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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Early Childhood Education, Champaign, IL. – 1975
The purpose of this bibliography is to provide sources of information for educators, researchers, and students on: (1) the identification of children with potential learning problems (learning disabilities, behavioral difficulties, health problems); (2) screening for language, reading, and math readiness; and (3) assessment of the gifted child.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Behavior Problems, Diagnostic Tests
Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. Div. of Career and Continuing Education. – 1979
Assessment instruments for use with adult learners are summarized; findings of a test use survey of 163 California districts serving adult students are given; and management techniques for administering large and small group tests are suggested. Forms for the evaluation of test instruments and for an assessment survey are appended. Tests reviewed…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrative Problems, Adult Education, Adult Students
Crain, Robert L.; Mahard, Rita E. – 1977
A majority of seventy-three studies dealing with the effect of desegregation on black achievement conclude that desegregation has a beneficial effect on black achievement scores. These findings are in agreement with various national surveys that have found black achievement higher in predominantly white schools. However, a number of desegregation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Achievement, Case Studies
Selden, Ramsay W.; And Others – Curriculum Review, 1985
Articles in this series on testing and evaluation specifically address the use of tests to assess and improve educational status; achievement test selection; and trend toward increased use of coaching materials to improve test performance. Professional literature on educational measurement is reviewed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSullivan, Patricia M.; Vernon, McCay – School Psychology Digest, 1979
An ideal assessment of hearing-impaired children includes: case history; medical examination; tests (of intelligence, personality, achievement, communication/language skills, and aptitude); neuropsychological assessment to identify learning strengths and weaknesses; and multidisciplinary team staffing and parent-teacher conferences. Twenty-eight…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Communication Skills, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Williams, Warren S.; Beard, Joseph W. – 1983
This review of literature from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database is the second volume on the topic of testing and assessment for the counseling professional; the first volume was published in 1979. The sections on minimum competency tests identify issues of current interest, e.g., the basic issue of definition; the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Hawisher, Margaret F. – 1979
An annotated bibliography on minimum competency testing is arranged by subtopics: overview; basic skills; compensatory education; competencies; cost effectiveness; curriculum; district programs; graduation requirements; handicapped students; legal aspects; readiness; reading; writing; state programs; teacher education; tests; math; and testing.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Competency Based Teacher Education
Wildemuth, Barbara M., Comp. – 1977
A large amount of research has been done in the past few decades to pinpoint the effects of test anxiety on the performance of those taking tests. Much of that research is listed in this bibliography, which originated with a computer search of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) data base, Psychological Abstracts, Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Anxiety
