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Direct linkZeidan, Quira; Loertscher, Jennifer; Wolfson, Adele J.; Tansey, John T.; Offerdahl, Erika G.; Kennelly, Peter J.; Dries, Daniel R.; Moore, Victoria Del Gaizo; Dean, Diane M.; Carastro, L. Michael; Villafañe, Sachel M.; Tyler, Ludmila – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2021
With support from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), a community of biochemistry and molecular biology (BMB) scientist-educators has developed and administered an assessment instrument designed to evaluate student competence across four core concept and skill areas fundamental to BMB. The four areas encompass…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Scoring, Minimum Competency Testing
Download full textSoutheastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE), Tallahassee, FL. – 1995
This report offers advice on the issues to be considered and the steps to be taken when implementing a high school graduation test. The research was conducted, specifically, to address problems with Mississippi's high school exit test. An external panel, developed by Southeastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE), reviewed data obtained…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, High Schools, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing
Jaeger, Richard M. – 1982
The implicit definition of competence and the inferential chain that links the standard-setting process to the decision outcomes of the method are considered for two classes of standard-setting procedures: those involving data-free judgments of items and those involving data-based judgment of items. The major underlying assumptions of competence…
Descriptors: Competence, Evaluation Methods, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
McDaniel, Patrick L. – 1983
According to the New Mexico Basic Skills Plan, students' attainment of basic skills is assessed by the objective and writing appraisal portions of the New Mexico High School Proficiency Examination (NMHSPE). This report to the New Mexico State Department of Education compiles and analyzes data on diploma endorsements (gold seals) for 1983…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Certificates, Graduation Requirements
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. – 1985
Results of the Alberta, Canada Grade 12 Diploma Examinations Program are presented for the January 1985 test administration. All twelfth grade students are required to pass at least one of these tests in order to receive a high school diploma. Some students also receive course credit by passing the appropriate examination. Examinations are…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Biology, Chemistry, English
Clayton, Berwyn; Booth, Robin; Roy, Sue – 2001
The introduction of training packages has focused attention on the quality of assessment in the Australian vocational education and training (VET) sector on the quality of assessment. For the process of mutual recognition under the Australian Recognition Framework (ARF) to work effectively, there needs to be confidence in assessment decisions made…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Developed Nations, Educational Assessment
