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Missing the Mark: What Test Scores Really Tell Us

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Tanner, John R. – School Administrator, 2011

State test scores administered for accountability purposes are regularly used to adjust instruction in nuanced ways. This is no accident--No Child Left Behind demanded that students' scores be returned quickly to teachers in order that this might be the case, and the idea of data-driven decision making continues as one way the promise of education…

Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Standardized Tests, Educational Change, Decision Making

The Use of Testing to Modify Curricula for RNs.

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Gross, Linda C.; Bevil, Catherine W. – Nursing Outlook, 1981

Describes the steps taken by City College School of Nursing (New York) in the development of nursing student placement tests. These steps include determining test items, use of multiple-choice questions, test revision, clinical performance tests, estimating test reliability, establishing standards, and using the tests. (CT)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Equivalency Tests, Higher Education, Nursing Education

College Placement Testing: A Local Test Alternative.

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Truman, William L. – AMATYC Review, 1992

Describes the development of a placement test specifically designed for students entering Pembroke State University. Includes question construction and suitable test standards in discussing the features of a good placement test. Concludes that the test provides a reliable measure of students potential success. (MDH)

Descriptors: Content Validity, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Tests

Large-Scale Writing Assessment: Methods, Accommodations and Reliability.

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Coon, Anne C. – 1992

Every year approximately 1,300 first-year students at the Rochester Institute of Technology complete a 50-minute placement essay during summer and fall orientations. The essays are scored holistically, and the students are placed into one of three levels of an English composition course. At the end of the 10-week quarter of instruction, students…

Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Program Descriptions

What Is LAB and Why Was It Renormed?

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Abbott, Muriel – 1991

A report on the Language Assessment Battery (LAB) explains, in question-and-answer form, the causes and results of some changes made in the test norms. The LAB is a test of communicative language competence, written in English and Spanish versions and used for student placement in the New York City Public Schools. The report describes the test…

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency

The Adapted Physical Education Assessment Scale: A Discriminating Way to A.P.E.A.S.

Seaman, Janet A. – 1982

Eligibility criteria for student placement in specially designed physical education classes in California include: (1) significantly reduced performance level because of a physical disability verified by a licensed physician; (2) significantly reduced performance level in motor skills and/or physical fitness as determined by performance below age…

Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Measures (Individuals)

Comparison and Contrast: The 1975 California State University and Colleges Freshman English Equivalency Examination.

White, Edward M. – 1976

The third administration of the California State University and Colleges Freshman English Equivalency Examination, a test consisting of an objective examination graded by the Educational Testing Service and an essay examination scored by California State University and College faculty, is analyzed in this report. After a short preface, the first…