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Download full textLigon, Glynn; Wilkinson, David – 1984
Inspired by four recent decisions to change achievement tests used in the Austin Independent School District, the separate forms used and procedures followed have been combined into a systematic approach intended for use in future achievement test selections. A rating scale (Attachment 1) was developed to expedite a systematic comparison among…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Epstein, Ira – 1980
A reading program's effectiveness can be assessed by investigating skills improvement together with attitude improvement. Frequently, teachers make questionable assumptions about student reading attitudes. To provide educators with a more accurate picture of students' expressed feelings, students' attitudes toward reading should be measured with…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Evaluation Criteria, Interviews, Measurement Techniques
Petrosko, Joseph M.; Shani, Esther – 1977
An analysis was made of quality ratings of elementary level standardized tests. Applying multidimensional scaling to intercorrelations of quality ratings, it was found that the criterion of content and construct validity was a central element in the evaluation of elementary tests. In addition, several types of validity and reliability were found…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Elementary Education, Evaluation
Guthrie, P. D. – 1972
This annotated bibliography describes instruments pertaining to smoking attitudes, behaviors, knowledge, and correlates. Information concerns test purpose, intended groups, test subdivisions, administration, scoring, interpretation, and standardization. (MS)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Attitudes, Behavior, Check Lists
Benton, Sidney E.; Scott, Owen – 1976
Two types of student response inventories for appraising instruction, the Student Instruction Report (SIR) and the Inventory of Student Perceptions of Instruction (ISPI) were administered to 554 students in 30 classes at two Georgia colleges. Mean responses to items were used in principal components analyses with varimax rotation. The two…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Criteria
Henerson, Marlene E.; And Others – 1978
Most of the information in this booklet is useful for both formative and summative evaluations. The booklet offers information to help the evaluator develop skills in designing and using instruments to measure affective objectives or attitudes. The chapters cover: (1) an introduction to the measurement of attitudes and attitude change; (2)…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Affective Objectives, Attitude Measures, Classroom Observation Techniques
Williams, Kathleen L.; And Others – 1977
Sixty-one measurement instruments, all of which have at least minimal reliability and validity are described. They were carefully selected and cross-referenced according to their correlation with the most common needs, goals, and content areas of multi-year projects funded in 1976 by the Women's Educational Equity Act Program (WEEAP). These tests…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Attitude Measures, Career Planning, Educational Legislation
