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Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, Los Angeles, CA. – 1990
Work is reported towards the completion of a prototype duplex-design assessment instrument for grade-12 science. The student course-background questionnaire and the pretest section of the two-stage instrument that was developed were administered to all 134 12th-grade students at St. Clairsville High School (Ohio). Based on the information obtained…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Educational Assessment
Roeber, Edward D.; Brictson, Paula T. – 1978
As part of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program, a sample of approximately 2,000 fourth and seventh grade students were tested in music and metric measurement. Teachers and curriculum specialists helped to develop individualized tests which could measure the attainment of objectives that could not be tested with group-administered items,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Bock, R. Darrell; Zimowski, Michele – 1991
The goals, principles, and methods of an individualized educational assessment are described as implemented in a 12th-grade science assessment instrument undergoing field trials in Ohio. Pilot tests were planned for December 1990 and March and April 1991. The assessment design incorporates the duplex design of R. D. Bock and R. J. Mislevy (1988)…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Assessment, Grade 12
Blumberg, Fran; And Others – 1986
In the 21st century, the population will need to possess basic skills in the areas of communication and higher problem-solving as well as have scientific and technological literacy; however, results from assessments by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have indicated weak student performance in the area of thinking skills,…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Hively, Wells; And Others – 1973
A technology for domain or criterion referenced testing was developed to evaluate the Minnesota Mathematics and Science Teaching Project (MINNEMAST) in grades K-6. The venture was influenced by the low achievement of MINNEMAST students on standardized tests. After instructional objectives were selected and operationally defined, corresponding test…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation