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Peer reviewedCronbach, Lee J. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1983
In response to Ebel's article (TM 508 146) the author points out that, in emphasizing what a test is intended to measure, the vital question of what should be measured is set aside. While explicit specifications for a test should be encouraged, questions of worth ought to be prominent in designing and selecting tests. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Measurement Objectives, Predictive Measurement, Test Construction
Download full textCascio, Wayne F. – 1973
The nationwide sales force (N=540) of a large food and beverage firm responded to a mail survey designed to investigate the role of value orientation as a moderator of the relationship between organizational rewards and job satisfaction. Of the two main elements in the investigation, the first was concerned with the predictive efficiency of two…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Job Satisfaction, Models, Motivation
Green, Donald Ross – 1975
Biased tests systematically favor some groups over others as a result of factors not part of what the test is said to measure. Bias is basically a problem of differential validity. Validity can be discussed in terms of either the procedures for establishing it or test use. Both ways clarify bias in any test. For content and construct validity, the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Groups, Individual Differences, Placement
An Assessment of Cognitive Behavior of Economically Disadvantaged Young Adults in North Mississippi.
Wolfe, Lillian S.; And Others – 1973
This study sought to determine the appropriateness of two conventional intelligence tests for assessing the ability of economically deprived young adults participating in job training programs by comparing their test results with those of the test standardization groups. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), and the Langmuir Oral Direction…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Ability, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Green, Donald Ross – 1971
This paper is concerned with the accusations made by such groups as the Association of Black Psychologists in their call for a moratorium on testing, that standardized tests are biased. A biased test measures one trait in one group of people but a different trait in a second group. Evidence about the amount of bias in tests is thin. Bias must be…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educationally Disadvantaged, Minority Groups, Predictive Measurement
Fleming, Dan B. – 1974
In this paper, the author reviews a number of criticisms that have been made of the use of standardized tests in the social studies and reviews 11 general, skills, and discipline-oriented standardized tests for social studies. Standardized tests evaluating the results of the new social studies courses are open to criticism on the basis of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, National Competency Tests, Predictive Measurement
