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Thinking about Assessment from an End-to-End Perspective
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Darr, Charles – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2022
Approaching assessment from an end-to-end perspective helps with appropriate assessment selection, design, and practice. Thinking in terms of end-to-end reminds teachers to keep in sight the aspirations (or ends) associated with any assessment activity. It also helps teachers to consider how to integrate assessment activities and capabilities into…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Test Selection, Standards
Evolving Educational Testing to Meet Students' Needs: Design-in-Real-Time Assessment
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Stephen G. Sireci; Javier Suárez-Álvarez; April L. Zenisky; Maria Elena Oliveri – Grantee Submission, 2024
The goal in personalized assessment is to best fit the needs of each individual test taker, given the assessment purposes. Design-In-Real-Time (DIRTy) assessment reflects the progressive evolution in testing from a single test, to an adaptive test, to an adaptive assessment "system." In this paper, we lay the foundation for DIRTy…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Student Needs, Test Format, Test Construction
Evolving Educational Testing to Meet Students' Needs: Design-in-Real-Time Assessment
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Stephen G. Sireci; Javier Suárez-Álvarez; April L. Zenisky; Maria Elena Oliveri – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2024
The goal in personalized assessment is to best fit the needs of each individual test taker, given the assessment purposes. Design-in-Real-Time (DIRTy) assessment reflects the progressive evolution in testing from a single test, to an adaptive test, to an adaptive assessment "system." In this article, we lay the foundation for DIRTy…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Student Needs, Test Format, Test Construction
A Counselor's Guide to Career Assessment Instruments, Sixth Edition
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Wood, Chris; Hays, Danica G. – National Career Development Association, 2013
This book contains exemplary resources for counselors, career development facilitators, school counselors, and other career professionals working in a variety of settings. This edition is an essential guide to career assessment and contains a comprehensive list of career assessment instruments. It has over 70 reviews and includes…
Descriptors: Career Development, Guides, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Proficiency and Performance in Language Testing.
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Child, James; And Others – Applied Language Learning, 1993
Working definitions of proficiency and performance in language testing are established, and their role in multidimensional testing is examined. The discussion also covers the relationship between proficiency and performance, a comparison of both types of tests, and performance test scoring dilemmas. (Contains 17 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines
Test Purchaser Qualifications: Present Practice, Professional Needs, and a Proposed System. Issues in Scientific Psychology.
Moreland, Kevin L.; And Others – 1986
Three papers are included in this document. The first, "An Introduction to the Problem of Test User Qualifications," by Kevin L. Moreland, is a short history of the American Psychological Association (APA)/American Educational Research Association (AERA)/National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Working Group on Test User…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Ethics, Evaluation Methods, Models
Summary of the Fall 1978 Conference of the National Consortium on Testing; October 23-24, 1978.
Scott, Laurie – 1978
Discussions at the National Consortium on Testing conference are summarized. Updates on recent and upcoming events are given by Jeff Schiller (National Institute of Education), Doug Whitney (American Council on Education), John Maxwell (National Council of Teachers of English), Dorianne Almann (National Science Teachers Association), Eric Gardner…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing