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Bishop, A. J.; and others – Int J Educ Sci, 1969
Descriptors: Item Analysis, Multiple Choice Tests, Questioning Techniques, Test Construction
Peer reviewedJensema, Carl – American Annals of the Deaf, 1980
The paper discusses some problems in using achievement tests with hearing impaired students and offers some general suggestions for school testing programs. (PHR)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Test Interpretation
Joint Committee on Testing Practices, Washington, DC. – 1988
Guidelines for test developers and users are provided to insure that construction and selection of test instruments are conducted fairly. In addition to development and selection, issues of interpretation of scores; provision of information to test takers; and prevention of test bias based on race, gender, or ethnicity are addressed. Twenty-one…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Educational Testing, Test Bias, Test Construction
Download full textHoover, Robert M. – 1988
This digest on test uses in counseling discusses the selection, administration, and scoring of tests; the interpretation of test results; and communication of results to clients. It examines such issues in testing as confidentiality, counselor preparation, client involvement in the testing process, computerized testing, and ethics. (NB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Confidentiality, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Qualifications
Zimmerman, Irla L.; Woo-Sam, James M. – 1982
Two kinds of WISC-R short forms, item reduction and subtest reduction, are reviewed in terms of their ability to meet these criteria of adequacy: a significant correlation between the full scale IQ and the short form IQ, a non-significant difference between the full and short form mean IQ, a low percentage of IQ classification changes resulting…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Test Interpretation, Test Items, Test Reliability
MCLAUGHLIN, KENNETH – 1963
THESE ARTICLES ARE WRITTEN TO GIVEN ESSENTIAL FACTS ON TESTING TO INTERESTED CITIZENS. THE IMPORTANCE OF TESTING LIES IN ITS VALUE AS A GUIDANCE TOOL. TESTS REPRESENT ONLY A SAMPLING OF A PERSON'S PERFORMANCE FROM WHICH GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS ARE INFERRED. THERE ARE NUMEROUS TYPES OF TESTS DESIGNED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES, MEASUREMENT IN SOME IS…
Descriptors: Measurement Instruments, Measurement Techniques, Resource Materials, School Counseling
Cascio, 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
Peer reviewedKandor, Joseph R.; Pulvino, Charles J. – Catalyst for Change, 1974
A series of questions designed to challenge school administrators to reconsider the purposes, selection, use, and interpretation of tests and test results in their school programs. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Educational Testing, Questionnaires, Test Interpretation
Instructor, 1973
Analyzes the uses that can be made from test data and the influences such data can have on communication with communities, in the evaluation of school's effectiveness, and student's placement. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Guides, Scores
Peer reviewedJepsen, David A.; Prediger, Dale J. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1981
Assessed dimensions of adolescent career development using several well-established, objectively scored instruments. Attention was given to the correlations between measures of academic achievement and career development. Correlations among 19 scales administered to (N=237) 11th graders revealed three clusters of converging scale pairs, labeled…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Career Development, Correlation
Obringer, S. John – Diagnostique, 1988
A survey of 97 school psychologists found that the majority felt they needed additional training in administering, scoring, and interpreting the fourth edition of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale. Thirty-four percent were using the fourth edition. Rank ordering of instruments of choice was: Wechsler scales, Kaufman Scale, old Stanford-Binet,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests, Psychological Testing, School Psychologists
Direct linkShermis, Mark D.; DiVesta, Francis J. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
"Classroom Assessment in Action" clarifies the multi-faceted roles of measurement and assessment and their applications in a classroom setting. Comprehensive in scope, Shermis and Di Vesta explain basic measurement concepts and show students how to interpret the results of standardized tests. From these basic concepts, the authors then…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Scores, Measurement
Sampson, James P., Jr. – 1998
This paper discusses the use of the Internet to enhance test selection, orientation, administration, and scoring. It begins with a review of potential Internet applications in these test areas. Also addressed are difficulties that may be encountered by counselors who use the Internet for testing and issues associated with using the Internet to…
Descriptors: Communications, Counselor Training, Counselors, Evaluation
Peer reviewedHinrichsen, James J.; Bradley, Laurence A. – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1974
Determines whether kind of test used in personality assessment is an important factor in influencing the extent to which subjects accept the interpretation made by a psychologist and clarifies the importance of the status of the test-interpreter by eliminating a status-experimenter confound contained within the Snyder and Larsen (1972) study.…
Descriptors: College Students, Examiners, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures
Meredith, Vana H.; And Others – 1980
The selection, administration and results of a statewide school readiness test in South Carolina are described in this report. As one component of South Carolina's Basic Skills Assessment Program, the "Cognitive Skills Assessment Battery" (CSAB) was chosen to distinguish those children who are ready for the formal first grade curriculum…
Descriptors: Kindergarten Children, Primary Education, School Readiness Tests, Scores
