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Sostek, Anita Miller – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1978
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Development, Infant Behavior, Infants
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Roberts, Pamela; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1982
Examines several possible difficulties in interpreting the results of studies which employ Piagetian tasks, especially conservation tasks, with older individuals. Notes that Piaget's clinical method allows more flexibility in the assessment of competence than do more quantifiable techniques. Examines the possibility of task misinterpretation by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Literature Reviews, Older Adults
Strand, Theresa – 1978
Twenty-six papers concerning Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I program evaluation--presented at the 1978 American Educational Research Association/National Council on Measurement in Education meeting--are summarized. Speakers from the federal government are: C.T. Cross (see ED 156 695); R.L. Fishbein; and D. Ozenne. State department…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC. – 1976
This select bibliography lists books, government documents, journal articles, monographs and legal citations about fair employment. The majority of entries relate to the employee selection and testing process and its ramifications. Titles are organized by topic: guidelines and standards, statistics, selection, legal aspects of testing, overviews…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Bibliographies, Court Litigation, Employment
Goodwin, Jean – 1977
The public demand for accountability, legislative mandates, and increased unionization of teachers have focused attention on the inadequacies of traditional teacher evaluation procedures. Attempts to design models that differentiate effective and noneffective teaching have not produced agreed-upon sets of competencies, characteristics or behaviors…
Descriptors: Accountability, Evaluation Methods, Program Development, Teacher Evaluation
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Hoover, Regina M. – College Composition and Communication, 1979
Describes 58 works dealing with the testing of writing ability and provides the text of the Conference on College Composition and Communication's 1978 resolution on testing. (DD)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Testing, Testing Problems, Writing (Composition)
Renzulli, Joseph S. – 1970
Controversy exists regarding the nature of the creative process and strategies which hold maximum promise for accelerating creative production. This paper provides a structural overview of the major problems and issues found in the scientific study of creativity, primarily in regard to dimensionality and criterion choice. (KS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Creativity Research, Criterion Referenced Tests
Murray, Steve; And Others – 1979
Threats to the validity of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System are covered in two parts: an annotated bibliography of reports concerned with technical issues, and a discussion of threats to validity--from the reporting system in general and from each model in particular. Threats common to all three evaluation models are reported:…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Annotated Bibliographies, Compensatory Education, Evaluation Methods
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Hoge, Robert D.; Luce, Sally – Review of Educational Research, 1979
Studies published since 1965 on the relationship between classroom behavior and academic achievement are reviewed. Criteria are established for selecting the studies, the research is assessed, and recommendations for future research are made. (MH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Cauce, Ana M.; And Others – 1976
Most of the research on the assessment of the intelligence of Latinos in the United States appears to be based on some possibly erroneous or at least dubious assumptions. Among these are the following: (1) the assumption of bilinguality; (2) the assumption of equal proficiency in the English language; (3) the assumption of the equivalence of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Culture Fair Tests, Error Patterns, Ethnic Stereotypes
Thurlow, Martha; Hurley, Christine; Spicuzza, Richard; Erickson, Ronald – 1996
This bibliography provides abstracts of 28 recent (most were published since 1993) books, journal articles, and other documents concerned with testing accommodations for students with disabilities. The emphasis was on studies examining the effects of testing accommodations on the technical integrity of assessment measures. However, the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Hunt, Barbara, Comp. – 1979
This 125-item annotated bibliography gives access to much of research undertaken in the past decade concerning sex bias in testing, e.g., educational achievement tests, career interest inventories, and aptitude tests attacked as being biased against females. The items originated with a computer search of several data bases including the following:…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Sex Bias, Test Bias
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Nieto, Sonia; Irizarry, Jason G.; Luna, Cathy – Language Arts, 2002
Discusses four books that provide critical information about the nature of high-stakes tests; the impact of these tests on teaching, learning, and students; the political issues surrounding high-stakes testing; and ways that educators can take informed action to appropriately respond to these tests. (SG)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests, Literacy
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Levinson, Boris M.; Martindale, Colin – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Martindale's assumption that Jews, Catholics, and Protestants are each homogeneous populations is criticized. His assumption that similar psychometric patterns found in brain-damaged and non-brain-damaged populations reflect similar brain organization is disputed. Martindale replies to this criticism. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Group Unity, Intelligence Tests, Jews
Anderson, Beverly L.; And Others – 1980
This booklet addresses the role of testing in today's public education system, and presents a series of questions and answers which will be of particular interest to school board members, legislators, lawyers and journalists. These questions are grouped into two major categories: (1) test purposes and users; and (2) current testing issues. Current…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Lay People
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