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Download full textErnst, Jody; Wenning, Richard – National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NJ1), 2009
Over the past several years, student growth and growth models have received a lot of attention, in both the charter school sector and the larger education community, as an important indicator for measuring school quality. Educators and policy makers alike have been won over by the argument that because measures of student growth examine the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Indicators, Academic Achievement, Accountability
Coscarelli, William; Shrock, Sharon – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2002
Discusses problems in using traditional measures of reliability for criterion-referenced tests (CRTs) and describes two approaches to reliability for CRTs: estimates sensitive to all measures of error; and estimates of consistency in test outcome. Compares the two approaches and proposes recommendations for interpretation and use. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Measurement Techniques, Test Reliability
Ballard, Amy; Palmieri, Stafford; Winkler, Amber – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2008
This report has a simple aim: to present results from international assessments so readers can judge for themselves how American students stack up globally. It's intended to be a stand-alone supplement to the "Education Olympics" web event held between August 8th and August 22nd, 2008 (see edolympics.net). It shows how the U.S. has…
Descriptors: International Studies, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Gillespie, John O. – 1990
For the last 10 years, the Duval County School System (Jacksonville, Florida) has accumulated extensive student performance data with its district-wide criterion referenced testing program (the Essential Skills Test for K-6 students and the Minimum Level Skills Test for grades 7-12), which tests over 100,000 students yearly. The research project…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Databases
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Direct linkRayment, Trevor; Britton, Brian – International Journal of Art and Design Education, 2004
In this paper Cognitive Abilities Test scores are compared directly with moderated GCSE scores awarded to the same group of pupils. For ease of interpretation the comparisons are presented in a graphical form. Whilst some provisional and tentative conclusions are drawn about the reliability of GCSE art, questions are raised about the general…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cost Effectiveness, Tests, Scores
Shrock, Sharon; And Others – Performance and Instruction, 1986
Presents major stages in design and development of criterion referenced tests (CRT) with emphasis on differences between CRT construction and norm-referenced test construction. Discussion covers test interpretation; test theory; preparation for test construction (hierarchical analysis, item type selection, and choosing number of items); test…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Industrial Training
Kaplan, Carol B. – 1978
Project CDCC (Career Development Centered Curriculum) provides career development instruction to rural, elementary-level students. The objectives are to help students demonstrate increased awareness of life roles, formulate realistic self-concepts, and develop and use decision-making skills. Through a process which included testing and refinement,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Brown, James Dean, Ed.; Yamashita, Sayoko Okada, Ed. – 1995
Papers on second language testing in Japan include: "Differences Between Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced Tests" (James Dean Brown); "Criterion-Referenced Test Construction and Evaluation" (Dale T. Griffe); "Behavioral Learning Objectives as an Evaluation Tool" (Judith A. Johnson); "Developing Norm-…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Cloze Procedure, College Entrance Examinations
