The problem session approach represents a restructuring of traditional testing and evaluation procedures aimed at assessing student achievement and ability. (JS)

Separate selection and pretesting of students eliminate regression effects in the pre-post achievement gain measured in the RMC Model--A method of program evaluation. (CP)

Reviews the possible dangers of mandated competency testing and suggests some alternatives. (JM)

A survey of 25 doctoral evaluation training programs at 8 universities was conducted to assess their use of comprehensive examinations in evaluation. (TJH)

With the proliferation of computers in test delivery today, adaptive testing has become quite popular, especially when examinees must be classified into two categories (passfail, master nonmaster). Several well-established organisations have provided standards and guidelines for the design and evaluation of educational and psychological testing.…

The National Education Association's (NEA) resolutions concerning standardized tests, teacher evaluation and subjective ratings, national testing and assessment, student rights, and the improvement of instruction are presented in this interim report of the Task Force on Testing. The NEA strongly encourages the elimination of group standardized…

Focusing on the use of "paper and pencil" criterion-referenced tests in educational measurement, and to correct misconceptions, the definitions of basic terms and historical antecedents are discussed. Classifications of the tests are compared with other achievement tests. The phases in developing criterion-referenced tests are presented with the…

Time spent in contact with academic course materials as a function of two testing schedules was measured using college undergraduates in an introductory Educational Psychology course. A multi-manipulation single organism design was employed with all subjects enabling both individual and group analysis. A study room equipped with an adjacent…

A multi-variable curricular model is applied to a total baccalaureate curriculum revision. The objectives of the evaluation, methods, and sources are given. The model can be used to examine how much additional power in decision making was gained by each set of variables at the model. (Author)

Evaluation is a vexed issue in North America at the moment. This paper discusses some of the factors that bear on evaluation procedures and practices in the College of Education of the University of Saskatchewan. It highlighted problems confronting instructors and offered four suggestions for their amelioration. (Editor/RK)

The author describes the testing efforts of Student Services in his school in the light of financial cutbacks, public demand for accountability, student demand for relevance and student apathy toward the counseling center. (Author/HMV)

Three types of student evaluation strategies used in Italy are described: (1) teacher's free comments; (2) standardized adjectives used as rating scales; and (3) numeric scores based on tests and other evaluation criteria. Implications of the third approach, which was implemented according to legislation in 1977, are discussed. (GDC)

Reviews research on student assessment and placement, focusing on problems and questions; methods of assessment; establishing cut scores; and evaluation of course placement systems. Includes an extensive bibliography. (LAL)

The 1999 Florida Legislature revised the laws pertaining to the assessment of students in Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) facilities. Revisions identified specific requirements for measuring student academic progress in the basic skill areas of reading, writing, and mathematics. Following the passage of this legislation, the Department of…

The union and disjunction models for combining individual test marks to yield final grade distributions are outlined and examined empirically in two educational psychology classes. (Authors/CB)