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Direct linkMya Poe; Norbert Elliot; John Aloysius Cogan; Tito G. Nurudeen – College Composition and Communication, 2014
In this article, we investigate disparate impact analysis as a validation tool for understanding the local effects of writing assessment on diverse groups of students. Using a case study data set from a university that we call Brick City University, we explain how Brick City's writing program undertook a self-study of its placement exam using the…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Student Placement
Ellett, Chad D. – 1980
An overview is presented of a performance-based assessment system, Teacher Performance Assessment Instruments (TPAI), developed by the Teacher Assessment Project at the University of Georgia to measure competencies of beginning teachers for initial professional certification. To clearly separate the preparation and certification functions within…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Competency Based Teacher Education, Higher Education, Legal Problems
Download full textKuehn, Phyllis A.; And Others – 1989
Legal employment test precedent cited by courts and employment-related law cited by plaintiffs during teacher certification test (TCT) decisions are discussed to determine their pertinence to test content validity issues. The two main documents involved in such litigation are the "Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures"…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Content Validity, Court Doctrine, Court Litigation
Gorham, William A. – 1974
Cooperative testing is a rather specific and practical aspect of validity generalization or test transportability. It refers to two or more units of government combining their testing and/or recruiting efforts. The Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 (P.L. 1-648) made specific provision for cooperative examining in stating that the Civil…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, City Government, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Tractenberg, Paul L.; Jacoby, Elaine – 1974
Traditionally, local school boards have had the power to assign students to classes and to set standards for promotion and graduation; with this authority has gone the discretion to decide what role pupil testing will play in the local schools. Courts have been reluctant to interfere with school board decisions on methodology, of which they…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Accountability, Age Grade Placement, Aptitude Tests
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1978
At the 1977 Educational Testing Service (ETS) Invitational Conference, the ETS Measurement Award was presented to Anne Anastasi. In view of the convergence of measurement and the law, the conference focused on six related issues. Barbara Lerner explored the screening procedures of American professional and graduate schools in "Equal…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Awards, Cheating, College Admission
