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Download full textNorthwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1978
Key findings of a pilot study of the Alaska Instructional Diagnostic System (AIDS) are summarized. The AIDS pilot test served to verify the appropriateness of the skills survey as well as the validity and reliability of the items. The AIDS testing system includes three components: (1) upper level skills surveys (grades 3-8); (2) lower level skill…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Direct linkCronin, John; Bowe, Branin – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2005
This study investigated the relationship between the scales used for the NMSBA assessments and the RIT scales used to report performance on Northwest Evaluation Association tests. The study estimated the changes in reading and mathematics RIT score equivalents for the NMSBA performance levels in those subjects. Test records for more than 17,000…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Standardized Tests, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Hardin, Belinda J.; Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S. – 2001
The Early Learning Accomplishment Profile (Early LAP) provides a systematic method for observing children's functioning in the birth to 36-month age range in order to assist teachers, clinicians, and parents in assessing individual skills development in six developmental domains: gross motor, fine motor, cognition, language, self-help, and social…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Criterion Referenced Tests, Emotional Development
Royce, Daniel – 1995
The Teacher List Validation Study was conducted to evaluate the quality of the Teacher Listing Record (TLR), a form used during the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) to obtain a list of teachers in each school. The SASS is a set of four inter-related surveys of public and private elementary and secondary schools, districts, teachers, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews, Longitudinal Studies, National Surveys
Wightman, Linda F.; Muller, David G. – 1990
This study was designed to address questions of differential validity and questions of differential prediction in the law school admission process. The former were evaluated by comparing the magnitude of validity coefficients resulting from both simple and multiple correlations between first-year performance in law school and the traditional…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Black Students, College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education
Angoff, William H. – 1989
This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that items of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) containing reference to American people, places, customs, etc., tend to favor examinees who have spent some time living in the United States. Two samples of examinees were drawn from the March 1987 TOEFL administration, one tested in…
Descriptors: Context Effect, English (Second Language), Evaluators, Foreign Nationals
Stahl, Virginia V.; Pavel, D. Michael – 1992
The Bean and Metzner Nontraditional Undergraduate Student Attrition Model appeared to be a good model to address community college student attrition because it takes into account the environmental variables that colleges must consider to enhance persistence. A study was conducted to determine how well the Bean and Metzner Model fit with community…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Models, Predictive Validity
Belcher, Marcia J. – 1991
In 1991, a study was conducted of Miami-Dade Community College students' classroom experiences. The process involved randomly selecting one section for each full-time faculty member and administering the surveys prior to the final course withdrawal date. Surveys were returned from 640 sections (84% of those initially selected), and responses were…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Community Colleges, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
Hedges, Larry V.; Vevea, Jack L. – 1997
This study investigates the amount of uncertainty added to National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) estimates by equating error under both ideal and less than ideal circumstances. Data from past administrations are used to guide simulations of various equating designs and error due to equating is estimated empirically. The design…
Descriptors: Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores, Error of Measurement
Firstman, Aranga – 1983
A study was conducted to assess the use of the Psychological Services Bureau's Aptitude Test for Practical Nursing (PSB Aptitude Test) as an entrance requirement for the licensed vocational nurse (LVN) program at College of the Sequoias. The study sought to determine whether the PSB Aptitude Test was a valid indicator of success in the LVN…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Community Colleges, Grade Point Average
Clagett, Craig A. – 1989
In forecasting its fall credit headcounts, the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis at Prince George's Community College (PGCC) utilizes the Component Yield Method (CYM), an enrollment projection model developed by the college's planning analyst in the early 1980's. By disaggregating enrolled students into multiple groups, each with an…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Projections
Sung, Yong H.; Dong, Hei-Ki – 1984
The Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB) is a multiple ability test battery of specific work skills. It is designed for use in career counseling and personnel selection. The 14 BAB tests yield 16 ability scores: Clerical, Idea Fluency, Tonal Memory, Pitch Descrimination, Inductive Reasoning, Word Association, Writing Speed, Paper Folding, Vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Accountants, Aircraft Pilots, Aptitude Tests, Carpentry
Kessler, Ronald P. – 1987
In 1986, a study was conducted by the Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD) to evaluate the relationship between reading placement scores and classroom performance. The study sample consisted of students from fall 1985, spring 1986, and fall 1986 who had been tested using the College Board Assessment and Placement Test upon…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Discriminant Analysis, Grades (Scholastic)
Rosner, Frieda; Grandy, Jerilee – 1982
In July of 1981, the Policy Council of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE), in conjunction with the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey, completed a series of national surveys to review proposed changes in the NTE Commons Examinations. The survey was designed to tap varying perspectives on the proposed test content and its…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence, Preservice Teacher Education
Tollefson, Nona; And Others – 1980
The effect of two student characteristics (sex and grade point average) and two class variables (educational level and expected grade) were investigated as they pertain to the validity of college student ratings of teaching effectiveness. Students completed the Teacher Effectiveness Questionnaire (TEQ) the last week of the semester. The TEQ…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Grade Point Average, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
