electronic journal "Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation" during 2000-2001: (1) "Advantages of Hierarchical Linear Modeling" (Jason W. Osborne); (2) "Prediction in Multiple Regression" (Jason W. Osborne); (3) Scoring Rubrics: What, When, and How?"…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
PDF pending restorationRogler, Lloyd H.; And Others – HRC Research Bulletin, 1982
This set of articles draws from a conceptual model for Hispanic mental health research developed by the Hispanic Research Center of Fordham University and describes the development and use of "Tell-Me-a-Story" (TEMAS), a new thematic apperception test for the assessment of personality functioning in ethnic minority children. An…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Folk Culture, Hispanic Americans, Mental Disorders
Olson, John F.; Goldstein, Arnold A. – Focus on NAEP, 1996
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is working to increase the numbers of students with disabilities (SD) or limited English proficient (LEP) students who are included in the assessment. Information is presented on the changes made to the inclusion criteria, the types of accommodations being offered, new procedures implemented…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Criteria, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Fisher, Joseph A., Ed. – 1986
Containing selections of the papers presented at the 1984 and 1985 annual meetings of the North Central Reading Association, this yearbook includes sections on research; reviews of research; professional issues; and program descriptions. Papers include: "Twenty-Five Years of Professional Progress" (James E. Walker); "A Study of Student Alienation…
Descriptors: Adults, College Freshmen, College Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction
Boylan, Hunter R., Ed.; Kerstiens, Gene, Ed. – Research in Developmental Education, 1989
These four serial issues examine the effectiveness and appropriateness of a variety of assessment tests as well as their relationship to developmental education. Included are reviews of the following tests: (1) the Comparative Guidance and Placement Program, a self-scoring test of English and mathematics; (2) the Stanford Achievement Test, an…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Testing
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 35 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) cloze procedure; (2) the monitoring and facilitation of reading growth; (3) the effect of immediate item feedback on the reliability and validity of verbal…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Cloze Procedure, Communication Skills
Noble, Julie P.; Sawyer, Richard – 1988
The validity of American College Testing Program (ACT) test scores and self-reported high school grades for predicting grades in specific college freshman courses was studied. Specific course grades are typically used to place students in remedial, standard, or advanced classes. These placement decisions, in turn, have immediate implications for…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Lumley, Tom – Digest of Australian Languages and Literacy Issues, 1996
A discussion of current second language testing trends and practices in Australia focuses on the use of performance assessment, providing examples of its application in four specific contexts: an occupational English test used for to assess job-related English language skills as part of the certification procedure for health professionals;…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Students, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries
Dunn, Judy; And Others – Research Roundup, 1987
A one-page introduction is followed by summaries of articles and documents on teacher competency testing. George F. Madaus argues that, although tests serve some useful functions, treating them as a major mechanism for reforming education is questionable. Peter A. Garcia examines the negative impact of testing on minority teachers and minorities…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Practices
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 30 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: use of short and long passages in informal reading inventories, components in decoding spelling patterns, the psycholinguistic analysis of oral reading miscues and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Cloze Procedure, Doctoral Dissertations
