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Peer reviewedWoodburn, Mary Stuart – Reading Teacher, 1986
Concludes that the test has a well-designed reading booklet and a carefully constructed manual, but that it has a narrow applicability. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Oral Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Diagnosis
Download full textJones, Eric D.; And Others – 1983
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of out-of-level testing (OLT) when it is applied to the assessment of special education students with mild learning handicaps. This evaluation of OLT involved testing hypotheses related to: (1) the adequacy of vertical scaling, (2) the reliability and (3) the validity of OLT scores. Fifty-eight…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Error of Measurement, Guessing (Tests), Intermediate Grades
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1982
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 13 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the preparation of eighth grade students for criterion referenced reading testing and its effect on standardized reading scores; (2) alternative cloze test…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Research, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Assessment
Nurss, Joanne R. – 1989
Several issues should be considered in selecting assessment instruments and procedures for use in adult literacy programs. Teachers must consider the purpose of the assessment; the appropriateness of the assessment instrument for adults; the reliability, validity, and practicality of the instrument; whether the assessment is culturally sensitive;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Educational Testing
Hazelton, Alexander – 1985
The Statewide Assessment Program, administered by the Alaska Department of Education, tests all fourth and eighth graders in math and reading biennially. In 1985, the Department's Office of Evaluation, Assessment and Research undertook an evaluation of the assessment program to identify procedures which needed improvement and to determine the…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10, Grade 4
Pearson, P. David; Dunning, David – Illinois Reading Council Journal, 1985
Schemes for assessing reading achievement with specific tests have been in use since early in this century. The two driving forces behind the testing movement--scientific objectivity and compulsory education--blossomed in the 1920s and 1930s and continued substantially unchanged through most of the 1960s. In the early 1970s, the idea of mastery…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
